Have you ever taken your dog with you and then realized you forgot the harness or leash? If you are just out for the day, it’s not such a big deal. Just run home and grab it and you are back in the game. However, 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? I’m sliding off topic.
When we pack to go out on the road we load everything up in our personal vehicle and drive to the yard where we park our truck. On this particular outing the leash and harness were in the floor board and we missed it 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 because we have to pick up a load outside of Atlanta in a few hours, but we can’t be out without a leash and harness for the next week or two. My husband, who has an amazing gift of “McGyver”ing things together, was inspired by one of our load straps and a carabiner clip.
(For those that don’t know the McGyver reference, its an old TV show with Richard Dean Anderson and if he had a couple zip ties, WD40 and some duct tape he could take out a drug cartel)
To make a short story short, a criss cross wrap of the load strap, buckle of a carabiner clip and we had our very own make shift dog harness. I hope this helps someone someday.
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