You can call it a pet seat cover if you want, but I bought it to carry in my car all year around. So many times, I need to pick up mulch or straw or large bags of birdseed, and want to keep my SUV nice and this is just perfect. It folds up small and so it doesn't take much space to store. If the bags of mulch are wet, I don't have to worry about getting my carpet wet and staining it or ruining it's resale value in the future. Thinking outside the box on this one.