They look a little small for mine…they are 7 and over 9 lbs
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deanna Corey Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 1:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] car seats Oh...and after I robe my first bank?? I am buying those sleepy pods...the round ones! I have a friend that has 2 of them for little Chis...they have warmers in them that either plug into a regular outlet or a car...she uses them as beds in the house too...I have to say they are the cutest things I have ever seen and her doggies just love them! They are so doggone expensive though...I was bidding on a used one on eBay but I quit when it went over $80 lol!! Wagging Tails in the Dog Park! Deanna and the Dog Park Gang: Nugget, Shuai Li, Mable, Mouse, Myrtle, Madison, Caleb and Maxine >From the mountains of CA http://swlf.lilyslim.com/v3T7m8.png?h9j6wId9 On Feb 18, 2011, at 12:57 PM, Deanna Corey <[email protected]> wrote: Hey guys! I recently saw a video on a study done in Germany about pet safety in cars...I will see if I can find it. What I was astounded at was those hard plastic crates. They crack and split in accidents and then your baby can be stabbed or punctured from the pieces. Their suggestion after all the tests were soft sided crates that had give..like the sleepypod both round version and airline approved version...and pet gear makes something similar. They found that just booster car seats with harnesses and tethers to the seat itself were not that safe...whiplash...broken collar bones, necks etc. The test showed that the safest carriers were those that strapped into the car seat with a two point buckle...not just through the handle but around the carrier itself and that the carrier must zip closed with heavy zippers...not plastic buckles. Here are some pics of different ones: the first one is by pet gear...the other two are sleepy pods <image.jpeg> <image.png> <image.jpeg> Wagging Tails in the Dog Park! Deanna and the Dog Park Gang: Nugget, Shuai Li, Mable, Mouse, Myrtle, Madison, Caleb and Maxine >From the mountains of CA http://swlf.lilyslim.com/v3T7m8.png?h9j6wId9 On Feb 18, 2011, at 12:25 PM, ann banks <[email protected]> wrote: I am so sorry about your accident--Yes it can be scary but YOU ARE 0KAY. aND I love my car and I have had it for several years. You will get over this and be fine as we are all thinking of you. Sending many hugs to you and big smiles. Ann On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:40 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Liz, I'm not too shaken up anymore but we'll see what happens when my mom comes to get me and take me to my car. We have to get all my belongings out of it... I'm so sad I will have to say goodbye to my car. I know its silly and I should just be happy that I'm ok but I'm in tears just writing about it. I've had that car, a ford mustang (my dream car), since I was a senior in highschool. Almost 7 years. It was a good car even though it had a dented fender from when I hit the mailbox the first year I had it, lol. I loved that car so much and its gonna be so weird driving a new one... I have so many memories in it... But I will hopefully be getting a safer more practical car. And I will make sure my furbabies are safe always. I was wondering, do they make a hard sided crate with padded sides on the inside? I'm worried about him getting knocked around in it and breaking something because he seems so fragile. Lorena Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T _____ From: Liz Bickel Irv Weinberg <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:50:33 -0600 To: <[email protected]> ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Please excuse ...me if my grammar or spelling or anything else is off in my posts tonight. It's late at night, and I probably shouldn't be posting when I'm so tired. Lorena, I hope you feel better in the morning & aren't too shaken up from your accident. As for Monster not liking the hard sided carrier, I had a little Chi boy who also absolutely hated to be crated. But for his sake, I still put him in a hard sided crate whenever we got on the road. It just takes a second for an accident to happen. So it is better to have a sulky Chihuahua (who will get over it once the car ride is over) than a tragedy. Liz
