Center for Pet Safety's Top Crate Designed for Pickup Trucks

The Center for Pet Safety and Subaru of America have released the results of their 2015 Crate and Carrier Crashworthiness Studies. What should be interesting to pickup truck owners is that the crate deemed the 2015 Top Performing Crate — Gunner Kennels' G1 Intermediate crate with 8-inch tie-down straps (pictured above) — was designed with pickup owners in mind.

We know it's dangerous to drive with a pet crate in an open pickup bed — but many truck owners do. That's one of the reasons Gunner Kennels founder Addison Edmonds developed this crate: to protect the estimated 100,000 dogs killed each year while riding in truck beds.

To read more about the studies, click here. And please, secure your pet in the cab if your truck bed isn't covered.

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