Make Shift Dog Harness
Have you ever taken your dog with you and then realized you forgot the harness or leash? If you’re just out for the day, it’s not such a big deal. Just run home, grab it, and you’re back in the game. But what happens if you’re hundreds of miles away? You need a make shift dog harness.
My husband and I are professional truck drivers, and our American Bully is our road dog. Thumper loves being out with us, and who doesn’t love a job where you can take your dog to work? Okay, I’m sliding off topic.
When we pack to go out on the road, we load everything into our personal vehicle and drive to the yard. That’s where we park our truck. On this particular outing, the leash and harness were in the floorboard. We missed them when we loaded everything into our semi. So we were in Georgia when we decided to pull over at a rest area, stretch our legs, and walk the dog.
Did you grab the leash? No… Didn’t you?
Hmm. Now what? Going home isn’t really an option. We have to pick up a load outside of Atlanta in a few hours. And we can’t be out without a leash and harness for the next week or two. My husband has an amazing gift for “MacGyver”-ing things together. He was inspired by one of our load straps and a carabiner clip.
(For those who don’t know the MacGyver reference, it’s an old TV show with Richard Dean Anderson. Give him a couple zip ties, some WD-40, and duct tape. He could take out a drug cartel.)
To make a short story short: a criss-cross wrap of the load strap, the buckle of a carabiner clip, and we had our very own make shift dog harness. I hope this helps someone someday.
If you love life on the road with dogs as much as we do, check out more in our Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! section. You can also read the rest of my Journey’s of a Professional Truck Driver stories.
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