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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Yes, it's called denning. My lab does it especially when there's a thunderstorm--she gets right up in under my computer desk. I think it's the smallest cubby in the apartment. Dogs look to these small spaces for safety. It's instinctual.
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My family has long had a Volvo station wagon (I drive it now) and when you stick the family dog in the way back, he refuses to stay there. We got a gate that blocked the space between the roof and the back of the rear seat, but Jack would figure out any way he could to worm around it, knock it over, or whine constantly if he couldn't. We soon realized it was pointless to try and keep him there; he prefers to either sit between the two people in the back seat or lay on the floor. My parents have since replaced the wagon with a sedan ('96 Volvo 960) and we can comfortably fit four adults and Jack in the car. Jack is a lab-greyhound mix, by the way, so he's not a small dog.
I've also fit two adults, a dog, and two car seats in a Honda Civic comfortably.