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Hands-Off Dog Training

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Want To Own A Well-Trained, Obedient, Healthy, Fully Housebroken, Disciplined & Happy Pet Dog?

In order to successfully use a dog seat belt or dog car harness, you want to make sure your dog is well-trained and obedient. Having a well-trained dog will make it a lot easier to help your dog get used to wearing a safety belt or harness in your vehicle.

You want your dog to jump into your vehicle on command, stay still while you hook up the dog seat belt or dog car harness and sit quietly enjoying the ride. Accomplishing this can be difficult if your dog is not trained. So, take the time for you and your dog to train them in the basics of obedience and discipline to make both of your lives easier and more enjoyable.

For some great tips and techniques, take at look at this Hands-Off Dog Training Secrets and Information with fast, effective results that save hours of your time every week!

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Choosing a Dog Seat Belt or Dog Car Harness

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Dogs Using Dog Seat Belts

Dogs Using Dog Seat Belts

Once you have decided that a dog seat belt is one of the dog car accessories that you must have, you need to know which one to choose. You want the dog car seat belt you choose to be easy to put on and comfortable for your dog to wear. And it must be the right size and style for the weight of your dog.

Dog seat belts and harnesses are ordered by size (small, medium, large or extra large) or by your dog’s weight. Most are adjustable in order to ensure your pets comfort and to be sure it conforms to you dogs specific bodily proportions. Have your dog’s weight and rib cage circumference in hand before picking the right sized dog restraint.

All styles of dog seat belts and harnesses work with your existing auto seat belts. Note that this is not true for zip lines that connect to the passenger handles on either side of the vehicle, and then clip to your dog’s harness.

In their simplest form, a dog seat belt is a buckle that clips to your dog’s collar and then into the auto seat belt clip.

A more comprehensive restraining device is the dog seat belt that is made of adjustable straps that fit your dog and then clip into the seat belt.

And finally, there are dog car harnesses that look like a vest. These have a strap that attaches to the harness and then clips into the seat belt of the vehicle.

An additional feature of both canine seat belts and harnesses is that you can attach your dog leash when out of the car so they eliminate the need for an extra walking harness.

For a minimal amount of money, you can buy a dog seat belt or dog car harness and keep your dog, you and your passengers safe while riding in your car or truck.

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Dog Seat Belt Crash Test

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Peluche, a long-coat Chihuahua, is thankful someone else does the crash testing so she doesn’t have to. This is the safest seatbelt small dogs can use.

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Travel Safely – Seat Belt Your Dog

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A Dog Car Question

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Why are there cars named after the jaguar, the cougar, the mustang, the  colt, the stingray, and the rabbit, but not ONE named for a Dog? How often  do you see a cougar riding around? We do love a nice ride!

Would it be so hard to rename the ‘Chrysler Eagle’ the ‘Chrysler Beagle’?

Chrysler Beagle?

Chrysler Beagle?

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Dog Facts About Vehicle Travel

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  • There are approximately 74.8 million owned dogs in the United States (Reported by The Humane Society of the United States)
  • Over 29 million dog owners in the United States travel in their vehicles with their dogs. (Reported by the Travel Industry Association of America)
  • Only 20% of US pet owners use safety restraints on their animals while traveling in their car or truck. (Reported by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association)
  • Over 30,000 accidents a year are caused by dogs riding in the front seat of the vehicle unrestrained. (Reported by the American Automobile Association)
Dog in Car - Not Restrained

Dog in Car - Not Restrained

And what about numbers are not be studied or reported?

29 million dog owners traveling with their dogs – since many dog owners have more than one dog, that number does not reflect the actual number of dogs riding in cars and trucks.

But for statistical purposes, let’s use that figure of 29 million. Only 20% – 5,800,000 – of those dogs are restrained while traveling. That leaves 23,200,000 running loose in the vehicle while their owner is driving.

The 30,000 people willing to admit that their dog caused their accident are all insured by AAA. Imagine if every auto insurer conducted the same survey with their insured drivers as the American Automobile Association (AAA).

Think of all of the auto insurance carriers – All State, Farmers, State Farm, Travelers, Mercury, Nationwide, Progressive, Geico, AARP, Safeco and more. A survey of their clients may yield different numbers than those obtained by AAA, but you can be sure that the dog owners insured by AAA are not the only owners who have had accidents because their dog was not using a dog seat belt or dog car harness.

We will never know the true number of accidents caused by dogs jumping around the vehicle unrestrained. But we can imagine from the above study and survey results that the numbers are too high.

Thankfully, 20% of pet owners do use dog seat belts and dog car harnesses. Won’t you join them?

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Dog Seat Belt Supports the Bark Buckle UP Campaign

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Bark Buckle Up

The Dog Seat Belt website gives big thumbs up to the Bark Buckle UP Campaign.

The Bark Buckle UP Campaign is a nationwide pet safety program that teaches and promotes pet safety while traveling with pets. Founder Christina Selter believes that educating people about pet safety in and around automobiles will save the lives of pets and humans and make the jobs of Rescue Workers jobs easier and safer.

Christina buckles up her dog, Betty, every time she rides in the car, even if she’s just driving to the supermarket. Asked why she responds, “Seat belts protect millions of people every day. In the event of an accident, an unrestrained pet can escape and be hit by another vehicle, cause another collision or attack emergency crews trying to reach an injured party. It only takes a few minutes to safeguard your pet and, by properly securing your pet, you are protecting yourself, your passengers and your pet from injury, not to mention protecting other drivers and strangers trying to help.”

As a part of their national program, the Bark Buckle UP campaign educates pet parents about the importance of securing their pet safely for travel. They also give lessons on how to put on and take off dog seat belts, dog car harnesses and seat belt attachments correctly.

We encourage you and your dog to attend one of their events. For more information, visit Bark Buckle UP.

And when you register, you will receive a free Pet Safety Kit that includes:

  • Pet emergency information
  • First responder decal
  • Shots and other records
  • DR. pet advice
  • Veterinarian information
  • Pet travel safety tips.
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Dog Seat Belts | Why You Should Use Them

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Dogs and their owners frequently ride together in the owner’s car or truck. We humans buckle up for safety, but what about our dogs?

Using a dog seat belt is not something that most dog owners think about unless they’ve experienced an incident while riding with their dog. Here are many reasons why dog owners should use a dog seat belt or dog car harness to keep their dogs and themselves safe while traveling in a car or truck.

In the case of an accident, a quick turn or a sudden stop, your dog can become a missile and can kill or severely injure not only themselves, but also the people in the vehicle.

At the scene of an accident your dog may attack the very people trying to help you and your dog. Also, your dog could get out of the vehicle and run into traffic and could get hurt or killed, cause another accident, or run away.

A dog free to roam while you are driving can distract you, jump in your lap, block your vision or if small enough get under the pedals. Any of these things could cause an accident.

As I have seen, unrestrained dogs can and will jump out of a moving vehicle. A dog hurdling from a moving car or truck can be injured or killed.

A nervous or excited dog that is left in a parked car can dislodge the parking brake causing the car to roll into another car or person.

Dog seat belts protect your pet, yourself, and your passengers. So for the safety of your dog, yourself and your passengers, buckle up your dog.

PS Make sure you secure your dog placed in a seat that does not have airbags if the bags can’t be turned off as dogs can be killed or injured by deployed airbags.

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