Celebrate National Pet Day by taking your furry best friend on a road trip - here's what you'll need

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Let's be real: National Pet Day is just another one of dozens of pet-focused «holidays» (over 150, to be exact). Most of these were invented very recently to take advantage of social media buzz, Hallmark sales and warm fuzzies. This one, however, by the grace of the social media gods, seems to have caught a bit more steam than some of the others, so expect to be seeing a lot of it this year. Pet holidays are all well and good, but if you ask us, every day is National Pet Day in our hearts. Most of us here on the Autoblog crew are dog owners, so we've been thinking about the best, safest and most efficient ways to include our pups in our favorite hobby, hitting the open road.

We've actually got tons of great posts on traveling with your favorite four-legged buddy, spanning a variety of topics. If you're just simply looking for ideas on how to manage a trip with your best friend in tow, check out our 7 tips for a road trip with your dog, right here. Trying to track down some pet-friendly places to travel? We've got the 10 most pet-friendly road-trip cities in America for you as well. If you're concerned with in-car safety, we had a discussion with Lindsey Wolko, the founder of the <a href=«http://www.centerforpetsafety.org/» data-ylk=«elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:3;» data-rapid_p=«15» data-v9y=«1»>Center for Pet Safety

, and put together this article on how to keep your pets properly protected in the car. Last but not least, if you're looking to pick up some gear to make traveling with your dog as easy and fun as chasing a tennis ball through an open field, then check out some of these great products, just below.

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The Sleepypod Clickit Sport Plus is one of only a select few harnesses currently certified by the Center for Pet Safety. The CPS certification program has been around for nearly 10 years, and requirements for certification can be seen right here. The Clickit Sport passed the CPS' certification testing with 5 stars and there's even footage of the testing available for viewing right here. Aside from