velling With Your Dog
y And Safe
Everybody needs to travel with Older dogs or small dogs sometimes
their pet from time to time. find it hard to get in and out of cars,
Whether it's to the vet, on a road so it is important to ensure no injuries
trip or simply to visit friends. But are caused at this stage. If your dog's
what we don't always anticipate is first experience of car travel involves
the potential stress for the dog and him scrabbling to get in, it may cause
hidden dangers that come with him to associate the car with stress
taking your dog out in the car. from that point onwards. Not a good
start. There are steps specifically
The car is often a stimulating designed to enable easy access for
environment for a dog. Scenery dogs into cars. Failing this, a sturdy
whizzing past, new sounds, new box turned upside down may do the
smells and turbulence can make it trick. But always ensure that the box
either an exciting or very daunting is stable and can withstand your
experience for your dog. Depending dog's weight.
on their personality and character -
some dogs may grow to become very Melanie is the author of The Safe Dog
averse to car travel - so the key thing
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Different cars too, offer different
challenges. Some don't have a boot
large enough for a dog, meaning the
dog has to be seated on the back
seat. Whilst this provides the
opportunity for someone to sit next to
the dog; have you ever noticed how
hard it is for a dog to remain stable
on the seat? Compared to the boot,
this is often a bad choice.
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