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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.)
Say hello to Sandi the Shih Tzu. Sandi is sporting the small Tru-Fit Smart Dog Car Harness, and she is looking stylish. Shih Tzu’s love affection so Sandi was probably trying to ride in mom’s lap when she drove, so Sandi’s mom bought her the Tru-Fit Smart Dog Car Harness from Pet Auto Safety.com. Sandi’s mom loved the results so she sent us a photo of Sandi along with her proclamation of the product. We reviewed the photo and thought it was adorable! Since we didn’t have a good picture of a small dog wearing the small sized Tru-Fit Smart Dog Car Harness, we used the photo of Sandi on our website and refunded Sandi’s mom the full cost of the product (not including shipping). What a deal! Sandi is not only safer when she travels in the car, but now mom has more money on getting Sandi more treats and toys.
Becky Anne, Achillies, Smokey
Shortly after starting the art website, Nature by Dawn, Inc. opened another website called Pet Auto Safety.com. Dawn’s dogs have always worn a dog seat belt ever since she discovered them about 10 years ago. Dawn had three dogs at that time and it was difficult managing three dogs in the car. When she saw that there was such a thing as a dog seat belt, she asked herself, “Why didn’t I think of that?”. When she decided to be an entrepreneur, opening a site for pet auto safety supplies was her most favorite idea. Pet Auto Safety.com is an inspirational website where Dawn is passionate abouit spreading the word on pet auto safety in cars. Since Pet Auto Safety.com, Nature by Dawn, Inc. has also implemented this blog.
When I first saw Maya, she was only four months old and in need of a good home. She was so adorable and I had been wanting a second dog for some time, so I agreed to take her from her previous owner (who had only adopted Maya a week ago).
Since getting Maya was a rather in-the-moment thing, I was completely unprepared to take her home in my car. So I did the best I could to block her from getting from the back seat into the front seat. But Maya was determined to sit up front with me.
I was just a little over a block away from home and was coming upon an intersection with signal lights. Because I was trying to push Maya back into the back seat, I completely overlooked the fact that the lights were red. Thankfully, I only got honked at and did not get into or cause a car accident.
Needless to say, I ordered a dog car seat belt for her as soon as we got home. Maya has worn her dog car seat belt ever since. (Of course we had to buy a new one when she got bigger - See the photo above. Yep, thats my Maya!)
Pet Auto Safety.com is looking for more stories about dogs. Tell us about rescued dogs, doggie good deeds, dog survival stories, and especially about travel incidents with your dog. Have you been in a car accident with your dog? Did your dog have a bad airline experience? Have you seen a dog in the back of a pickup get thrown out? Did you have to stop suddenly with your dog unrestrained in the car? Did your dog distract the driver and almost cause a car accident?
Share your dog’s story! We’d prefer stories with happy endings. But if the story is tragic, maybe we can still share it and hope that it prevents tragedies in the future.
Labrador Retrievers are great dogs, but they can be a bit difficult to handle at times. Someone told me that my dog, Maya, has GLS. “What’s GLS?” I asked in a worried tone. “Goofy Lab Syndrom!”. Goofy Lab Syndrom is the perfect way to explain why Maya acts so crazy sometimes. She gets so excited that she doesn’t hear my commands and just jumps around and whines as though she had won a trip to Camp Snoopy. Maya is a great dog, very smart, and mostly well-behaved. But when she sees people or other dogs, she just goes nuts. There is no cure for GLS. You just have to keep working with your labrador retreiver and hope that someday he or she grows out of it. (in 5 or more years ?). To read more about the greatness of Labrador Retrievers, check out the article, About Labrador Retreivers.
Joni in Pennsylvania ordered a medium Tru-Fit Smart Dog Car Harness from Pet Auto Safety.com. Because we did not have a photo of a dog wearing this size of a dog car harness, Joni was eligible to enter the photo contest. She sent in this cute photo of her Jack Russell Terrier mix wearing the Tru-Fit Smart Dog Car Harness. Upon review of the many photos we received, we determined that this photo was not only the cutest, but the best taken photo. Joni’s dog, Jake, is now on our web site wearing the Tru-Fit Smart Dog Car Harness. Joni says, “Jake is a Jack Russell terrier mix we adopted from the local SPCA. He’s very active in the car and this harness has helped a lot.”
Thank you, Joni!
From the Pet Auto Safety.com Team.
Watch out for Sephi and Maya! They are going to travel in our Pet Auto Safety car from Overland Park, KS to Austin, TX just before the big Easter weekend. They are going to go to visit their human grandparents, human aunts and uncles, and their doggy cousins. It is going to be quite a housefull of both dogs and humans. The doggy cousins include Fritz the Yellow Lab, Kalua the Toy Chihuahua, Killer the Lhasa Apso, Lucky the Chihuahua mix, Callie the Chocolate Lab, Tinkerbelle the Italian Greyhound mix, and Mocha the Toy Chihuahua.
Sephi and Maya will be sitting in the back seat of the car and they will each be wearing a dog car harness. The back seat of the car also has an Extend-A-Seat so that they have more room to move around and I don’t have to worry about them falling on the floor. We will stop at several rest stops along the way since it is a 12+ hour drive. This way the dogs can go potty and get a fresh drink of water from their portable dog travel bowls. Rest generally have pet areas just for those people who travel with their dogs. I won’t forget to pick up after Sephi and Maya and I won’t let them in the rest area bathrooms.
It should be a fun trip! Wish us luck as we travel in pet safety.
A recent customer from Soquel, California purchased the Small/Medium Black Dog Car Seat Belt from Pet Auto Safety.com. Shortly after her purchase, she submitted an adorable photo of her American Eskimo Dog wearing the dog seat belt. The photo was of excellent quality and we needed a dog wearing a dog seat belt of this size so we gave her a refund of her purchase (not including shipping) and posted her photo on our websites. Her dog is the dog on our Dog Car Seat Belts page wearing the Small/Medium Black Dog Car Seat Belt. The dog is also seen above and on our Nature by Dawn, Inc. website.
You too can win a free dog seat belt! Dog seat belts are great for keeping your pet safe while traveling in the car. But we understand that economic times are tough right now. So we are offering a way for you to win a free dog seat belt. Simply purchase a dog seat belt for your dog from Pet Auto Safety.com, submit a quality JPEG photo of your dog in the car wearing the dog seat belt, and we will review the photo to see if we can use it on our sites. Purchasing and submitting a photo does not guarantee that you will win. Be sure to read the contest rules and regulations on our Win a Free Dog Seat Belt page for more information. This page will also tell you which sizes of which brands of dog seat belts we need a photo of.
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