Dog friendly seat covers or leather?

Looseboy · Oct 19, 2022

Looking for advice from the dog owners on the site please.

We collected out new Cali today and we are planning for black leather seats with the view they will be robust and easy clean, which is what we want because of the dog.

Before we go ahead I was wondering what other dog owners do to protect the seats?

AJQ · Oct 19, 2022

Don’t let the dog on the seats?
Lovely van, enjoy!

Looseboy · Oct 19, 2022

AJQ said:
Don’t let the dog on the seats?
Lovely van, enjoy!

Cheers re van

As for dog I am afraid we lost that battle and he just bounces around. So I want to think about plan B whilst working on the obedience.

Mattsv · Oct 19, 2022

We have the VW waterproof covers which do a good job of protecting the seats. However, they do look a bit We are looking for an alternative leather/ pleather option...

The Blue Merle · Oct 20, 2022

Looseboy said:
Looking for advice from the dog owners on the site please.

We collected out new Cali today and we are planning for black leather seats with the view they will be robust and easy clean, which is what we want because of the dog.

Before we go ahead I was wondering what other dog owners do to protect the seats?

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Kurgo seat hammock cover (blue/silver reversible), fold the bottom half up when you don’t need it then you don’t have to sit on it when wet etc. Costs about £50

Ch1pbutty · Oct 20, 2022

We have Inka waterproof in ours.

Leather is ok and easy to clean, but you will eventually end up with scratch marks which will hold dirt. 'Pleather' is a better choice.

BeagleMum · Oct 20, 2022

Looseboy said:
Looking for advice from the dog owners on the site please.

We collected out new Cali today and we are planning for black leather seats with the view they will be robust and easy clean, which is what we want because of the dog.

Before we go ahead I was wondering what other dog owners do to protect the seats?

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We have 2 Beagles, got these from the club shop, been in the van 3+ years, very pleased with them. Expensive but good quality and look great.

DevillBelgium · Oct 20, 2022

BeagleMum said:
We have 2 Beagles, got these from the club shop, been in the van 3+ years, very pleased with them. Expensive but good quality and look great.

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I like those.
They look very sharp.

Looseboy · Oct 20, 2022

Mattsv said:
We have the VW waterproof covers which do a good job of protecting the seats. However, they do look a bit We are looking for an alternative leather/ pleather option...

yes I have seen the covers but ideally I want to the seats to look nice in line with the rest of the van

Looseboy · Oct 20, 2022

Ch1pbutty said:
We have Inka waterproof in ours.

Leather is ok and easy to clean, but you will eventually end up with scratch marks which will hold dirt. 'Pleather' is a better choice.

your the second person today to talk about the scratches. I will research pleather

Looseboy · Oct 20, 2022

BeagleMum said:
We have 2 Beagles, got these from the club shop, been in the van 3+ years, very pleased with them. Expensive but good quality and look great.

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yes they look nice, are they easy to fit?

BeagleMum · Oct 20, 2022

Looseboy said:
yes they look nice, are they easy to fit?

It’s a bit fiddly to do the arms only because they fit snuggly, which is what you need but not difficult to do. From memory think it was a couple of hours to do them all.

The Blue Merle · Oct 20, 2022

Looseboy said:
yes they look nice, are they easy to fit?

If you go posh then look into the kurgo hammock to go on top, hooks round head rests and if you leave the back clip off very easy to roll up or remove when you want to sit on seat

Looseboy · Oct 20, 2022

The Blue Merle said:
If you go posh then look into the kurgo hammock to go on top, hooks round head rests and if you leave the back clip off very easy to roll up or remove when you want to sit on seat

Thanks @The Blue Merle I will take a look. I like the sound of a hammock

Mattsv · Oct 20, 2022

Looseboy said:
yes I have seen the covers but ideally I want to the seats to look nice in line with the rest of the van

Absolutely agree with you there - having a £70k vehicle with shitty looking seats does annoy me somewhat...

Themadwife · Oct 20, 2022

BeagleMum said:
We have 2 Beagles, got these from the club shop, been in the van 3+ years, very pleased with them. Expensive but good quality and look great.

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Just fitted these in our new Coast - really pleased with them and much more relaxed about dogs and spilled coffee now

willwander · Oct 21, 2022

We've had the Inka waterproof seat covers for years.
They do a great job, they've had a hard life with 2 wet muddy dogs and still look like new.
However, they're not much to look at and are a bit 'skiddy' for the dogs, if you throw a blanket over them it tends to slide off.

I should go with the leather type seat covers, they look nice, but if I were spending almost a grand on seat covers I'd want seat covers over the seat covers to protect the seat covers

Jay586 · Oct 21, 2022

I've got urban camo Turtle Covers in the front & the Aldi version of the car hammock in the back.

chris151151 · Oct 21, 2022

Looseboy said:
Looking for advice from the dog owners on the site please.

We collected out new Cali today and we are planning for black leather seats with the view they will be robust and easy clean, which is what we want because of the dog.

Before we go ahead I was wondering what other dog owners do to protect the seats?

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I've said it before. Whoever wants to

chris151151 · Oct 21, 2022

Looseboy said:
Looking for advice from the dog owners on the site please.

We collected out new Cali today and we are planning for black leather seats with the view they will be robust and easy clean, which is what we want because of the dog.

Before we go ahead I was wondering what other dog owners do to protect the seats?

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I've said it before. Whoever specified the seat fabric in the Coast never travelled with dogs or small children. Decent hoover and industrial strength upholstery cleaner gets rid of most of it.

GrahamB · Oct 22, 2022

We got these, also from club shop. We had Inka waterproof before, which did the job but these look a million dollars by comparison and are more comfortable. Totally dog and child proof so far.

Looseboy · Oct 22, 2022

BeagleMum said:
We have 2 Beagles, got these from the club shop, been in the van 3+ years, very pleased with them. Expensive but good quality and look great.

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we have opted for these , thanks for all the advice

BeagleMum · Oct 22, 2022

Looseboy said:
we have opted for these , thanks for all the advice

Great choice, we hope you are as happy with them in 3+ years as we are with ours

Looseboy · Apr 2, 2023

BeagleMum said:
Great choice, we hope you are as happy with them in 3+ years as we are with ours

Only just got around to fitting them .

Look nice , feel like good quality .

The process of fitting for me was more than fiddly .
I fully acknowledge I am not handy in any way with cars, diy etc (just not my thing) but I just found the instructions from the supplier really really poor

All done now though , sun is out and now it’s time to get out and about in the Van