Traveling with your best friend, particularly when they are also your service dog can be a problem just from the standpoint of space allocation.
I’ve grown up with dogs, one went to Harvard classes with me and that one used to travel in my corvette. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of that but she used to sit in the passenger seat which got a lot of attention – Hannah was a 220 lb. Newfoundland who lived on my boat.
She was a rescue at 12 weeks of age – the family discovered their 8 year-old was allergic to dogs.
Obviously they were NOT true dog lovers since they gave up the dog instead of the kid.
Many decades later I need help walking and Great Danes were a good match so we bought two GD puppies, one for my partner. I always try to get puppies in two’s so they can wear each other out instead of me.
But while a Great Dane is the perfect height to provide walking support, they do take up quite a bit of space so after several weeks working out the problem between us we worked out a topographical solution which I wanted to share with other Great Dane owners.
Sorry to say this doesn’t work for other breeds but a friend who raises Irish Wolfhounds is working with me to develop the standard for that breed.
So, here is how to fold your Great Dane for travel.
Wow, big dog, very handsome! Fits neatly in the car when folded like that.