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Post by Dobereich on Sept 10, 2014 8:31:18 GMT -5
Awhile ago one of my clients had an incident when his dog was thrown from his vehicle. The dog was wearing a regular harness and the buckle snapped. fortunately this boy survived, but did sustain a broken jaw and lost several teeth. Not all harnesses are safe for vehicle travel, they should be made of seat belt material and the buckles built to survive impact. Most of all, they should be tested. Here is a product that claims to have it all. Sleepypod Car Safety Harness for Dogs
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Post by susanw on Sept 11, 2014 7:17:28 GMT -5
This product looks like it fits much better than the one I have for Quin. More points for adjustment. I will certainly consider getting one as I don't have room in my Compass for a crate.
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Post by hooligan on Sept 11, 2014 22:35:15 GMT -5
Awhile ago one of my clients had an incident when his dog was thrown from his vehicle. The dog was wearing a regular harness and the buckle snapped. fortunately this boy survived, but did sustain a broken jaw and lost several teeth. Not all harnesses are safe for vehicle travel, they should be made of seat belt material and the buckles built to survive impact. Most of all, they should be tested. Here is a product that claims to have it all. Sleepypod Car Safety Harness for DogsSame thing happened to my sister a few years ago. Very low-speed collision. Her shepherd harnessed in the back seat. Crappy plastic clip on his car safety harness snapped, and he ended up clipping her neck and shoulder as he flew past and ended up lodged against the gear shift. No serious injuries but my sister was in physio for a while. The harness pictured looks sturdy, but it still has those plastic snap clips. I'm sure that some of those buckles are better than others, but I would want to know what kind of pressure those specific clips could withstand. And I'd be much happier with a proper metal buckle. Might take a little longer to do up, but I think they're much safer. Sorry. This is a bit of a hobby horse of mine. Hate seeing dogs unrestrained in vehicles. And the car harnesses marketed at Petsmart, etc. don't measure up. There really should be standards.
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Post by Dobereich on Sept 12, 2014 1:01:58 GMT -5
To be honest I only took a quick look at the site, all I have is enough time to skim. I was not necessarily promoting this particular product over another, although I did like that it was tested. That being said, I'm not too sure what the PPI this harness pulled-off with their test dummy though, I didn't get through the entire site or read reviews on it yet. I just wanted to point out the need to affix a tested harness and point out that we cannot trust our dog's safety in the vehicle with a walking harness.
Its really scary to think what could happen with an impact. Joanne was hit on the 401 with both dogs lose in the vehicle. Thank God it was in such a way that there was not forward impact, so everyone was OK.
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Post by Dobereich on Sept 12, 2014 8:27:41 GMT -5
I messaged the company and asked then about the buckles, because I couldn't see anything that would indicate if they were plastic or steel (black).
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