If your best friend is of the four-legged variety, then you probably have no issue with letting them sleep on your workbench, hop in the back seat, or occasionally gnaw on an old screwdriver handle.
And that’s OK in our book too.
In fact, we’ve put together a few gift ideas that’ll appeal to both dog lovers and cog lovers alike. Check them out:
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Car-Themed Dog Chew Toys
Normally we wouldn’t allow Franz Furdinand to chow-down on a brake rotor or engine block, but with these dog chew toys he can chomp away. From oil filters to turbochargers, each automotive dog chew toy is made from a durable canvas material and, of course, the dog toys squeak!
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Elevated Dog Bed
Perfect for campsites, garages, or pretty much anywhere your Prince of Barkness needs to lay down, this elevated dog bed will keep him cozy. It’s a great way to get your pooch off a cold concrete floor or wet, muddy lawn, and you won’t have to worry about him plopping down on top of your extension cords and air lines. The bed is 50 by 30 inches, and it’ll hold doggos up to 130 pounds.
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Pet Travel Car Seats
Want to take your Muttley Crue on a world tour? A few of these pet car travel seats can prevent them from tearing up your upholstery and getting paw prints on the seats. Designed for smaller dogs and cats, this travel box secures to the car seat to keep your pet contained while your drive.
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Folding Dog Travel Crates
For transporting larger dogs, try a collapsible pet travel crate. Available in XX-Large, X-Large, Large, and Medium sizes, these crates are lightweight, yet rugged enough to handle even the most lively pupper. More importantly, they fold down for easy storage.
Best of all, with vented mesh windows and a large roll-up door, these travel crates can be used as a nice doghouse-away-from-doghouse when you arrive at the campground or racetrack.
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Leashes & Collars
Functional and stylish, a dog leash and complementing collar is a great way to tell everyone you’re a bone-a-Fido gearhead. And you can get them in plenty of designs too, from the Chevy Bowtie to your favorite automotive performance parts retailer.
Better yet, specialty pet harnesses are available to keep Groucho Barks from wobbling around the back seat or rear hatch area as you drive
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Collapsible Travel Pet Water Bowls
Once you get to where you’re going, you’ll need a way for Ruth Barker Ginsberg to wet her whistle—and a good travel water bowl like this is a perfect way to do it. For starters, the bowl itself is made from a flexible material that folds down on top of the bottle for easy transport. Then you simply fold the bowl up and squeeze the bottle to fill it up for a dog-level drink.
You can even clip it onto a belt or backpack, making it a practical, portable watering hole while you’re hiking or at the dog park.
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Pet Stollers & Bicycle Trailers
There’s plenty of overlap between the general outdoorsy type and animal lovers, and that’s particularly true when talking about an outdoor activity like bike riding. So why not take Indiana Bones along for the ride with a bike-mount pet trailer.
Some models can convert into compact push strollers too, and many of the ones we’ve seen collapse down small enough to easily toss in the back of a truck or SUV, yet still have enough room inside for a mid-size dog or cat. (Or a marmot, if that’s your thing.)
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Interior Pet Pads & Seat Covers
Dogs get really, really, really excited to go on road trips—it’s in their canine DNA. But that doesn’t mean they have to rip apart your car’s upholstery in the process. Hence, why we protect our vehicle interiors from an overly-enthusiastic pooch with some sort of seat cover.
Regardless of what you drive, you’ll be able to find the perfect match for your interior, from custom, model specific options to universal fit applications. There are even liners that cover your entire rear cargo area (with the seats folded down, no less).
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Pet Ramps
Maybe Ozzy Pawsbourne ain’t as spry as he used to be. Or maybe Droolius Caesar won’t lay off the snacks.
Either way, pet ramps can come in really handy when you need to get your doggo into and out of your vehicle, especially if you’ve got a truck or SUV. These ramps typically fold neatly for storage and many are made of a lightweight (yet super strong) plastic so they’re easy to set up.
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Why don’t you carry dog eat muffs? I have seen them at racetrCks for guide/ companion dogs in training.