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Critter's Inflatable® 

                                 Pet Life Jacket         

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Keeps Your Pet Water Safe!  

Your Pet Deserves the Very Best!

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World's ONLY Inflatable Pet Life Jacket (Preserver)

      

Click here to see "Five Star Product Review" of Critter's Inflatable by Kaitlin Schneider
 (www.SheSpeaksBark.blogspot.com)  posted September 30, 2009

and featuring Bear (left) and Stella (right) shown below.  

 

 

 

 

   

Critter's Inflatable® pet life jackets

We only ship within the Continental United States.

Model

Approx. Weight of each life jacket

Weight Range

Chest Range

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Small

$119.99

14 ounces

(0.4 kg)

6 to 15 pounds

(3 to 7 kg)

13 to 17 inches (33 to 43 cm)

Medium

$129.99

1 lb - 3 ounces

(0.54 kg)

10 to 40 pounds

(5 to 18 kg)

17 to 30 inches (43 to 76 cm)

Large

$139.99

1 lb - 8 ounces

(0.68 kg)

35 to 200 pounds

(16 to 91 kg)

27 to 48 inches (69 to 122 cm)

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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)

To purchase: from the top of this page select "Pay Through PayPal" and scroll down to the 20% Service Discount box and select items you wish to purchase.

 

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 article "Four Legs on Deck! Finding the Right Life Jacket for Your Dog" published in the National Safe Boating Council's Newsletter (ANCHOR LINE) 2008 Volume 9 Issue 2.

Click for Coast Guard's press release for rescuing a drowning Black Labrador Retriever who's snout dipped below the water for the last time and became unconscious.

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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This product is covered by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Patent No. 6,659,824 B1 date of Patent: Dec. 9, 2003

This product's Trademark has been registered by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Reg. No. 2,939,836 Registered Apr. 12, 2005