Yikes, who in their right mind would think that was ok?
Exactly!
When we brought our (now) auld-lady home from the Rescue farm in 1993, she was so upset at being secured in a harness + seatbelt, she actually sliced open the rear seatbelt with her teeth during the 20 minute drive home. She was so quiet about it, we didn't even realize what had happened until later. It looked as if she had taken a sharp knife to it. It was cut halfway across the belt width on the shoulder part.
I was not a good person
We had received the vehicle about 6 weeks prior. I told the dealership a fib. I said we hadn't used the rear seatbelt and had just noticed the cut. They replaced it without question under warranty.
All I can say is that we were very poor at the time.
Our rental mobile home had bullet holes in it from previous occupants and I managed the entire winter on a single propane tank because it was too expensive to purchase more.
I wanted a dog because our first one was getting elderly and deaf. I needed another pair of eyes & ears to keep alert to our scary surroundings. My auld-lady was very much of a watch dog while we lived in that hell hole.
So Seatbelt vs. newly homed rescue dog = a good trade off. :thumbsup:
But I never would have thought of rigging anything like that and believing it was safe