Dog car travel

Re: Dog car travel

Vicky RVN — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:27:03 GMT

Sounds like the Clix one is the one i'm going to get then! I liked the fact you have a choice as to what way you fasten them in, and they look comfortable.

Re: Dog car travel

Helen Freer — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:21:14 GMT

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Did you know the maximum penalty if you get caught with a dog loose in the car is £1,000?!?! I tell that to clients sometimes with bouncy dogs loose int their cars.

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I did not know that there was a penalty for loose dogs in a car, but what about loose cats. Over the years a number of my customers have carried their cats loose in the car or they have broken out of their carrying boxes (and even one owner who proudly told me that the cat sat on her lap as she drove along!) - I tried telling them that not carrying their cat safely was dangerous to the cat and to them.

Re: Dog car travel

Rachel Jayne — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:08:41 GMT

I have a clix car harness for my collie too. he likes to sit onthe front seat & will sit nicely like a proper passenger! he whines if someone's sat there & he has to go on the backseat! and hates going in the boot (I've got a clio - so it's quite cramped!!)
I like it because of it's thick padding on the chest.

We were talking about car harnesses in work recently & one of the vets said that most of them are useless unless they have the "red kite" british safety standard logo on them.
Without this logo it basically means that they haven't been tested to comply with british safety regulation & won't hold in the event of a collison.....
My clix one hasn't got a red kite on it, Pets at Home brand ones don't....Haven't seen the RAC ones up close to notice.

Did you know the maximum penalty if you get caught with a dog loose in the car is £1,000?!?! I tell that to clients sometimes with bouncy dogs loose int their cars.

Re: Dog car travel

Nicola Smith — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:30:59 GMT

My clix car harness is the one made by compnay of animals. I really like it - you can loop seatbelt through of there is a metal cartch to click straight into seatbelt lock if you prefer. I had used ancol ones before and my new pup hated it - seemed big and clumsy on him as he is so fine, whereas he likes the clix one. Have not tried the RAC one.

Re: Dog car travel

Jenny Cook RVN — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:36:10 GMT

I have a bouncy puppy and i dont think he would like a crate in the car. We brought him the RAC dog car harness from Asda which has a loop that the seat belt goes through, and so still gives him limited movement and he sat on the back seat good as gold, bless him.

Re: Dog car travel

Vicky RVN — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:49:32 GMT

I use a dog guard with for Jack. He is quite happy in the boot, he can sit and look out of go to sleep (which is have all time fav past time!!!). I do worry that if someone went into the back of me he'd get crushed. I want to get a car harness for him for tims that i need the boot space, i think i'm going to get the one made my Company of Animals. What does everyone think the best harnesses are?

Re: Dog car travel

Selena Carnell — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:38:02 GMT

daisy travels in the boot in a car cage, no room on back seat with 2 kids. used to have a guard butt she chews ans dont want a chewed baby buggy!! so hense cage.

she would also weave in the boot which was annoying cage stopped it

Re: Dog car travel

wobbliebob — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:56:41 GMT

i have an estate so henry rides in the boot. (and wipes his nose all over the back window)

Re: Dog car travel

Fiona Leathers — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:54:58 GMT

My dogs travel in the boot but I always worry about them getting hurt if I was crashed into. If they travelled in the back seat then they would have their seatbelts on. The weight of a dog crashing through the front seat would be simialr to a human not wearing a seat & there are huge campaigns about that.

Re: Dog car travel

Caro Laithwaite VN — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:11:55 GMT

I tried the rac car harness on Wibs once and it slid round was useless. I just let her on the back seat in her bed.

Re: Dog car travel

Claire Cameron — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 09:07:57 GMT

Quite recently my friend saw 2 dogs involved in car accident (that were in the car at time of an accident), not 100% sure on their injuries but they were quite badly hurt but made full recovery but took a fair few months (im sure i recall broken bones) but i honestly cant remember. My pooches have RAC dog seatbelts and they are suitably restrained to prevent distraction and safely secure in case of accident.

This is something that drive me mad when people have dogs sitting in their cars or worse still ON THE PARCEL SHELF, ive lost count of how many owners ive lectured about them braking or being involved in accident and the dog would fly through the car and most likely through the windscreen, not to mention having a large dog behind you would be a fair weight on the back of your seat causing it to move forwards.

Re: Dog car travel

starbucks — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:35:12 GMT

I have an RAC car harness for my dog, and she sits on the back seat with it on, and it fastens to the seatbelt. Its good because i think she feels safe in it rather then been thrown all over the car!

Re: Dog car travel

Nick Shackleton — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:21:51 GMT

I would agree with the above comments. Loose dogs in a car = disarster. My sister had a car accident got squashed between two lorries. luckily she had left the dogs at home as they had been messing about. If she had taken them on that car journey she would of been crushed by two labradors!!! She now has car harnesses for both of them.

Re: Dog car travel

Katy — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:57:34 GMT

Car harnesses are the best, and I think the RAC one is the one I would go for.

Re: Dog car travel

Saskia Quinn — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:37:14 GMT

Nicky I have seen the harness that is attached to the dog then to the seatbelt, I would think that is the most sensible / safest way, though correct me if I am wrong