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I was told someone in my city got a ticket as their dog was in the front seat of the car and was not wearing it seat belt!
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No,we don't have that law in SC. Did you look up the law for your state?
I was told someone in my city got a ticket as their dog was in the front seat of the car and was not wearing it seat belt!
...Say what?...Have never heard of this before. I do know if dogs are in the back of a truck, they need to be secured, but inside of a car?
My doggie would not stay inside of a seat belt...if it were the law here in Florida, I'd have to buy a baby carrier....hmmmm...could be a good idea, tho'! She's always in the back seat of my car.
Oh Lord. There is just no known cure for stupidity, is there??
My states (VA and NC) don't have seat-belt laws for dogs, but we almost always take them in the station wagon in their crates. Once in a while they ride in the back seats, if it's a short trip. Pippin is OK in a seat belt (we have the kind that is padded in front, like a shield across the chest); Casey won't have it, and can wiggle out of anything we've tried on him. He's just too skinny to be adequately held in by a doggie seat belt that is long enough for him.
When I first got Marty I brought a crate to use in the car as I did not know how he was going behave. But when I went to lift the crate up the door started to opened up! It turn out it was the way dogs crates are made today! It tried to find a better quality made dog crate but had no luck. When I pick the crate up the weight of Marty pulled the top lose and this cause the door to open and there was no way to correct this!!
My daughter has Rav4 and her husband put in dog gate in the back to keep Finlay off the seats. Finlay was able to wiggle his way through the gate and he had long legs! My daughter and I could not believe Finlay was able to get through the small space!!
chainlock'em. problem solved.
We were taking our male Lab (Bear) to the vet's one day. It was a short trip in the car. Hubby was driving, I was in the front passenger seat. Bear was in the back seat. I held his leash. We had the two front side windows open. The back seat windows were closed. We thought that was a safe way to travel yet still provide a fresh breeze for Bear.
Just as we got within sight of the vet's office, 60-lb. Bear leaped out my window! The car was moving on a busy road. I held on to his leash and pulled him back into the car. It wasn't easy, believe me.
We must have looked interesting to other drivers. A big black dog hanging on the outside of a moving car.
BTW, he was just fine after.
Yeah, he was OK. He actually climbed over my shoulder and out my window. If I hadn't been holding his leash, he would have fallen on the road. If I hadn't been strapped into the car, maybe he would have pulled me out!Something like that happen in my city! Some people where visiting friends and they had their dog with them. The dog was in the back seat and the windows where wide open! The people had to stop for traffic and the dog jumped out of car! The owners lived in NY and where only staying in here for a few days. This was in the news paper and there where people looking for the lost dog for 3 days! Someone finally found the poor dog, it was hungry and frighten! The owners where really lucky as we have a coyote around here! I am glad your dog was ok!
I hope you know that my dog Finlay is no longer alive.
oh I'm sorry to hear.....