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Restraining my dog in the car? Doggy seat belts and what else?

My state is going through the steps of passing a law that says dogs must be restrained in a car. Right now, this is mostly newspaper gossip, but when it does become a law, I want to be ready. I also hear far too many stories of dogs being lost, injured, or killed during an accident.

I currently drive a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse, which allows absolutely no room to fit a dog crate. Even the back seat could be considered a "padded luggage area". There are times when I have two or three dogs in my car, which really creates safety issues. My question is, do doggy seat belts work and is there an alternative? Any info would be very much appreciated!
And what brand of seat belt should I be buying? Any suggestions?

I use a harness and seat belt tether combination. If the back seat of you car still has seat belts, this system could work. Although I've never tried it, in the back seat you could potentially tether more than one dog to one seat belt, depending on the size of the dog (and how much they like each other!). I bought the harness and tether separately, and I suggest buying the harness from a store you can take your dogs into - I found getting the right harness required trying a lot of them on!

And even if it never becomes law in your area, I think it's a good idea just for the safety of the dogs.

PS - Stina, is that your dog in your picture?? It's lovely!

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Treating Dogs With Insects Stings

Sometimes the supreme threats to life and limb are too small for many people to take discern of. What this means is that dogs, with their heightened senses, will find a way to injure themselves with small but surprisingly strong health hazards. Two of these hazards contain spider bites and insect stings.

Of the two dangers, spider bites are the bigger hazard, although in the United States, only two spiders are unsafe to dogs: The female black widow spider (distinguished by a black body and red hourglass contour on their undersides) and the brunette ascetic spider (distinguished by their light auburn blush and a shadowy tanned stain on their backs). Spider bites are seldom mortals, but they still there a hazard to dogs and compel veterinary mind when workable.

Black widow spiders are the worst of this small lot of creatures. Dogs bitten by black widow a small red pimple marked spiders that sometimes swells. As the wound grows more labored and the poison moves through the dog's veins, the afflicted dog will become weak, clumsy, start to slaver more than normal, have difficulty breathing, and go into convulsions. Afflicting dogs should be reserved as still as probable, and if a limb was bitten, that limb should be located below the dog's kindness.

Brown outsider spiders pose their own dangers. The nibble of a brunette hermit spider will start a throbbing erupt, noticeable after a day or so as the skin around the erupt turns black and becomes ulcerated, causing the dog to become weaker. Though not a close menace, if an auburn recluse spider's bite isn't treated cursorily, the erupt will multiply and severely scratch your dog's body.

Insects pose excluding of a threat to dogs than spiders. A dog's fur will defend it from most insect stings, but their faces and base pads are still vulnerable targets. Frequently, the dog is stung only once. One tingle isn't a tragedy and treating a limited number of stings doesn't entail much in the way of checkup thought. The stinger could be impassive with a brace of tweezers and a cold hoard pressed against the hurt wound. A mixture of water pooled with also baking beverage or time meat tenderizer can be applied to the wound to help discussing any insect rancor in your dog's technique.

Multiple insect stings may send a dog into shock. Immediate medicine of shock begins by laying the dog down and charge the dog's control lessen and faster to the ground or bewilder than the balance of its body. The dog must be reserved convivial and calm and it shouldn't eat, gulp, or swallow something while it's in shock.

Though nowhere near as dramatic as a skirmish with a convey or windswept cat, a dog's bout with a simple bug can pass even the chief canine down. The little threats can be so insidious, as they tricks people into underestimating the jeopardy posed by something apparently unimportant. Now, you're shrewd to their fiddle.

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