Flying with your Dog?

Here's my Zena checking out Ocean City from above...

What do you use for seat belts?

Jose
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Jose wrote:
Here's my Zena checking out Ocean City from above...
What do you use for seat belts?
Jose

I'll admit... I've been bad. She's just sitting there, un-belted. I've been
re-thinking that, lately. What I plan to do in the future is get one of those
body harnesses, and a short lead (like 15-18"). I'll run one of the rear
belts through the handle short lead and pull the belt tight. That should give
her room to move around and change positions, but hold her from going through
the windshield in an accident. Of course, I'll bet she WON'T be thrilled
about being belted.

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Jay Masino wrote:

Jose wrote:

Here's my Zena checking out Ocean City from above...

What do you use for seat belts?
Jose


I'll admit... I've been bad. She's just sitting there, un-belted. I've been
re-thinking that, lately. What I plan to do in the future is get one of those
body harnesses, and a short lead (like 15-18"). I'll run one of the rear
belts through the handle short lead and pull the belt tight. That should give
her room to move around and change positions, but hold her from going through
the windshield in an accident. Of course, I'll bet she WON'T be thrilled
about being belted.

--- Jay



I've already seen a "doggie seatbelt" in pet stores. It does look like
a harness collar and attaches to the seatbelt. It says it give the dog
some freedom to move but not all over the car.

Chris

A story I heard not too long ago about a pilot who was test
flying a Cessna off a west-central Kansas airport which
shall remain unnamed to protect the guilty.

The airport cat did a very good job of keeping the mouse and
rat population down in the hangers. But when it went to
sleep behind the rear seat it lead to a lot of trouble. It
awoke at about 2,000 AGL and sprang at the pilot, perhaps
asking to be returned the Earth ASAP. To place emphasis on
this demand, claws were used to grasp the pilot's head and
face.
The pilot was able to snatch the angry cat and hold it by
the scruff of the neck away from his face, but this took two
hands [big cat].

To make a shorter version, the pilot opened the side window
and returned the cat to the Earth. No report whether it
landed on it's feet.

In any case, I won't fly any animal that isn't able to read
and speak, unless it is in a secure cage.


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but hold her from going through
the windshield in an accident.

How will she release the seatbelt after an accident?

Not to hound you, and one has the same problem in a car, but perhaps
it's just one of the risks one must accept if we are going to fly a pooch.

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Not to hound you, and one has the same problem in a car, but perhaps it's
just one of the risks one must accept if we are going to fly a pooch.

Which is? Going through the windshield? Or releasing the seatbelt after an
accident?

Pete

Which is? Going through the windshield? Or releasing the seatbelt after an
accident?
Take your pick.

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"Jose" wrote in message
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Which is? Going through the windshield? Or releasing the seatbelt after
an accident?
Take your pick.

Okay, I pick "releasing the seatbelt after an accident". In which case, the
scenario is no different than a child in a car seat (whether in an airplane
or a car). Given that pretty much everywhere in the US, children are
required *by law* to be transported in that matter, I don't find treating
one's dog to be any different, nor for it to be a significant concern.

Our dependents, whether children or animal, are dependent on us (duh). In
many scenarios, including life-threatening ones. To refrain from taking
simple precautions to prevent injury or death in a relatively common
scenario, just for the purpose of avoiding the dependent being restrained in
a much less common scenario just doesn't make any sense.

I have no idea why you even brought it up. It's a complete non-issue. It's
about as big of a concern as the question of your own seatbelt restraining
you against your will (faulty mechanism, or perhaps jammed in the crash,
whatever).

So, can you explain why you felt it was something that needed mentioning?

Pete

So, can you explain why you felt it was something that needed mentioning?

I was curious as to how others percieved/processed that risk. It's part
of conversation. Nothing more.

Jose
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