Pets & Car Safety

Article #2 Is Your Dog Secure in the back seat or At Risk of Injury or Death?
Bringing awareness into all our inner dog circles

Is your dog secure in the car or not? Stats report 60% of dog owners have driven while distracted by their pets as passengers. 52% of dog owners have petted their dog while driving. 17% percent of drivers allowed their dog to sit in their lap while driving. 43% take dogs to work and 40% take dogs on errands.

Piper wearing her gear.

The safest way for your dog to be traveling in the car is secured in a crate, installing a pet barrier partition or secure your pet with a dog seat belt and harness combination. No matter the method you use, your dog shouldn't sit in the front seat under any circumstances-when securing them in the cargo area or backseat behind the front seat is safer.

Clearly, you can see it's the first piece of gear required to secure your dog safely for a road trip & is well used. This harness gets the job done securing Piper while I transport my dog from point a-b without concern.

This is the second piece of gear used to secure and belt my dog safely in the back seat.

This is not a product review, but I did want to show a few pics of the harness/seat belt combo I picked out for Piper a long time ago. Both rugged and secure. I know if anything happens in the car she is as safe as possible-short of using the crate method.

However, I do make the recommendation to bring along a light weight stretch harness as well, for afterwards. I prefer the heavy duty safety harness & seat belt combo for when we are traveling only.

The Carabiner has a lot of wear and tear on it, but does not disappoint. It simply attaches to the seat belt and secures my dog in place for the ride.

These are a couple of seat belt leads I use, as well. They simply pop into the seat belt buckle and secure the clip onto the dogs harness. It is not to be attached to a dog's collar-since this will cause a dog injury possibly resulting in serious injury or even death. This is about prevention and intervention and spreading awareness.

In conclusion, the stats are a little bit alarming. Similar to the drivers distracted by the phones and texting. If you are at risk of being distracted by your pet-pull over and address the issue at hand. Since the most alarming stat is unrestrained pets cause 30,000 auto accidents each year each year. I don't one of them to be you or yours. Please, look into securing your dog(s) if you haven't done so all ready. Many thanks in advance.
Until next time-
Paws Crossed
Lori & Piper

As always, for further information stats available on google or your search engine of choice and look into safety gear at your favorite local pet store.

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