Comments on: I’m Betting AGAINST My Dog!

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:08:04 +0000

I’ll be very interested to see who wins 🙂 Currently, our little peanut is riding in her crate. She is an absolute dream to travel with . . . as long as she is crated! Good luck!!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 12:04:35 +0000

In reply to Tom Collins.

Don’t just cross Ithaca off the list, Tom. Send a quick email to the tourism board. Apparently they get a lot of complaints about not being pet friendly. Another one couldn’t possibly hurt.

Especially from someone who coordinates a conference that brings hundreds of people and their pets to a town. 🙂

By: Tom Collins

Tom Collins — Sat, 22 Feb 2014 04:53:41 +0000

Wow, Pamela, I used to think Ithaca was one of the best places on earth (outside of Colorado). As you may recall, I’m from upstate NY, raised near Buffalo and a long-time Rochester area resident. My son went to Ithaca College for four years and Yvonne’s family centers a bit south-east of there, so I’ve spent many good times on the pedestrian mall you mention. Never crossed my mind that those granola-loving ex-hippies would be anything less than dog friendly!

Crossing Ithaca off my list! ;-P

By: Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom

Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 00:57:32 +0000

You think it’s tough keeping up with ONE shedding Golden Retriever? Try keeping up with two! I gave up, let’s see, 8 YEARS ago — after having had both girls for a full year. Back then, I had a dark green Blazer with a tan cloth interior. I had a hammock-style seat cover, which I later transferred to my current car. Yes, I have a light-colored cloth interior again, but it doesn’t matter. All the dog hair that sticks to the seat of my jeans somehow becomes stuck to the driver’s seat and every other surface inside the car. After all these years, I just don’t care any more. People who don’t want dog hair on their clothes are welcome to bring their own towel or just not ride in my car. At 60, I no longer care what people think of me and I’m enjoying life a helluva lot more than I did even 10 years ago.

But, like Kate, I totally commend you for your environmental choices, etc. As they say “YOU GO GIRL!!!”

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:31:12 +0000

Love the Kurgo hammocks! You might consider their door guards too. And other than a few stray hairs floating around, the car is probably going to be relatively Honey-hair-free.

I don’t worry about my own car because it is almost exclusively used to transport my dogs Maya and Pierson around. But we had to use my husband’s car on our last road trip. I used a sheet instead of a hammock to cover the seats. I moved the Kurgo Backseat Bridge from my car to my husband’s so that Maya and Pierson had more space. And I moved the Kurgo door guards over as well. As a result, it was very easy to clean out my husband’s car after the trip. The only place there was hair was around the seat belt buckles because of the holes made so that Maya and Pierson could still be buckled up.

By: Lauranne

Lauranne — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:12:05 +0000

In reply to Pamela. let us know how you get on!!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 11:51:16 +0000

In reply to Lauranne.

With a conventional rental car company that rents the car for a day or week at a time, we’ve never had a problem. And when we rent a car for a week or so, it’s not a big deal to spend an hour vacuuming at the end. Although if I could cut that chore down to a few minutes, I’d be thrilled.

The Ithaca Car Share program is for short-term rentals. They have cars parked all over town and we can rent them for half an hour or more at a time. They’re for short trips, like shopping or (Dog Forbid) a trip to the vet.

And it’s Ithaca Car Share that has the strict anti-dog policies.

On one hand, I can’t blame them. Every time I use Car Share I find half-filled coffee cups, wood chips, and even straw in the car. So I know why they’re reluctant about dog hair. But that’s why I hope that proposing a trial with a seat cover like the Hammock to see if it works.

By: Lauranne

Lauranne — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 10:03:09 +0000

It feels funny saying this but I hope Honey looses! It’s a shame that companies have such strict rules when it comes to dogs. Is there any way you could build up a relationship with a particular rental car (forgive me for not completely understanding how it works) so that they know you always return it spotless and so may be a bit more relaxed when it’s you?

Does that make sense??

By: maggie

maggie — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:31:37 +0000

I have given up about dog hair in the car. However the hammock does help some and it also helps from Maggie rolling into well between the front and back seats. But I’m betting that your dog will still find a way to leave a little fur behind!

By: Jana Rade

Jana Rade — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 06:22:17 +0000

I think the product you’re showing here should help in the borrowed car.

We have dog hair pretty much everywhere and we don’t really care. It’s not that our guys shed so much, there are no piles of hair but there is always at least couple of them, including on our plates 😉