Question dog seat belt harnesses

1carseatcrazymama · Nov 12, 2008

I'm not sure if this is the best place for me to post this question so please feel free to move it wherever it best fits. I know I've seen a thread about dog harnesses but I can't find it. I have 2 dogs that go traveling with us frequently. They are a 6 lb. silky terrier and a 12 lb. miniature poodle. I have a harness for each of them that the seat belt feeds through. Does anyone know if I can hook both dogs to the same lap/shoulder belt? With my husband and I in front, in the back a FPSVD rear facing on one side and a Regent on the other they have no other room but in between with one seat belt. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

safeinthecar · Nov 12, 2008

If you have no other seatbelts to attach them to, you don't really have much of a choice.

I see no reason why the seat belt wouldn't hold with a total of 18lbs of dog attached to it. As far as safety for the dog, I guess the dogs could be pulled toward and strike each other the way two humans sharing a belt would. But I don't think that will happen since he seat belt is threaded through the BACK of the harnesses and not trapping the dogs between the anchor points. This would allow both dogs to move in the same direction in a crash. I would be more concerned with the dogs hitting the sides of the car seats than each other.

Regardless of the possibilities, the main idea of restraining the dogs is to prevent them from injuring the humans in the car. The dog receives protection mainly through not being ejected.

Victorious4 · Nov 12, 2008

safeinthecar said:
Regardless of the possibilities, the main idea of restraining the dogs is to prevent them from injuring the humans in the car. The dog receives protection mainly through not being ejected.

:yeahthat:

Which harnesses do you have? :question: These are the only items I trust to perform the intended purpose effectively enough. . . .
http://www.ruffrider.com/
http://www.immioutdoors.com/petbuckle/

stayinhomewithmy6 · Nov 12, 2008

I would definitely attach them both to the same seatbelt. I use the same style of harness for my 55 lb Golden Retriever and your dogs have a combined weight less than she does, so I don't see why not. (We have the Petbuckle).

rodentranger · Nov 12, 2008

Do you have LATCH in the seat they are in? IMMI (makers of the Pet Buckle) makes a LATCH tether for dog harnesses if there is a D ring on it and they are within the vehicle's weight limit. I would certainly hope and assume your dogs are well within that!
I also would only trust the RuffRider or the PetBuckle to actually contain a dog in an accident. My big guy broke the buckles/quick clips on several of the cheaper ones just by spinning in his belt before I found the PetBuckle. Granted, he's quite a big bigger than your dogs!

1carseatcrazymama · Nov 12, 2008

I have the Petbuckle for my mini poodle and I'm not for sure the one I have for my little silky. I will have to look again. My sister gave me that one because it didn't fit her dog. I recently looked into the the ruffrider Roadie but they didn't have the sizes I needed.

We are going out of town this weekend and I wanted to make sure my thoughts on this were ok. I am fortunate that my boys(kids) are really good to my girls(dogs) and visa versa otherwise we would be in a whole other ballgame!

1carseatcrazymama · Nov 12, 2008

rodentranger said:
Do you have LATCH in the seat they are in? IMMI (makers of the Pet Buckle) makes a LATCH tether for dog harnesses if there is a D ring on it and they are within the vehicle's weight limit. I would certainly hope and assume your dogs are well within that!
I also would only trust the RuffRider or the PetBuckle to actually contain a dog in an accident. My big guy broke the buckles/quick clips on several of the cheaper ones just by spinning in his belt before I found the PetBuckle. Granted, he's quite a big bigger than your dogs!

We do have latch in my husband's truck which is what we travel in. I never thought of that, duh! I'm sure they are well within the weight limits considering they both together weigh less than the kiddos and they can still use latch, LOL!

Thanks for all your replies!

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