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Originally Posted by Charlies Mamma  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? |
My brother had a beagle, Sparky. He used to "load up his huntin' dog, and a boy and his dog" would go do his errands, and while he never said anything, Sparky was a chick magnet.... Jr had visions of Sparky doing like every other dog in the world, hanging his head out, barking and smiling and laughing in the wind....only thing, Jr DID back up his "vision", he attached a leash to Sparky's halter, and loop it through the seat belt in the front seat. One day, Sparky saw something he wanted, and out the window he went....Jr said he looked over at Sparky, and all he sees is "Sparkys a$$hole and elbows, going out that window"......he almost wrecked his truck, getting pulled over, just certain he was going to have to go back and pick up his dead dog.....he got around to the passenger side of the truck, and there hung Sparky by his halter, front paws tucked comfortable up across his chest, little hind feet also tucked up tightly, in a completely upright position, Jr swears with a grin on his face, just like he was riding in a side car or something!!!!! Does that answer your question???? If it can happen all wrong, it will be one of OUR dogs that pulls off the impossible....so needless to say, there have never been anymore windows down in the car, no dogs riding freely in the cabin NOR wonderfully running around the back of a pickup truck, unrestrained.....and I have always secured any of my dogs in carriers or carseats, without fail.