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07-10-2012, 12:53 PM | #1 |
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| Pet Restraints - Not So Restraining? Check this out.... kinda scary! The Science of Pet Safety, Center for Pet Safety, Pet Safety Testing, Pet Product Testing, Crash Testing, Scientific Testing, Criteria, Pet Safety Advocate
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07-10-2012, 01:03 PM | #2 |
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| That is highly disturbing to watch, even with a dummy dog! These people are taking our money and not keeping our pets safe at all! Even the one that held a bit sure didn't keep that dog from being jerked around & flying off the seat violently! Wow! Thanks, Britster. We all need to know this.
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07-10-2012, 01:05 PM | #3 |
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| That's terrifying!!!!
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07-10-2012, 01:13 PM | #4 |
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| Thanks for the link! I just got my Pet Gear car seat in the mail today. I am hoping it will offer more security and safety for day-to-day driving but I don't know how it would fare in a major crash like the ones they show in the demos = / We just have to do the best that we can but it's a little unnerving when companies claim to test their products and then you see results like this. I wonder how the results would vary with a smaller dog dummy. |
07-10-2012, 01:39 PM | #5 |
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| I use the Choke Free PawRider Ultra Easy ChokeFree & PawRider Pet Seatbelt Adapter (USA) I would be very interested to see how it preforms in these tests. SO scary
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07-10-2012, 01:49 PM | #6 |
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| Thanks so much for sharing! I tried everything for my Yorkie, but she "houdinied" her way out of everything...harnesses, car seats etc. I finally resorted to putting her and my other dog in a metal crate that I have tied down...It may not be the only solution, but I feel better knowing that they are contained and safe. |
07-10-2012, 01:50 PM | #7 | |
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07-10-2012, 01:56 PM | #8 |
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| It's good to have a car seat but if you do not have a good secure harness on the dog with a strong connection. Velcro is not going to keep a dog from flying to someone or something. I prefer to use a sturdy travel crate that is strapped in when doing highway traveling. A car seat will not protect or help your pet if the car is hit hard or rolls over. It is horrible what happens to a pet that goes flying off someone's lap or even out of the car seat when there is an accident. I think people have been satisfied with the fact that the dog is confined to one place and have not checked out or considered what would happen in case of a real accident. |
07-10-2012, 02:04 PM | #9 | |
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07-10-2012, 02:13 PM | #10 |
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| That is scary! Especially the one that was a complete failure. Is it just me ...but to me all those tethers look too long to start with.
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07-10-2012, 02:17 PM | #11 |
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| Surely the tethers weren't all that long! I thought it showed they failed at the buckle or clamp site. Surely no one tethers their dog that loosely if it wears the restraint for safety's sake & the testers surely would know that.
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07-10-2012, 03:41 PM | #12 | |
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I wish they actually tested and rated the safety of pet car seats the way they do infant/child seats.
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07-10-2012, 03:46 PM | #13 | |
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I agree I'd like to know how they would test with a smaller dog.
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07-10-2012, 03:55 PM | #14 |
YT 2000 Club Donating Member | I say luckily I have never had a serious accident in my car with my dogs. I will share with you what most professional handlers, and exhibitors use, like it or not, and that is crates. Crates buckelled and strapped down. But I have one good friend who was in a major, a huge collision. All her 3 big Akitas survived actually much better than she did, with being buckled down in their crates. Her car rolled 4 or more times. She was in the hospital for almost a year. Her dogs were out and about healthy in about one month. I will never place my small dog, or my Large breed dog in a harnesss on the seat. This study just re-inforces my decision. To me safety of my dogs trump all. I don't give a darn if they whine or cry in the car, and I do train my dogs from early days to like car rides cause they=maximum fun. I don't care if my dog can look out the window. I care if someone crashes into me that my dog is as safe as I am.
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07-10-2012, 03:56 PM | #15 |
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| Agreed on the smaller dog testing. There are so many small dogs, I wish we had some testing to see what is actually the safest as I'm not happy with Tibbe's carrier situation but I just so fear the other types failing or accidental seatbelt deployment in a highspeed crash. I fear in his carrier, Tibbe could still break his neck or sustain a head injury.
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