Four Easy Problems To Fix When Traveling With Your Dog | Pet Barrier For Your Car
Think about car travel from the perspective of your dog.
It’s this big metal monster that always takes your favorite people away. What’s more, when you get to come along, unlike your human friends you get to wander around the car as you please.
It’s estimated by the Travel Industry Association of America that almost 30 million of the 71 million families in the US that own dogs take their pets along with them in the car sometimes. But out of all those owners, over 80% never take the time to restrain their dogs and keep them safe.
There are dozens of reasons why the family hound will be safer and happier when confined to the back seat, but here are the four most important ones.
1.Have you ever been distracted by your dog while en-route?
Just because it hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it won’t. Nothing is more important than the safety of you and your family, furry or otherwise, and that’s why keeping distractions down while on the road is really important.
2.Too much freedom can be more scary than anything.
Unless you have a very comfortable, confident dog the extra freedom combined with being in the moving car can lead to extra anxiety while on the road. Clearly marking out what space is his and what space is yours can often put dogs at ease.
3.Less cleaning for you
Having only half the car where your dog gets to roam can keep the cleaning down to half what it might have been. Especially if your dog ever has had any accidents while en-route.
4.With the right solution, this is an easy problem to fix.
There are a lot of different ways to fix this, ranging from training to automobile pet barriers, but the easiest one we’ve found is the ezpet barrier. It installs in about five minutes in almost any car and keeps all but the most determined dogs in the bag. Check out the install video here: car dog barriers
