Chris,
But be careful...It really depends on the dog. Some dogs are very smart about it, others will jump right out, even if the truck is moving! Plus, even if you have a smart dog, you can't control other drivers that could potentially run into your truck. My aunt's dog lost a leg riding in the back of a pickup, so it always scares me.
We have a topper for our pickup...you can always take it off if you need to haul things. It's really not that hard to put on and off...plus (as I think someone mentioned) you can buy a connector so the dog can put his head into the cab and say hi.
Ashley, they would be in their plastic (airline type) dog kennels. And, the kennels would be fastened in the truck bed. I wouldn’t want them just wandering around the bed of the truck, especially, in town. There is just too much chance of something getting their attentions.
Obviously, I am going around and around about this. I am just testing the waters to see what others do. It seems to me that others put dogs in a kennel in the back of their trucks with no ill effects on the dogs.
oh! a kennel...ok good, I misread and thought you were going to let them run loose. I think whether to use a kennel or a topper is up to you <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Anne Schmaltz Webboard User Reg: 12-23-2005
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I feel the greatest threat to a loose dog in a pickup bed (capped or not)is being slammed up against the cab in the event of a collision. It seems to me that securing the dog immediately behind the cab is the easiest way to minimize this threat.
This winter a beautiful GSD down the street broke 3 vertebrae when the vehicle he rides in was rear-ended. I know the plural of "anecdote" is not "data," but doesn't it just go to figure that hitting the windshield or back of a truck cab is as great a danger to unsecured dogs as unsecured people?
This is one of those things. I just could not imagine putting my dogs in harms way if there is something I can do/buy/etc. that will prevent it. My wife thinks that I am nuts for worrying. But, I think she thought I was joking about putting the humans in the back and canines in the front.
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