Well, for instance, I was barely able to walk after a hip injury after total hip joint replacement and had to pick Tibbe up at the vet after my doctor's appointment. I was told to get myself home and get off the hip and in bed ASAP to keep the inflammation and swelling down and all the bad things that would happen if I didn't and what would happen if I restrained it under its present circumstances. I needed to stop by the 7-11 for some toilet paper(totally out) and had no choice but to park in front of the store, him safe in his little carrier quietly waiting, and get into the store and out again, all the while watching the truck for anyone stopping by it, prepared to yell "He's stealing my little dog!" at the top of my lungs to the shoppers in general as I crutched myself out the door!
There was no way I could have gotten him home, climbed out of that truck to deliver him in his crate on those crutches, barely able to walk, managed to get back up into it with the crutches to drive to the store and out of it and back in again at the store and out of it at home once again - I was barely moving by the time I left the doctor's office, let alone by the time I left the vet's.
Humans do get put into bad situations at times by circumstance and a dog that is secure and quiet to me has a better chance of incurring less danger than one that is barking and excited. A dog that has barked itself into excitement/frenzy often tries to get out of whatever seat or harness they are secured with. So Tibbe has been trained to be quiet and serene in the truck. In that "emergency"(at least to me it was) situation, though not ideal or to be repeated hopefully ever, I am glad he wasn't barking and fretting as I got my TP and we headed for home and me to bed!
__________________  Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |