Pet Auto Safety

KSDS is sponsoring the Amanda’s Dog Festival at Porter Park in Prairie Village, Kansas at 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, September 13th. Pet Auto Safety.com and other pet vendors will be there as well. KSDS, Inc. is a non-profit organization who helps disabled people by providing trained canine assistance. The festival was started by Amanda and her friends. Amanda has cerebral palsy and has a dog who helps her do many things. Read more about Amanda and how the festival was started by clicking here.

Pet Auto Safety.com has recently added more wonderful pet auto safety products from Snoozer. Snoozer provides a variety of products, but Pet Auto Safety.com is especially interested in their pet travel safety seats. The pet travel safety seats from Snoozer are the most comfortable and of the highest quality of all our pet travel safety seats.

The pet travel safety seats from Snoozer include the Lookout and the Deluxe Lookout Pet Travel Safety Seats, the Console Pet Travel Safety Seats, and the Lookout Perch Pet Travel Safety Seats.

The colors of the Snoozer pet travel safety seats include black, grey, or khaki quilt; leopard quilt or highland maize; colonial, azure, blackwatch, or blue O’Donnell plaid’. Oh, yeah… don’t forget the vinyl colors of the pet travel safety seats - black, grey, khaki, pink, hot pink, or burgundy.

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.

Pet Auto Safety.com will soon have a certified dog trainer on their staff. Dawn Ross has completed the written course and hands-on course through the Animal Behavior College. All that’s left is 10 hours of volunteer time and a final exam.

Our company has recently moved to Lawrence, Kansas, so she will hopefully be completing the 10 hours at the Lawrence Humane Society. But first, she has to go through orientation which will not be until September 10th. After the orientation, Dawn can train some of the dogs at the shelter in order to help them be more adoptable. She can’t wait to get started!

Be on the lookout for when she is a certified dog trainer. She will be posting some helpful dog training tips. And our company is planning on expanding into dog training products in 2010.

It has come to our attention that the extra-small Houndstooth Dog Seat Belt Harness is sometimes too small for extra small dogs. The next size up is the small-medium Houndstooth Dog Seat Belt Harness, but these are usually too big. We have notified Cruising Companion, which is the manufacturer of these products, and we hope to have the size correction made soon. It is a simple matter of lengthening the girth strap.

Before you buy an extra-small Houndstooth Dog Seat Belt Harness, be sure to measure your dog’s girth (chest) size. If your dog’s girth size is more than 15″, the extra-small Houndstooth Dog Seat Belt Harness won’t fit. And unless your dog is 20″ or more in girth, the small-medium size will be too big. So, in other words, don’t get the Houndstooth Dog Seat Belt Harness if your dog has a girth between 15″ and 20″.

Dogs are great animals. If you don’t believe me, check out this heartwarming story of a chihuahua mix who saved the lives of two strangers. How did this little guy save two adult people? Well, you’ll just have to read it for yourself. Click here to read the story.

My pet beagle dreads going to the veterinarian’s office more than any other event. In fact, if he were capable of comprehending the apocalypse and its implications for the world, he would still rather it happened than have to go to the vet. Getting him to sit still while his temperature is being taken is practically impossible, but at least the vet and her assistants take care of that.

I’m the unlucky individual charged with getting him in the car in the first place. At least the task has become much less arduous since my friend recommended dog carriers. I find ways of tricking the dog into the carrier and getting the process over with as soon as possible. Afterward, I reward him with a few treats if he’s been somewhat well-behaved.

