Pet Auto Safety

 Read some great information on the Maltese dog breed at our American Dog Blog.  This article is dedicated to a sweel little Maltese dog breed named Noodle.

Want to read a heartwarming story about a great dog who found a happy family on Easter?  Her name is Caddy and she was named from the Cadbury egg candy.  Her story is at the American Dog Blog.

Our plea for a traveling dog story has not gone unanswered. Patricia (Pat) from Arizona shares her dog, Bruce, with us. Bruce (probably a Labrador retriever mix) was picked out of a litter of puppies on a farm in Oregon several years ago. He was named Bruce, after Bruce Wayne, of Batman (one of the kids named him). As you may know, Oregon and Arizona have a lot in common when it comes to nature trails. Bruce and his family trekked the mountains of Oregon in early life, and continued the quest when they moved to Arizona. The family often takes nature trips in their SUV where Bruce travels in the back behind a pet car barrier similar to the Euro-Bar pet car barrier. Their favorite trip was in Sedona where Bruce investigated nature while off-leash on one of the out-of-the-way nature trails. Bruce found a tarantula in the path but smartly avoided it. Even though the tarantula was probably harmless, Bruce knew better than to mess with wild animals (experience based on confrontations with snakes and skunks). Bruce is a smart and savvy dog. And even though he likes to investigate nature, he is never goes beyond the sight of his family.

(Pat says she has a picture of the tarantula too!  She will have to scan it and send it to us later,though.)

We would like to formally invite you to share your pet and your pet’s story.  It doesn’t have to be about pet auto travel safety products or about a car wreck incident with your pet.  It can be about any sort of travel event, such as a trip you took camping with your dog.  Tell us about places you and your dog have visited.  Tell us which hotels you stayed in and how dog-friendly they were.  Tell us what you and your dog did on your vacation.  Tell us where you take your dog for fun activities, such as to a lake or dog park.

 We LOVE pets and would LOVE to hear about yours.  Who wants to hear nothing but stories about Sephi and Maya all the time?  (Besides me, of course.)

Are you aware that after the holidays animal shelters get overloaded with pets?  Every year, puppy mill breeders work extra hard to have lots of dogs to sell for the holidays.  These dogs are then often given as gifts.  Sadly, however, it doesn’t work out and a many dogs get taken to the shelter.  Dogs who thought they were going to get a happy new home find themselves homeless.  If you are looking for a new dog, consider adopting.  Why buy a dog when you can adopt.

 We did some volunteer work this weekend at the Lawrence Humane Society in Lawrence, Kansas.  We had lots of adorable dogs and puppies to show.  One of my particular favorites was a Masen.  Masen is a three month old sheltie mix (not a lab mix like the website shows).  He is not only extra cute, as puppies tend to be, he is also very smart.  We were able to teach him to sit and lay down in a very short time.  But unless someone takes him home soon, he will forget what he learned.  He needs a new home with someone who has time to play with and train a new and energetic little puppy.

 Check out Masen and other adorable dogs up for adoption at http://www.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=15241182

Nothing makes us happier than to hear that a dog was returned home after being lost. A couple and their three dogs were involved in a car accident just before Christmas. The three dogs left the scene, but luckily two of them were quickly found. Their German Short-haired Pointer, Kelso, was missing. Probably traumatized by an event which he couldn’t understand, Kelso had run off in terror.

Thankfully, ten days after the accident, Kelso was returned home. He had been on his own in very cold weather for nine days before a couple found him. Kelso was cold, tired, and very weak when he got home, but other than a bit of frostbite on his muzzle, he was in good condition.

To read more about this very happy conclusion to a tragic event, check out this article, “Dog in Car Crash Returns Home”.

A missing may need medical care after being in a car accident.  Buddy escaped from the car after the car rolled over in a one-car accident in Hartland, New York near the Fort Hyde Kennels.  Buddy is a rare catahoula leopard dog who survived Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana.  Buddy is three years old and black and brown in color.

Please, if you live in this area and see this dog, contact Fort Hyde Kennels.  For more information on the accident and Buddy’s description visit http://www.lockportjournal.com/local/local_story_317002310.html.

When a dog is in a car accident, they are so terrified that they will most likely try to run away from what terrified them.  That is what happened to to Lula, a 9 month old German Shorthaired Pointer who was in a car accident in Richland, Washington.  A friend went looking for Lula after the accident only to find that she had been struck by a car on the road and killed.

To read more about this sad story, visit http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2010154195_webdogkilled28m.html.

Thank goodness Sparky was found after being in a car accident.  Him and his owner, Jesse Haas, were driving down a road one night when they hit a stopped vehicle not quite pulled off the road.  Jesse Haas’s vehicle flipped several times.  Thankfully, Jesse Haas only suffered minor injuries, but Sparky took off in terror through a broken window.  A witness to the accident said the dog took off into the woods so he and Jesse Haas called after him as they went searching.  Thankfully, Sparky came out of some bushes.  His owner is taking him to the vet.

If you want to read more about this story, visit http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/65823642.html.

 Not all stories about dogs in car accidents end happily.  Check out our other blog, AmericanDogBlog, for a sad story about a dog put to sleep after being in a car accident.

A Baton Rouge police dog dies in the line of duty on Friday, October 16, 2009.  The officer was driving early Friday morning in the patrol car with his K-9 partner, Philos, when they were broadsided by the driver of a pickup driving the wrong way on a one way street.  Both the driver of the pickup and the police officer suffered minor injuries.  Philos was taken to an emergency vet hospital but died of his injuries.

 To read more about his sad article, visit this website:  http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/64655982.html