Keeps trying to jump in the front seat of the car

We have a system called a zip line that I put in the back seat of our car for our yellow lab. It’s basically a nylon dog strap that has a hook on that attaches to both clothing hooks in the back seat and then there’s another strap that’s attached to a ring that freely moves on the other strap. The free hanging strap has a snap on the end that attaches to the dog collar. It keeps the dog from getting in the front seat. Our Sassy won’t get in the car unless she’s hooked up to it. Works great, we’ve used it since she was about 4 months old and she’s now 3.5 years old.

I use a harness with a ring that attaches to a tether connected to the seat belt because if the dog pulls to get to the front seat the seat belt locks keeping the dog in place. It makes it safer in case of an accident too.

No one so far has given you any ideas as to why this behavior is happening…….I have a Giant Alaskan Malamute and she does the very same thing. I think when I picked her up as a pup and drove her home that first day I let her sleep in my lap. She’s now 4 years old and 104 lbs. and still wants to get in the front seat with me. It is dangerous…..I’ll keep an eye on the responses you get. Good Luck….I’ve adopted a
rescue dog who LOVES the car and stays in the back seat…..it is helping.

I have to tell you that during the past 31 years sharing a house with Siberians…always more than one…every one of them rides in the right front seat. Actually they have their ‘own’ dedicated Huskymobiles :)and its always a station wagon. They pretty much have always had free reign in their cars…the last a Volvo V70 wagon. However with the acquisition of ‘our’ BMW wagon front seat use has been reduce significantly. To control this I purchase a mesh thing that attaches to the headrest supports and at the bottom, seat tracks. It works remarkably well..they can still stand on the consol to stick their heads thru the sunroof, but respect the ‘NO FRONT SEAT’ or ‘BACK SEAT ONLY” rule. Sure, when I go into a store for more than 10 minutes one of them ( usually Yukon Bob ) will slip into the driver’s seat, but as soon as they see me quickly hop back to the other side of the barrier. Odd that neither one wants the passenger seat. ..a control issue I suppose. You know, second in command syndrome. Actually I have no objection to them riding in thr front passenger seat…but its a BMW and I love it more than my Porsche..if such a thing is possible…and I use it as a real car so want to keep the front husky hairless..which is a might task just dealing with the rear area itself since the seats are always folded flat…for their convenience 🙂 The upside is very little attention is needed when they are placed upright. Anyway..sorry for digressing..I tend to to that even in conversations. The device was found on Amazon. I searched for mesh barriers and many different types came up. Actually BMW supplies a seat bottom to roof mesh with their wagons, but I didn’t want them to feel isolated as it were. So, It should not be a major problem finding a suitable ‘friendly’ barrier. Good luck