Chickentrain's Dog Q&A

[black_cat]

I've always liked the dog seatbelt things that clip your dogs' harnesses onto the car. They help keep your dogs safe in accidents as well.

 

[chickentrains]

I've always liked the dog seatbelt things that clip your dogs' harnesses onto the car. They help keep your dogs safe in accidents as well.

I have a gunner kennel, its safer than a harness IMO

 

[black_cat]

I have a gunner kennel, its safer than a harness IMO

Those look really good, I'd just feel bad keeping my dog stuck in a crate. My old golden was so big that he'd ride in the trunk instead of the back seat and he absolutely loved it. The harnesses are like special car harnesses or something- it's the harness and the clips and stuff.

 

[chickentrains]

Those look really good, I'd just feel bad keeping my dog stuck in a crate. My old golden was so big that he'd ride in the trunk instead of the back seat and he absolutely loved it. The harnesses are like special car harnesses or something- it's the harness and the clips and stuff.

I have a car harness for when I'm in the Acura, not the flex or the van. But smooshed up in the crate is so much better than in a harness. for a harness to be effective, the dog cant move at all. They are stuck in a sitting position (unnatural for the dog), with no range of motion. In the kennel they can lay down, or turn around.

 

[black_cat]

I'm thinking of this type, not this type.

 

[chickentrains]

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yep, in the first one my dog cannot move at all and I feel bad for him. In the crate he can lay down, turn around, and do whatever dog stuff he wants to... especially for long car rides. In the seatbelt. he can't even lay down. It has to be super tight to be effective

 

[StinkyAcres]

I just don't leave the window down that much. They can stick their muzzle out and I have the air going instead.

That's probably fine in an old car, but in new cars, dogs can easily step on the button that rolls the window down.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That's probably fine in an old car, but in new cars, dogs can easily step on the button that rolls the window down.

I just lock my windows. Don't know how common that is now, but I can lock the passenger window on my side so she can step on it however much she wabts

 

[NatJ]

I just lock my windows. Don't know how common that is now, but I can lock the passenger window on my side so she can step on it however much she wabts

I think it's a standard feature.

Every car I've ever used with power windows had a lock button for the driver, to make it so children (or dogs) cannot mess with their own windows.

 

[StinkyAcres]

I just lock my windows. Don't know how common that is now, but I can lock the passenger window on my side so she can step on it however much she wabts

I think it's a standard feature.

Every car I've ever used with power windows had a lock button for the driver, to make it so children (or dogs) cannot mess with their own windows.

Ah, okay, thanks. I had forgotten about that feature.