Dog guard

Well, finally got round to it. The dog is only 10 years old!!! 

Easy enough to make and it folds up like a trellis for storage, to about the size of a golf umbrella.

Nice one Gromit. Lyn bought one at a motorhome show last year. It's good but was expensive. They're a boon in the hot weather.

Cheers Al.

Very well made Dave, just like your storage solution

Ray

Thank you both.

I saw them at the shows and they are very good, and well worth the money. I can say that with certainty after making mine. It looks like a ten minute job, but just the cutting sanding and smoothing the edges takes well over half an hour.

I wanted a much slimmer one so it folds up small enough to store next to the latch side of the hab door. I'll show the fixing tomorrow. It's a neat job, even though I say it myself!!      

Photo of a short length of elastic cord to tie in the folded dog guard just inside the door, by the sink.

Not wanting to make any more holes than necessary I picked out the cover over one of the panel fixings, drilled a hole in the centre and fastened the cord at the back. A tiny bit of impact adhesive on the tangs of the cover will hold it in place, and should we sell the van I can easily get a new cover from A/S. A very small screw hook is the only damage to the van, and that is so small it could be easily concealed.

Very nice Gromit but the dog doesn't look impressed !

She will be when she realises she can lie there and look out.

I've never known such a nosey little git, and it will save her sitting on my shoulder like a parrot so she can gaze out of the window!