[dmjlambert]

Thanks, my favorite, too. She is Abby and is a couple years old, and until recently we had a male Boxer named Buddy that was 8 years old and they played together a lot. I was driving like a little old granny to the vet for something routine, taking it very easy around corners and avoiding sudden stops, but there is nothing I could do to prevent Buddy from falling over, even when he was laying down. He just didn't understand movements of a car, although he sure loved to go for a ride. So, I started this thread to find out what people can do. We'll never know, but I think one of his spills ending up giving him a irritation to spine joints and he had a bad flare up of arthritis. He was completely disabled, and in pain, and we had to euthanize him a few weeks after starting this thread. For a semi-old boxer, I think a seat belt harness could have resulted in a few more years with us. We had another boxer a few years ago that only lived to be 8 because of spine problems. Some of our boxers have lived to be 12 or 13 years old.