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Emma is a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and it is her 1st birthday. For her birthday, her mom and dad bought her the Lookout Deluxe Pet Car Seat. Emma’s parents purchased the Lookout Deluxe Pet Car Seat after seeing it at our booth at the Kansas City Pet Expo. Since they lived near our location in Lawrence, Kansas, I met with them and delivered the product in person. I got to meet Emma in person too! She is a very sweet and friendly little dog. Emma’s parents says she is well-behaved too - and she loves her new Lookout Deluxe Pet Car Seat.
Happy Birthday Emma!!!
Trixie is an interesting mix of Malamute and lab. She has the lab head and build, but the Malamute coat coloring, curled tail, and one blue eye. Although Trixie is a high-maintenance dog who needs lots of exercise, she is very well behaved in the car. That is why I never considered getting her a dog car harness - until it was almost too late.It was mid January of last year. It was snowing hard, but my boss insisted that I come to work. I considered leaving Trixie at home instead of taking her to the doggy day care. But Trixie is still young and doesn’t do well when left alone by herself. After making sure the doggy day care was open, Trixie and I got into the car and pulled out of the driveway.
The road was slick. My car literally slid out of the driveway. I considered calling my boss back and saying I couldn’t make it, but an echo in my head told me that I didn’t really want to hear him yell at me. Besides, I thought, I just go new tires on my car. We will be okay.
Even though I was going very slow, my car lost its traction and spun when I tried to turn off of my street. I turned into the direction of the spin and took my foot off the brake, just as I have been told to do by the media and DPS. I cringed as I heard Trixie yelp as she was thrown to one side of the car. Then cringed even more when I heard her cry as the car was jolted to a stop when it hit and jumped the curb.
Trixie was frantic. She kept yelping like she was injured and I feared the worst. I never got out of the car to see what I hit or assess the damage. I was too busy trying to calm Trixie.
Needless to say, I did not go to work that day. After a visit to the vet, it turned out that Trixie was fine - nothing more than a bit of bruising, thank goodness. But for several months afterwards, Trixie was terrified of riding in the car. I have since bought a dog car harness from Pet Auto Safety.com. And thanks to some tips from those at Pet Auto Safety.com, I have been slowly rehabilitating Trixie to ride in the car again. I am happy to say that she has seemingly forgotten the incident and gets very excited when I get out the dog car harness.
(This story is written by us, but with the permission of and in conjunction with Trixie’s owner.)
Check out a story by one of our Pet Auto Safety.com customers. This is about her dog, Mos Magee, and it can be read on our American Dog Blog.
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.)
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.
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