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Pet Restraints - Not So Restraining? |
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. |
That's terrifying!!!! |
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. |
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 :eek: :eek: |
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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I wish they actually tested and rated the safety of pet car seats the way they do infant/child seats. |
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I agree I'd like to know how they would test with a smaller dog. |
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. |
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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