If it's true that dog owners tend to look and think like their pets, then canines must be safety- conscious indeed. Even as this boating season winds down,there is every indication that sales are still wagging the dog. Life jackets for dogs are increasingly popular.
Life jackets are essential pieces of equipment for the boater, even required by law.
The BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water has tested human life jackets several times over the years and with the growing popularity of pet life jackets, we thought it was time to look at these devices. But this Foundation Findings, which focuses solely on dogs in life jackets, presented a new set of questions and challenging test protocols. For one thing, there are no design or performance standards for pet devices against which to measure devices currently on the market. Another challenge is the fact that dogs come in more sizes, shapes and anatomical configurations than humans. Their real-world use is different, too.