Would you travel with 5 dogs???

We made the decision to head to SC tonight for the Christmas break. Normally our crew travels very well and the only one who is in the least bit freakish is Morgan...of course! Well...let's just say that tonight, the only GOOD one out of the bunch was the Bailey! Not that this suprises us very much. Bailey is a very good dog all the way around. What suprised us was that Goo, Zeke, and Epic were all crazy tonight! Epic literally rode the whole way in Erica's lap except for the 10 minutes she ate dinner. He was panting, squeaking his nose, and wouldn't stay still. At one point he just tried to smother her! He wanted kept trying to get in my lap too but driving with a 40 lb border collie on my lap...No! Zeke was giving the hairy eyeball to the other dogs for the entire ride. He also decided he wanted to ride on top of the Christmas presents. Yep, on top of them! Every 10-15 mins "Zeke Off" "Zeke Off" "Zeke Off". Goo, well, sweet boy couldn't figure out what side of the car he wasnted to ride on! He kept going from the right to the left. Goo also has to have a window down at least two inches otherwise he is a complete mess. By the time we got to my mom's house, the neurotic Jack was on my lap and Erica still had Epic on hers. However, about 5 minutes from my mother's house all the dogs realized where we were headed. Chaos! Zeke, Goo, Bailey are all squeaking noses and whining. Zeke is trying to get into the front seat at the same times as Goo in order to be the first ones out of the car. Morgan starts thrashing and squealing and Epic is going wild! I should add that all the dogs love staying at my mom's house because she has a massive backyard, dogs live at the house next to and hehind hers (lots of fence running) and our crew loves playing with her two dogs. Ok...let me be honest...they love playing with Abby. Arthur spends all his time trying to hump them (at least he is neutered) like a dirty old man.

Moral of the story: No matter how big your car is, when you are transporting 5 dogs, 2 humans, items for 4 nights/5 days, Christmas presents (a lot of them)- get a rooftop carrier and crate all the dogs!