Dog Travel
Kurgo Tru-Fit Dog Car Harness Review: One Year of Daily Road Trips
A full-year, real-mileage review of the Kurgo Tru-Fit dog car harness for daily drivers and road trippers.
A long-haul trucker explains how a simple harness finally kept his 74-pound Lab settled on the road.
A full-year, real-mileage review of the Kurgo Tru-Fit dog car harness for daily drivers and road trippers.
Which restraint actually holds in a sudden stop? A long-haul driver compares the Kurgo Tru-Fit harness and a plain seat belt clip after a season of real miles.
A long-haul driver on why his dog rides clipped in, and why yours should too.
A long-haul trucker explains how a simple harness finally kept his 74-pound Lab settled on the road.
A step-by-step guide to fitting and using a dog car harness so your dog rides safely on every trip.
Eight months, 40,000 miles, two hard stops. Here is what the Kurgo Tru-Fit does, what frays, and what the marketing photos leave out.
After six months and roughly 28,000 miles with a 74 lb Labrador in the back seat, here is how the URPOWER hammock-style seat cover held up.
A flat bench cover keeps the seat clean. A full hammock style keeps the whole back seat area clean. I ran both with a 74 lb dog for nine months, and the difference is bigger than it looks.
A 10-reason look at why a waterproof hammock cover belongs in any vehicle that carries a dog.
A road trip, a muddy dog, and the cover that kept my cloth seats alive.
A five-step routine for keeping a claw-happy dog off your upholstery, tested over six months of long hauls with a 74-pound dog.
Seventeen thousand miles with a wet, muddy dog in the back seat. Here's what actually held up.
Five months of daily use loading a 74-pound senior dog into a pickup. What held up, what didn't, and who should buy the longest ramp Pawaboo makes.
I loaded a 74-pound Lab into a lifted truck with both a folding ramp and a set of dog stairs for a month. Only one earned a permanent spot in the truck bed.
A long-haul driver on why a 74-inch folding ramp changed how he travels with his stiff-hipped nine-year-old dog.
One cold morning, Boone stopped jumping into the truck. A folding ramp got him back in, and I stopped throwing my back out.
A step-by-step guide to safely loading your dog into a truck or SUV using a folding car ramp.
Eight months with the Pawaboo 74-inch folding ramp, a 74-pound Lab mix with stiff hips, and a tall pickup. The honest good, the annoying, and what I would do differently.
Twelve months with the HelloTree SUV cargo liner says more than any first-week review. Here is what holds up and what does not.
A cargo liner and a back seat barrier do two different jobs. I tested both for a week in an SUV with my 74-pound dog, and the answer depends on what your dog actually does.
A month of testing with a 74-pound Labrador taught me why a cargo liner belongs in every dog-hauling SUV.
After months of mud, snow, and wet dog on the road, Roy Tabor found a cargo liner that actually holds up.
Set up a safe, clean dog cargo area in your SUV with a cargo liner, step by step.
A year and 20,000 miles later, here's what this cargo liner actually does well, and the three things the product photos leave out.
A long-haul driver's months-long, many-rest-stop test of the MalsiPree 12 oz dog water bottle.
Dog travel water bottle vs collapsible bowl, tested on 11 months of road trips with a 74-pound Lab.
A long-haul driver's case for the bottle that stays in his door pocket.
One long-haul driver's story about the rest stop ritual that finally stopped being a mess, and the bottle that did it.
A plain-spoken guide to keeping your dog hydrated on long drives, with the bottle and routine that work in a real cab.
A second honest look at the MalsiPree dog travel water bottle after real miles from the truck cab.
A full-year, real-mileage review of the Kurgo Tru-Fit dog car harness for daily drivers and road trippers.
Eight months, 40,000 miles, two hard stops. Here is what the Kurgo Tru-Fit does, what frays, and what the marketing photos leave out.
After six months and roughly 28,000 miles with a 74 lb Labrador in the back seat, here is how the URPOWER hammock-style seat cover held up.
Seventeen thousand miles with a wet, muddy dog in the back seat. Here's what actually held up.
Five months of daily use loading a 74-pound senior dog into a pickup. What held up, what didn't, and who should buy the longest ramp Pawaboo makes.
Eight months with the Pawaboo 74-inch folding ramp, a 74-pound Lab mix with stiff hips, and a tall pickup. The honest good, the annoying, and what I would do differently.
Twelve months with the HelloTree SUV cargo liner says more than any first-week review. Here is what holds up and what does not.
A year and 20,000 miles later, here's what this cargo liner actually does well, and the three things the product photos leave out.
A long-haul driver's months-long, many-rest-stop test of the MalsiPree 12 oz dog water bottle.
A second honest look at the MalsiPree dog travel water bottle after real miles from the truck cab.