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Learn the 3 hard to diagnose conditions that can paralyze your dog. The diseases are hard to diagnose because their symptoms are similar.

3 Hard To Diagnose Conditions That Can Paralyze Your Dog

Learn the 3 hard to diagnose conditions that can paralyze your dog. The diseases are hard to diagnose because their symptoms are similar.

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Car Pet Barriers

Driving with an unrestrained pet in the car is really dangerous.

Do you drive with your pet on your lap? If yes, please stop this behaviour now before someone gets hurt.

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There is no advantage in allowing a pet to sit on your lap while driving, but lots of people do it. It is distracting. It may seem cute, but if you do it, you’re putting you, your pet, your passengers and other drivers around you at risk for serious injury in an accident.

Volvo Car USA and The Harris Poll recently released an observational study on how pet restraints affect driving. The study monitored 15 drivers for more than 30 hours on the road to examine how driving with unrestrained pets affects drivers’ behaviors versus driving with pets restrained in pet seat belts, harnesses, crates and carriers. The study revealed significantly more unsafe driving behaviors, more time distracted and increased stress on both the drivers and pets when pets were unrestrained in the vehicle.

Specifically, when pets roamed in the car, there were 649 unsafe driving behaviors versus 274 unsafe driving behaviors with restraints. When pets were unrestrained in the vehicle, drivers were doubly distracted: 3 ½ hours distracted with unrestrained pets versus 1 ½ hours with restrained pets.

The study also monitored the heart rates of both people and pets and discovered that the heart rate of unrestrained dogs increased 10 beats per minute faster. On the flip side, drivers felt much calmer when dogs were buckled in, with heart rates dropping as much as 28 and 34 beats per minute.

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The American AA finds that looking away from the road for only two seconds doubles your risk of being in a crash. And yet, in another survey, one in five people admitted to taking their hands off the wheel (and most certainly their eyes) to pet their dog or cat or keep them from climbing into the front seat.

Even if your dog is not in the front seat, but free to run around in back seat, there is a serious risk of injury to you both in a crash. The AA says if you’re in a collision going 50 Kilometres per hour with an unrestrained 4.5 Kg dog in the car, that dog will exert about 21 Kgs/cm2 of pressure on anything it hits. An unrestrained 36 Kg dog going the same speed will exert about 170 Kgs/cm2 of pressure. That's some force!

You certainly can be pulled over for distracted or reckless driving, so keep your pets and kids buckled up and in the back seat where it’s the safest for everyone, including other drivers.

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Category: Car Barriers & Restraints | PetzAid

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The basics.

Signs to look for if your pooch is suffering from heatstroke!

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A common problem with Daxies.

Dachshund Health & Back Problems | IVDD in Dachshunds

How to care for your dachshund and their health concerns. Symptoms of IVDD and how dog wheelchairs and back support can help your dachshund heal.

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If not treated it can lead to dehydration.

How To Stop Dog Diarrhea: 4 Simple Steps

It happens fast, and unless you're okay with the mess, you need to act fast too. Do you know how to stop diarrhea in dogs? Here are 4 simple, natural steps.

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