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Dog Harness/Barrier for car - 4/24/2008 6:20:06 PM

Penpen

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What do you all use to restrain your dog in the car? We have a 40 pound cocker spaniel that is wild in the car. I want to buy something to restrain her to keep her (and I) safe in the car. She feels she needs to be on my lap while I'm driving, and it's just not possible. I would like to hear what you all use for your dogs.

Thank you in advance :D

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RE: Dog Harness/Barrier for car - 4/24/2008 6:40:08 PM

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My mom has doggie car seats for her two. They attach to a harness and they also give a nice place to sit-like a small dog bed, but it is raised, so her doxies can see out the windows, which they appreciate. It keeps them off her lap, which she appreciates.

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RE: Dog Harness/Barrier for car - 4/24/2008 9:27:44 PM

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My suggestion is that you should take the dog for a walk before taking her in the car. Take her for a good long walk. If she is drained of all that pent up tension she will relax better in the car.

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RE: Dog Harness/Barrier for car - 4/24/2008 9:33:27 PM

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It would depend on the type of car. In the car I had as a single gal (Mustang) I would have had to use a harness/seat belt for my dog at the time. After getting married, my hubby had an Explorer so we bought a barrier to keep the dog in the very back. At times we also use a crate for back there. It also depends on your dog and whether they will mind being confined to the one seat or would prefer a little bigger area to move around. IMO, the seatbelts are probably a bit safer because in the event of an accident the dog can't really get tossed about, whereas with a barrier they still can.

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RE: Dog Harness/Barrier for car - 4/24/2008 10:40:38 PM

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Training. Our Jack Russell learned early on about travel behavior having gone on the road with me since a wee pup.

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RE: Dog Harness/Barrier for car - 4/24/2008 11:00:12 PM

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I use a harness that buckles in to a seat belt for my Audrey (a cocker too - although smaller that yours!). I put her in the back - away from airbags and away from me because even in a harness, they can still move some.

As far as restraining your dogs, even if your dog is trained, I still highly encourage you to restrain them somehow. Here are a few basic reasons:

1. They will be safer if you are in an accident (no doggie flying through the windshield).

2. They can create a hazard for emergency crews if you are in an accident and they are unrestrained. Even the best behaved dog in the world can attack when scared and "mom or dad" is injured.

3. If they are unrestrained and you are in an accident, that is often considered a contributing factor in an accident (a distraction).

And, as Audrey's former obedience class instructor shared, even the best trained dog in the universe is not 100% obedience, 100% of the time. All it takes is that one time in a thousand for the dog to do something that contributes to an accident or harm. Kind of like why you'd never walk your dog down the side of a busy highway off leash even if they are the world's best trained walkers...

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RE: Dog Harness/Barrier for car - 4/25/2008 6:36:09 PM

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We have "stow and go" seating in our van. I use the U-bolt where the seat attaches. I take a leash splitter and clip one end on the U-bolt, and the other on the dog's collar. Walla! Dog is restrained, but still able to sit/stand/lie down as she pleases. She is a therapy dog, so fairly well trained. In the van, though, she would like to sit on my lap...

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RE: Dog Harness/Barrier for car - 4/25/2008 7:12:42 PM

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We put our 2 small dogs in a dog kennel. We put them in the same one so they can curl up with eachother. If we ever have to slam on the breaks we don't have to worry about them going flying now. And we don't have them walking back and forth on our laps driving us nuts! It's just not safe having dogs walking back and forth like that.

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