Help, bought this and my dog moves a lot and when he steps on the seat belt release button he is still attached to seat belt but no longer secure..
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I believe it's a matter of training your dog. My puppy also moves around a lot, but I keep a paper towel roller in the car. When I say sit, or calm down, and show him the roller, he sits, and calms down.
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My best suggestion would be to buy one of the doggie booster seats/ beds that have an opening in the back for the seatbelt attachment to fit through. Therefore, when the dog circles around before he lays down, his feet would not touch the release. Hope this helps!
1368707
To keep your pet in place, have you used a harness with seat belt attachment?
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According to the instructions, the collar needs to fairly tight. If you can get it buckled pretty easily, it is probably too loose. Make sure the dog is standing when you put on the collar. I have to stand over my dog and hold her up with my knees at her hips to put on the collar. I found that the collar can be a little looser and still work. But it still needs to tight enough to stay in place.
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This has straps that will tie off behind it. I tied them to the seat belt receptacles and while it still slides, it doesn't slide more than a few inches.
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Yes, the seatbelt will still lock. The restraints on the side that click into the car seat anchors restrict the movement also though. My dog does manage to lie down anyway, but I do feel like he is much more protected than before.
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Hi Laura,If I remember correctly you just use a screwdriver to tighten the bars but I found one of my dogs is smarter than I gave him credit for and he kept using his head to move the bar over and then get in the front seat. I solved the issue by taking black electrical tape and taping around the bar to make sure he could no longer move it.I hope this helped!!
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No! My brother's 65 pound dog bent the clip that hooks into the seatbelt and chewed through leash. If your dog doesn't chew or use brute force constantly pulling on the clip, you'll be fine. But my brother's medium size dog bent it in about an hour of pulling to go from side to side in the car and try to jump up into the front seat. I would recommend spending a little more to get something that's made a little bit better.
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I don't use a harness just attach the safety strap, that his attached to the seat belt, to the spot where the leash attaches to the metal part. She can still move around but neither of mine do a lot of that. I love my pet car seats.
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I managed to get the front seat belt wrapped around it and clicked in place. It wasn't a sure thing but kept it from sliding forwardin braking situations. Hope this helps
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I adjusted the belt and my 5# Chihuahua is unable to get out. She enjoys riding in it.
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You are right, ours doesn't fit stay on and comes off everytime my dog gets in and out, save your money!
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The harness eventually slips off my dog if I leave it on him. It's not really designed to stay on.
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i don't think a regular seat belt would work with it; maybe not even one built for dogs; but it does have a snap (short leash type thing) attached to the tagalong that keeps them from jumping out and give some security, or at least a sense of it for me and the dog. it's not a heavy duty dog seat belt type thing I've seen at the pet stores, but my dog wouldn't go for that at all. she likes this cuz she can see out, and I think she feels safer with my fast corner turns. I think she wouldn't survive a bad wreck from it, but it would keep her from going thru the windshield, or at least keep her from jumping out when help came. hope this helps. i don't think a regular seat belt would work with it; maybe not even one built for dogs; but it does have a snap (short leash type thing) attached to the tagalong that keeps them from jumping out and give some security, or at least a sense of it for me and the dog. it's not a heavy duty dog seat belt type thing I've seen at the pet stores, but my dog wouldn't go for that at all. she likes this cuz she can see out, and I think she feels safer with my fast corner turns. I think she wouldn't survive a bad wreck from it, but it would keep her from going thru the windshield, or at least keep her... » Read More i don't think a regular seat belt would work with it; maybe not even one built for dogs; but it does have a snap (short leash type thing) attached to the tagalong that keeps them from jumping out and give some security, or at least a sense of it for me and the dog. it's not a heavy duty dog seat belt type thing I've seen at the pet stores, but my dog wouldn't go for that at all. she likes this cuz she can see out, and I think she feels safer with my fast corner turns. I think she wouldn't survive a bad wreck from it, but it would keep her from going thru the windshield, or at least keep her from jumping out when help came. hope this helps. « Show Less
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It's going on a year since I installed mine. It uses 2 elastic bands that wrap around the seat to secure it. I've only experienced minor movement of the pad that required slight adjustments. This was probably caused by entering and exiting the vehicle.
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I'm not sure what your problem is but, I had no problem. I stretched the seat belt out as far as it would extend and threaded it as directed while still holding the seatbelt out and secured the belt in the lock. Then I let the belt go. It will not be as tight as it should. Put your knee in the seat and pull it tight and the seat should not move much. Of course I also had the top of the seat attached to the car loop. Hope that helps.
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It may loosen occasionally, I have to tighten mine after every 3rd-4th ride. What worked best for my dog's pulling is a nose harness, she was a different dog after we started using it on walks and did not pull at all. When I ride with her, I put the nose harness on her but attach the bike leash to her body harness not the nose harness. Just having it on keeps her in check. You might want to check that out, got mine at Petsmart for $14.
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Yes, that can happen however I have found that safety pinning the strap to the seat belt has reduced some of her range of motion and keeps her a bit more settled into the spot where she should be. Now and then I still have to get her untwisted, however much less now with the strap pinned down.