This is the easiest way I ever saw to have everything you need for that well deserved trip with your pet, Travel kit *At the time of publishing, the price was $36. Sure, you could carry all of your pet’s gear in a plastic bag, but a good organizer helps keep things handy without you’re doing a lot of fishing around. The Solvit HomeAway Pet Travel Organizer Kit is like a toddler’s diaper bag built for dogs. It comes with...

We considered safety first, so we checked the latest recommendations from the Center for Pet Safety. The CPS is the only institution that tests the claims that manufacturers make (or avoid making) about the safety of their pet products. In partnership with automaker Subaru, which sponsors the research, the CPS puts crates, kennels, and restraint harnesses through crash tests with different sizes of animal dummies to determine the safety and structural integrity of the products. Plastic crates in particular do...

Whether you and your cats are driving across town or you’re taking the dog on a much-needed road-trip vacation—he works hard!—hitting the road with your pet can be a joy or an ordeal, depending on how prepared you are. Animals in a car can get stressed, which then puts stress on you and your passengers. And pets can easily sustain injuries in a crash, even a fender bender, unless you have the right gear to protect them. I just found...