Crucial Tips for Dog Safe Car Travel

On the day of a car accident, nobody expects it to happen. It jumps out at us out of the blue, but we hope we have all necessary precautions in place. We Insure our vehicles in case of an incident. We get into a car equipped with airbags and buckle our seat belts.

We strap our kids into crash-tested and professionally installed car safety seats. Taking precautions and care for ourselves and our loved ones is a given, so then why would we open the door and let Fido jump in and ride loose. What’s wrong with this picture?!? The family pet riding loose, running around the front and back seats is a scene so common that it barely registers for us to wonder about their safety.

There are so many things we do to keep our animals safe. We license them with our cities and townships. We tag and microchip to help bring them back home again if they get out. We collar and leash to ensure they don’t get hurt when they are out walking with us. We vet and vaccinate them to try to prevent illness. We use heart-worm and flea treatments as preventative, provide them with the healthiest diets…. the list goes on and on. Yet so many people give little to no thought to their safety when in a car.

In a car crash, a loose pet will become a dangerous projectile. The impact of a crash will send a loose dog sailing through the vehicle. They could become a…