Re: Newbie questions: What kind of pet carrier?

"Upscale" <upscale@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Tracy101" <tracy10@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> However, I have discovered that some cats are totally terrified of
> carriers
>> and are better off being simply let loose in the car.
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> I definitely don't agree with this. The first priority is to control
> how and where you drive without undue interference from outside
> sources. An unrestrained cat, no matter how terrified it is, a loose
> cannon inside a car. Case in point. I remember some years ago driving
> along taking my cat to the vet. He managed to get out of his carry box
> and the first thing he did was to search out a place to hide. That
> happened to be right underneath the brake pedal on my car. I was
> coming up to an intersection with a red light at the time.
> Fortunately, I don't easily panic in such situations. I reached down
> and grabbed him by the tail and hauled him out of there. Sure, he 
> shrieked, but that was much preferable to be being crushed under a
> brake pedal.
> 
> After that, I made absolutely sure when driving that he was securely
> held in some type of carrier that he couldn't get out of.
> 
> 


Yeah, that was some of the worst advice I ever saw.