camelrock wrote:

Where driving across France later this year and taking the dog with us for the first time. We don’t have a dog guard or anything has he’s a great traveller and just sleeps in the back but do we need a restraint or dog guard ?

Check out the DEFRA web site ,dogs into Europe and returning to the UK what the requirments are. Our lab was found in Portugal 10 years ago and has travelled all over Europe in a large cage in the back of a d2 and d4, loves the car.