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01-10-2013, 11:26 AM | #1 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: With CharlieBrown of course!
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| Car Windows Up or Down Ok I am curious, do any of you put the windows down while driving on your cars with your furbabies riding with you? I see people all the time driving and the windows are down and the dogs are up and barking out the window.... Do dogs instinctively know NOT to jump, even when the car stops??? or do people just try it to see what will happen. I mean if God forbid something would attract them and they bolted out you could never stop in time to save them I personally have only put my windows down about 2-3 inches and Charlie is no where near tall enough to get up that high and if he could he is to large to fall out. (hes a teapot LOL) So, Im interested to know, Car Windows Up or Down?
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01-10-2013, 11:30 AM | #2 |
and Shelby's too Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Millbrook, AL
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| I think the better question is, why aren't these dogs strapped in a carseat/seatbelt? Then, it wouldn't matter about the windows. I would never let my window down enough and my dog unstrapped to where it could jump out the window. No way.
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01-10-2013, 11:33 AM | #3 |
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| I put Jackson in the Snoozer seat and that makes him tall enough to stick his nose out the window if I roll it down a few inches. I never put it all the way, even with him strapped him... God forbid something broke or whatever, and he jumped out the window for whatever reason... you just never know...
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01-10-2013, 11:38 AM | #4 |
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| I knew it! See Im not crazy!! I just keep thinking OMG what if they jumped out Charlie has a seat to sit in but it does not hold him down he can get up and move.
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01-10-2013, 11:39 AM | #5 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| There was a story on here about one person who didn't strap there dog into there truck and had the window down thinking there dog would never jump and she did she jumped out the window. The only time Callie gets to do that is if its just through the neighborhood and someone is holding on to her very well and she does love it but I also worry about bugs and little rocks flying and hitting her in the eyes or mouth.
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01-10-2013, 11:42 AM | #6 |
Cedric♥Lola♥Keylo Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Gilford, NH, USA
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| jason picks me up from work. cedric will ride in with daddy and he has to have the window down. we have a harness and leash on him...he has a snoozer but wants to be right at the window. i always keep them leashed you just never know..someone could reach and try to take them....in this crazy world one never knows.
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01-10-2013, 11:44 AM | #7 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | We roll the windows down for our dogs on warm days, but only if they are strapped in and secure (whether that be by a carseat, the dog seat belt, or a leash and harness being held tightly by someone).... We know for an absolute fact that if Clyde wasn't strapped in he would jump out of the window to chase after something or say hello to someone as we are driving through town. Dexter on the other hand doesn't care much for the window lol. It always freaks me out to see people driving around with little dogs unsecured to anything with their head far out the window. Anything could happen to that poor puppy! To sharp of a turn, a car accident, or the dog could just reach out to far and fall out in traffic. Once I saw someone driving around with a border collie in the back of the truck with the tailgate open and the poor dog wasn't secure to anything ... and they were on the freeway! |
01-10-2013, 11:54 AM | #8 | |
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01-10-2013, 12:02 PM | #9 | |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Michigan USA & Sheffield UK
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ZoE is always strapped in her carseat when in the car. The tether is long enough that she can get her head to the window, but there is no way she could get out of the window. I drive with the windows down, or at least partially down, as long as the weather is fine & the wind isn't blowing too hard. I also almost always drive with the sunroof open....I hate feeling couped up in a car.
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01-10-2013, 12:22 PM | #10 | |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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01-10-2013, 12:26 PM | #11 | |
Cedric♥Lola♥Keylo Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Gilford, NH, USA
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cause cedric will whine and cry and honest i live less than one minute from my work. yes hes spoiled and we know that. so even in the winter he wants the window open. if we go anywherelse besides my work with all the babies they are all strapped in and cedric whines the whole ride!! its very joyful but safe. does everyone have to be so judgemental without knowing every last detail. jes if you think i would ever take my eyes off him for a second while hes enjoying the wind blowing in his hair your wrong. just saying.
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01-10-2013, 12:27 PM | #12 |
Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas
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| I also want to add......riding in Houston Texas with your windows down and Yorkies in the car, I can promise you, you are BEGGING to be carjacked.........or just have some thug jump into your car and grab your babies! |
01-10-2013, 12:29 PM | #13 |
and Shelby's too Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Millbrook, AL
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| Whoa! That is a very "lesson learned" story about Sparky, but I have to admit....I laughed at the vision of Sparky just hangin' out there. LOL! Yeah, I know my dogs...they'd bolt if they could. They are just too curious.
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01-10-2013, 12:32 PM | #14 |
Donating YT 500 Club Member | .... I'm supposed to be moving to Houston with my dogs for school .... Thanks for the warning tip. |
01-10-2013, 03:22 PM | #15 | |
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But now that you've implied that I'm judgemental... I went back & read what you wrote. From what you've written it seems that you strap him him when going places other than to work, but for work you don't bother as it's less than a minute away. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration more than 50% of accidents happen within 5 miles of home. Only 1 % of accidents occur over 50 miles from home. If you valued your pup you'd buckle him in at ALL times.
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