wendell steiner , his wife , and their four children were stopped by police in akron , ohio during their 300-mile journey from nova , ohio to pennsylvania .
although mitt romney was governor of massachusetts and not the buckeye state .
the former presidential candidate famously came under fire during his 2012 run for the white house after it was revealed he once drove for 12 hours with his irish setter seamus on top of his car in a carrier .
steiner 's mixed-breed puppies were wind-battered and huddled together in the cage when they were rescued , but had no injuries .