Traveling in the car with the family pet is a common necessity for many of America’s 71 million pet owners – 82 percent of dogs travel in cars during their lifetime. However, 98 percent of dogs travel unrestrained in moving vehicles, leaving both pets and the passengers vulnerable to injury in the event of a traffic accident. In a 35 mile per hour collision, an unrestrained 60-pound pet becomes a 2,700 pound projectile and can do much harm to other passengers.In collaboration with the pet-safety experts from Bark Buckle UP, Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive information, has published a list of the Top 10 Pet Safe Vehicles that make driving with pets safer and more convenient.”It’s in everyone’s best interest for drivers to ensure that pets and their gear are safe and secure while on the road,” said Kevin Smith, Edmunds.com’s Editorial Director. “The best vehicles for pet owners are the ones with plenty of room and pet safety features such as tri-climate control, fold-flat rear seats, rear back-up cameras, sliding rear doors, and side airbags.”The top 10 2009 cars and trucks most highly recommended for safe pet travel, in alphabetical order, are:1. Dodge Journey2. Ford Flex3. GMC Acadia4. Hyundai Tucson5. Jeep Liberty6. Kia Borrego7. Mazda 58. Mitsubishi Outlander9. Subaru Tribeca10. Volvo XC70“Regardless of which vehicle you own, it is critical to safely restrain your pet when you’re driving,” asserted Christina Selter, Bark Buckle UP Founder and Pet Safety Expert. “Even the calmest unrestrained pets can become frightened in a moving vehicle, distract the driver and cause an accident. In the event of a sudden stop or accident, the animal can injure other passengers or be thrown through the windshield, then hinder the efforts of rescue workers or even cause another accident by escaping into the street. We don’t question the importance of seat belts for human passengers, and we should always provide the same protection for our pets.”For more information on automotive pet safety, read Top 10 Pet Safe Vehicles and checkBark Buckle UP .About Edmunds Inc. (http://www.edmunds.com/help/about/)Edmunds Inc. publishes four Web sites that empower, engage and educate automotive consumers, enthusiasts and insiders. Edmunds.com, the premier online resource for automotive consumer information, launched in 1995 as the first automotive information Web site. Its most popular feature, the Edmunds.com True Market Value®, is relied upon by millions of people seeking current transaction prices for new and used vehicles. Edmunds.com was named “Best Car Research Site” by Forbes ASAP, has been selected by consumers as the “Most Useful Web Site” according to every J.D. Power and Associates New Autoshopper.com Study(SM), was ranked first in the Survey of Car-Shopping Web Sites by The Wall Street Journal and was rated “#1″ in Keynote’s study of third-party automotive Web sites. Inside Line launched in 2005 and is the most-read automotive enthusiast Web site. CarSpace launched in 2006 and is an automotive social networking Web site and home to the oldest and most established automotive community. AutoObserver.com launched in 2008 and provides insightful automotive industry commentary and analysis. Edmunds Inc. is headquartered in Santa Monica, California, and maintains a satellite office in suburban Detroit.About Bark Buckle UP (http://www.barkbuckleup.com )Bark Buckle UP is the recognized innovative leader and expert in pet travel safety, touring the USA and Canada educating and promoting awareness for pet safety, unleashing a life-saving message, as human safety is connected to pet safety. First responders, safety experts and pet industry leaders nationwide support the Bark Buckle UP pet safety program. Bark Buckle UP originated the Stat-Tracker program, which collects and stores valuable in-depth statistics about pet safety. The data and hard facts collected on an ongoing basis is complied and stored and used in improving pet safety. Bark Buckle UP also tests products and services for safety function, durability, quality, engineering, general functionality, ease of use and overall product design to ensure pet safe standards are met. Based on its testing and analysis, the organization grants Pet Safe Awards and Pet Safety Recognition Seals, orchestrates Pet Safety Days Tour, and is establishing pet automotive travel safety standard guidelines. Bark Buckle UP assists auto, marine manufacturers, child safety seat programs, pet product manufacturers and pet service facilities in communicating pet travel safety standards.Photos available: www.BarkBuckleUP.com/Media

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Pet Auto Safety.com proudly features pet safety products made by Kurgo. These products include the Tru-Fit Smart Harness, the Wander Hammock, the Backseat Barrier, and the Skybox Pet Booster Seat. The Skybox Pet Booster Seat was recently featured on King 5 News in Washington state. NASCAR driver, Reverend Jeff Knight, took his dog, Reggie, for a test drive in his race car. Reggie, of course, was harnessed in safety in the Skybox Pet Booster Seat. Click here to watch. Then go to Pet Auto Safety.com to check out the Skybox Pet Booster Seat.