Measure the girth around the
broadest part of the your pet's chest and add 2"
20%
Service Discount:
You
are eligible for this 20% service discount if you are a member
of:
·Any member of the
military (to include Active duty, Retired & Reserve): US Coast Guard,
US Marine Corps, US Air Force, US Army, and US Navy.
·US Coast
Guard Auxiliary,
·US Power
Squadron,
·NASAR
(National Association for Search & Rescue),
·National
Search Dog Alliance,
·State
Search & Rescue Organization, or
·ACWT (Association of
Canine Water Therapy)
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Critter's Inflatable®
Pet life jacket is a fully
automatic inflatable pet life jacket for your companion animals (dogs, cats,
rabbits, pigs, and any other four legged animal within the three size ranges shown
above). Additionally, when needed, this automatic feature can be
changed so that you may orally inflate this pet life jacket.
We use the same technology and components that companies today
are using to make inflatable life jackets for people. This technology results
in life jackets that are smaller and more comfortable to wear when not inflated,
and which outperform foam life jackets when inflated. We also use the new
automatic inflator technology for our pet life jacket which automatically
inflates the pet life jacket when submerged in water. However, just as
popular is the feature to orally inflate the Critter's Inflatable®Pet life jacket for recreational
pool use and for pets needing water training and therapy to overcome physical
problems.
When inflated, the Critter's Inflatable®Pet life jacket provides additional
buoyancy directly under your pet's neck so that even when your
pet is tired, its face and mouth will remain out of the water. Also,
the bright yellow color of the inflation chamber and the retro-reflective
tape on the lifting handle make it easy to spot a pet in the water.
Critter's Inflatable®Pet life jacket has two adjustable harnesses,
each
with an upper and lower adjustable sections; a neck straps, and a collar
strap allows the owner to adjust this
life jacket so it properly fits your pet's body shape and size.
The
two harnesses may be independently repositioned forward or aft to improve
fit and comfort of your pet. The adjustable collar neck strap will help you
while fitting the Critter's Inflatable®
Pet life jacket on your pet and eliminate any possibility that your pet
could squirm out of the life jacket's harness. The wrap around strap on
each of the free ends of the lower harnesses have Velcro®
type material which allows wrapping the strap around the harness webbing to
secure the free ends so they do not hang. The strong lifting handle
has retro-reflective tape and a D-ring for a leash attachment. This
lifting handle makes it easy to grab and pull a pet from the water for quick
and easy pet-overboard rescues. For smaller pets the lifting handle is
handy for transferring the pet between the boat and the dock. The
cover is a sturdy tear-resistant fabric.
We want our pets to have the same improved safety and comfort
as we do for ourselves.
Pet
life jackets are an important safety device for pet owners who spend time
onboard their boat, on docks, at the beach or around the pool. While many
people assume that all dogs are innate swimmers, there are certain breeds -
including Basset Hounds, Pugs and English Bulldogs - that sink like a rock
in the water because their short legs can't keep their large, heavy muscular
bodies afloat. Even dogs that are strong swimmers can benefit from wearing
a Critter's
Inflatable®
Pet life jacket,
because hyperthermia will affect dogs the same way it does humans. For many
dogs, a lake, pond, ocean or even swimming pool is an open invitation to
take a plunge. It's important to remember that not all dogs (and other
pets) know how to swim. Since fatal accidents can occur when curious dogs
with no water skills fall in and panic, caring pet owners should always
carefully supervise their pets around waters. Additionally, there are too
many deaths each year from people trying to rescue their pets from the water
because their pet was not wearing a life jacket.
As noted above, the Critter's
Inflatable® Pet
life jacket was specifically designed to solve the three
inherent problems that currently exist with all foam pet life jackets:
(1) Foam Dog life jackets or any Foam Pet
life jackets are not comfortable to wear for
extended periods especially in hot weather, because they cover a large
area on your animal’s body. When not
inflated, the Critter’s Inflatable Pet life jacket only covers a fraction
of the surface area covered by foam life jackets, minimizing discomfort
or overheating. Our inflatable pet life jacket is so comfortable
your pet will soon forget that they have anything on.
(2) Foam Dog life jackets or any Foam Pet
life jackets are limited in the amount of
buoyancy they can provide. Critter's Inflatable® Pet
life jacket
provides at least two to three times the amount of buoyancy that a foam
dog life jacket or foam pet life jackets (including cat devices)
provides.
(3) Most Foam Dog
life jackets and most Foam Pet life jackets generally have little or no
foam directly under the animal’s neck area, so the animal must hold its
head up at all times. Our inflatable pet life jacket provides a
tremendous amount of buoyancy on both sides of the animal as well as
directly under the animal's neck. Go to our Dog Photo Gallery and see
the head support provided by Critter's Inflatable®
Pet life jacket.
Click
for Coast Guard Auxiliary Department of Boating article"Inflatable Life Jacket
Basics" by Stu Soffer N-MS (or visit their website at:
http://auxbdept.org/). This
article is a combined document that incorporates the best of his
previous two articles on the subject of inflatable life jackets for
people and includes reference (page 4) to Critter's Inflatable for
pets.
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