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Abbey, the Dog of the Day
Name: Abbey
Age: Four years old
Gender: Female Breed: Rhodesian Ridgeback, Lab mix
Home: Spring, Texas, USA
 
   We picked Abbey out at our local dog shelter. She's very lovable and sweet. She's also a calm-natured dog and was easy to train.

    The other day I went to the bank and since it was a cool day I decided to take Abbey, our Rhodesian Ridgeback/Lab mix with me. She's a nice, calm, well-behaved dog. I usually take "the boys" (our two labs) with me, but for some reason I thought I would take Abbey.

    I get to the bank and before I leave the car I notice Abbey is in the back cargo area just sitting there. I go into the bank to make a deposit. I'm the only one in there and I am back at the car in about three minutes. Abbey is still sitting calmly in the cargo area.

    I sit in the car and grab for my seat belt. But wait! There is no seat belt hanging there! I said "What the heck?" I look down by the pedals and there is the seatbelt. I look at one end of the seatbelt and it looked like someone cut it with a pair of scissors. I find the other end and it's cut the same way, plain and cleanly cut through with no ragged edges. But this second end of the belt looked slightly different. It was covered with dog slobber. That darned dog ate through the seatbelt! I don't know how she did it so fast!

    So I drove home and called the car dealer for a price on the part and they quote me $528.00 for the seatbelt and retractor alone. I asked why I can't just buy the seatbelt and they said the belt and retractor are sold as a one piece unit because the retractor has a gas charge built into it. Crap,I thought.

    I know you should never reuse a seatbelt after an accident because they stretch out and could fail in another accident so that rules it out. Last spring I had to put new seatbelts in our '70 VW bug because the front passenger shoulder belt failed under similar circumstances. But it was only $70. for both the passenger and drivers side three point belt. I thought those belts failed because they were 43 years old.

    It looks like I have a seat belt eater on my hands! You'd never know it but she was the only one in the car that day!


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