SAFETY FIRST WHILE IN THE CAR

 This morning,

many of you may

have seen

The Today Show.

They talked about 

traveling with your pets.

It's a very serious topic

and we want to continue 

where they left off.

   

 Like many of you,

we love to travel 

with our peeps,

but we want to travel safely.

 

 Where we live,

out in the country,

we tend to see a lot

of people with dogs

in the back of their pickups

and we always wonder

how these dogs maintain

their composure if their owner

has to make a really quick stop.

Rarely are they secured

in any way.

   

 When we get ready to travel,

our truck gets really packed down

and we all know that

we'll either be wearing

harnesses and seatbelts

or in a crate.

  

 A dog should not 

ride in the front seat

because if the airbag ever deployed

it could seriously injure the dog.

Lilly has broken this rule

many times.

But she is always strapped in.

   

 As you can see,

Lilly wears a harness

when we travel.

 According to 

The Today Show,

there are no harnesses made today,

that really protect dogs like they should.

But we feel that anything

is better than nothing.

A dog that is not secured

while it is riding

is not only a distraction

to the driver,

but becomes a projectile

during an accident.

    

 We have seat belt leashes

that hook into the seat belt

and then hook onto our harnesses.

  

 Not only are they great in the car,

they are handy to use when we get out

because we are already leashed up

and ready to go.

 

 If we are not 

harnessed and leashed 

to a seatbelt while traveling,

we are always crated.

Even though,

we are all microchipped,

we never leave our house

without some type of identification

on our collar.

This is especially important

while you are traveling.

And it is extremely important

for a traveling dog to wear a collar -

even if you're just going

to the corner store.

A dog that is involved

in an accident

or one that gets 

separated from his peeps

is really scared

and hard to catch.

if he's wearing a collar,

it makes it so much easier.

We just want you all

to stay safe.

XOXO
Lilly, Piper and Ivy