Friday, May 12, 2006

Car Safety

The boys and Luna love to ride in the car.  It doesn’t seem to matter where we are going, they are up for going anywhere in the car.  When we first got the boys, we used to carry a crate in the back of our SUV.  While in the car, the boys would ride in the crate and they were nice and safe.

The crate worked well, but it began to be quite a nuisance.  It was too big and bulky to take in and out of the car every time the boys went on a trip with us, so we just left it in the car.  Sometimes, while out shopping it really got in the way when we would buy anything that came in a large box.  And perhaps the most annoying thing about the crate was that it rattled horribly.  With every little bump in the road the crate would squeak, jingle and rattle.

So we set off to find an alternative to the crate.  We tried a couple of different things, but finally settled on doggie seatbelts.  The kind we use are similar to small leashes with one end having a clip that gets inserted into your cars existing seatbelt fastener and the other end having a clip that gets hooked to your pug’s harness or collar.  The belt part is adjustable so you can make it as long or as short as you would like.

We have been using the seatbelts for over a year and they work wonderfully.  Benjamin, Henry and Luna all ride in the back seat and each one of them has their own seatbelt.  The belts give them enough room to move around the back seat, but are short enough to prevent them from coming up to the front of the car.  Plus, the seatbelts give me a little piece of mind because I know that they are all safely restrained in the car.