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Sleepypod and Fear Free have unveiled new line of Fear Free Happy Homes edition pet products, delivering on a shared commitment to providing pet owners with the products to help alleviate fear, anxiety, and stress in pets at home and when traveling to their destinations away from home, company officials said.

“Safety is at the core of Sleepypod products, but innovation is what truly distinguishes each Sleepypod pet product design,” said Michael Leung, Sleepypod co-founder and lead product designer. “Our collaboration with Fear Free takes pet product innovation to a higher level by reaffirming Sleepypod’s thoughtful design perspective and marrying it with Fear Free’s unparalleled, expert understanding of how pet owners can help their pets live happy, healthy lives.”

Sleepypod’s full range of pet products is voluntarily tested for safety, including the crash-testing of its entire line of carriers and car harnesses designed for use as safety restraints, officials said.

Founded on the mission of preventing and alleviating fear, anxiety and stress in pets, Fear Free offers online education to veterinary professionals, pet professionals, animal welfare communities, and pet owners to provide them with the knowledge and tools to look after a pet’s physical and emotional well-being, officials said. The brand’s Fear Free Happy Homes platform provides pet owners free access to content and education that will enable them to help their pets live their happiest, healthiest, fullest lives at home, at the vet and everywhere in between, officials added.

“With Fear Free’s focus on reducing fear, anxiety and stress in pets, Sleepypod is the perfect fit for this collaboration, and we are tremendously excited to be working with the Sleepypod team on the first Fear Free product line coming to market,” said Dr. Marty Becker, founder of Fear Free. “The Fear Free Happy Homes edition Sleepypod product line is designed for pet owners that have their pets’ emotional wellbeing top of mind and will introduce pet owners to the many benefits of Fear Free resources and tools.”

The first products in the new line are co-branded versions of current Sleepypod carrier and harness designs. These products are the Sleepypod mobile pet bed, Sleepypod Air carrier, Sleepypod Atom carrier, Clickit Sport Plus car harness, and Clickit Terrain Plus car harness.

Every carrier includes Ultra Plush bedding and a structured base, enabling the carrier to be used as a cozy napping space at home before transitioning to a carrier, car seat, or pet bed away from home.

The energy-absorbing harness vest wraps around the chest like a reassuring hug when used as a walking harness before transitioning to a car harness.

Every carrier and harness design comes with Sleepypod’s patented Pet Passenger Restraint System technology that controls rotation and prevents a pet from sliding forward off the seat bench in a car crash or hard stop.

Carrier and car harness integrity has been crash-tested at U.S., Canadian, and E.U. child safety seat standards, then independently tested and certified with a top safety rating by the Center for Pet Safety, officials said.

Collaborative, new product designs will be released in the future.