Earlier tonight on my way to pick up a pizza, my puppy jumped out of the window on a four lane major road! I was going about 30 mph.
I took him to the pet emergency room; fortunately he has no major injuries.

I had no idea that a puppy/dog would jump out of a window.
A word to the wise: Never give your dog a chance to jump out of a vehicle window. If you pet is not in a crate, put him in a seatbelt or roll up the windows.

 Quote: Russell Baker

Earlier tonight on my way to pick up a pizza, my puppy jumped out of the window on a four lane major road! I was going about 30 mph.
I took him to the pet emergency room; fortunately he has no major injuries.

I had no idea that a puppy/dog would jump out of a window.
A word to the wise: Never give your dog a chance to jump out of a vehicle window. If you pet is not in a crate, put him in a seatbelt or roll up the windows.

Thank you for posting this!

And WHEW.

Wow. How scary, and I'm so glad that Max is ok! Thanks for posting, definately something that never would have occured to me!

 Quote: Melissa Charles

Wow. How scary, and I'm so glad that Max is ok! Thanks for posting, definately something that never would have occured to me!

Adult dogs too.

 Quote: Russell Baker

. . .I had no idea that a puppy/dog would jump out of a window. . .

You might also want to read this thread about transporting dogs and watch the video. Without doing anything, he'll become a puppy projectile.

Mike

Oh my gosh, I can't imagine how that must have felt. I got pretty freaked out when my dog tried to put his face and paws out the window one time and he has always been in a car harnass.
I'm totally paranoid that he would be able to get out even though he's harnassed in. I think either the harnass would come apart/break or he would hang himself.

Now I only ever have the window open enough to let in some air - he wouldn't even fit his nose out that gap

Yes this is a lucky way to learn the hazards of dogs and vehicles. There are many! I cringe when I see a dog in the back of a truck, loose, or with a line that is too long to be secure, and when people have small dogs that stand with their paws on the door hanging out the window on the freeway.

Dogs can will and do jump out of moving vehicles - either windows or the back of a truck. A neighbor of ours when I was growing up put his dog on a 6" leash tied to the truck near the tailgate. He did not notice the dog jumping over the tailgate while he was driving... until he got home. The dog was ok as it was on a flat collar and got its front feet on the back bumper but its hind feet were tore up pretty good. They guessed he'd gotten excited when they got close to home and decided to jump out early.

My dad is a long haul truck driver, and I was not with him but I was on the phone with him when it happened. He was in Texas, I don't recall which HWY, but going around 65, a dog jumped out of the back of a truck a couple hundred yards ahead of him. He stopped, but the impact and rolling killed the dog. The owner of the truck never stopped.

Car harnesses or crates, everyone!