Comments on: Review: USA K9 Outfitters Seat Belts

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:20:03 +0000

Don’t worry! I got mine within two weeks, and it works great. Plus, I had to exchange and get a new size, and the customer service was wonderful.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:22:10 +0000

Ok, I ordered via USA K9 Outfitters website. Still very nervous as the email confirmation from USA Outfitters was eerily similar to the ChampK-9 email. A lot of text was verbatim.

Crossing my fingers….

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 13:41:31 +0000

Ditto on champk-9. Wish I had found this review before. I ordered 7/20/10, got an email confirmation. Heard/received nothing. Called phone # on email, disconnected. Now website goes to ecommerce hosting site. I called the ecommerce site and they said they could not go into details but there was a problem with the vendor. My credit card hasn’t been charged yet by champk-9 but it sure makes me nervous knowing they have it. I’ll give USA K9 Outfitters a try.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:45:13 +0000

I’m yet another person who ordered from the ChampK-9 site. I’ve read so many seat belt reviews that convinced me that this product is by far the best car safety restraint out there, but I ordered on May 29 and recieved an “order conformation” but then got nothing. No response to e-mail messages, no way to call and talk to someone (as all the voicemail boxes are full) and my cc number just out there in limbo somewhere :-/ The last time I called, it seems as though the number is no longer in service. I wish the ChampK-9 site would disappear entirely, as it’s really confusing.

I ordered the seatbelt today, and want to make sure it gets here before a trip on July 29th, so I’ll try to call on Monday. I will make sure to update when I recieve the product.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:13:48 +0000

I own two Italian Greyhounds, and like many others, wanted a way to keep my dogs safe while driving. I placed an order last year with Champ k-9 for two seatbelt systems, which never arrived. I had read very good reviews about the harnesses, but had no way to obtain them. Incredibly frustrating!

After reading this blog post, and many of the user comments, I called USA k-9 and just placed a new order. The sales representative was very nice and told me that my items should arrive within two weeks. I’ll come back and post my experiences after I receive the harnesses.

Thanks for posting this article!

By: Dana

Dana — Sun, 30 May 2010 02:34:32 +0000

Count me as someone who ordered through Champ k-9 and has not been able to get through to anyone. Luckily my credit card wasn’t charged, but it’s been 8 weeks and I have yet to get any notification of shipment, and like others, have found their mailboxes to be full and all my messages that I was able to left are still unanswered. I am going to look now at the USA k-9 site. Glad I found these reviews, just wish I had done so before ordering!

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 22 May 2010 00:27:58 +0000

I have been using the Champion system for about 7 years and it is the best. It is important that you NOT ORDER from Champk-9.com – they will not fill the order! USA K9 Outfitters is where to order. I wish I had the new bullnose buckle as I agree with the author that the old style are difficult to use. Everything else I find very easy and my dogs are trained to step into the seatbelt.

Within the first year of having it, I was traveling with my 14 year old Lab. A large male deer ran out in front of the car and I slammed on the brakes. My Lab began to move – but was caught by the restraint when he reached the end of the strap. The seatbelt kept him in the back seat, when he was heading for the windshield. I highly recommend this system!! Mine will never be without. Others with different seatbelt systems have asked me “what’s so special about that seatbelt?” I answer the question and then ask, to what strength was your dog’s seatbelt system tested… most of the time, they have no idea and I bet it wasn’t tested.

By: webmaster

webmaster — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:44:37 +0000

It is an excellent product. I hope you and your dog enjoy it!

Yes, the evil company is ChampK-9 and the good company is USA K9 Outfitters.

By: kris

kris — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:25:34 +0000

Thank you so much for including the information on the above product on your site; I wanted to give you a positive update on it .

We are taking a trip in June to western IL and unexpectedly will be taking our dog. Even as (or would that be especially as?) a former Chicago native, I was not looking forward to driving the expressway with a young dog in the car, so started to search the web for harnesses, etc. Your site and several others mentioned the problems with getting this product from some of the distributors; a couple of posts mentioned USA K-9 Outfitters, and I decided to try it.

I ordered it late last Thursday 5-13, then called Susie there on Friday to mention my situation so that I’d know if it could arrive in time. She said she’d get it right out, and it arrived today (Monday 5-17)! Now, that’s service! It is the sturdiest thing I’ve ever seen; fitted our pup with it this evening and took him for a trial ride to the dog park.

Please get the word out, as this business provides excellent service. Thanks, Kris

By: paula

paula — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:56:58 +0000

A helpful tip if it applies: With any seatbelt system, I was always concerned about the tethers that connect to the lap portion of a seat belt. Especially with more than one dog in the ‘back seat’, I worried about legs getting tangled and what might happen in a fast stop or crash. I’ve found that connecting the ‘quick clip’ to the child restraint point behind the seat allows the tether to come over the top of the seat, leaves legs free from tangling, and the dog can easily turn around, stand, lay down, etc.

Just a thought if you do have that option. : )

I’ve used these harnesses for quite some time, and travel between Colorado and Florida twice yearly, almost 5,000 miles. There have been several times that I’m glad the dogs have been secured, and I have never had a part fail.

Lastly, and unfortunately, if you DO search BBB for USA K9, it comes up with a rating of “F”. I’ve let the owner know about this, so they can hopefully correct the rating with BBB. They don’t deserve to suffer from the other company’s poor service.