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Originally Posted by Jeanne_D  Do you think I should just leave him, strapped in, struggling and crying for help? I live very close to where I work and the drive is probably no more than 10 minutes tops, but he has pulled his front leg out of the harness twice and was twisted up in the strap which secures him to the car seat yesterday, so I took him back into my lap at the first stop light. He continued to struggle, cry and tried to crawl up my body as I was navagating the traffic. It was hard for me to keep my "calm, assertive" thoughts from turning into total distress during the drive. |
Ignore, ignore, ignore. That's the key! Make sure the harness fits properly!
Jackson got out of his once too, they're little sneaky things! lol. Ah, it seems
like just yesterday Jackson was still like this and I was at a loss. He's 7 mo.
old now and so different. I tried everything like you did... I tried putting him
in the crate, tried holding him, now I bought a harness/belt off eBay that
buckles right into the seatbelt and then snatches onto his harness and he
simply sits down in the back seat or lays down, his nose constantly
smelling everything. Definitely ignore though. It was so tough at first when
I had Jackson in the crate in the car, he HATED it. He barked for 30 minutes straight
and finally gave up. It was tough but I totally ignored and he finally stopped.
He won't voluntarily jump into the car still now but I just pick him up,
buckle him in, and off we go. He knows the routine. He does a 45 minute
drive every weekend to visit my dad.