Dogs in cars

jessiejam

Why oh why do people bring their dogs to supermarkets and shops with them in the car.
They are left in the car barking at every passer-by while the owner shops.
I just don't get it.

This morning I saw someone in a jeep driving along with the dog on his lap...wtf?? Surely its dangerous.

Dropped my son to his creche this morning and there was a dog loosing the plot in the back of another car barking like a lunatic at us.

Having some mutt barking in your ear as you drive must be so distracting

So can I ask if anyone on boards does it and why?

D1stant

jessiejam wrote: »

Having some mutt barking in your ear as you drive must be so distracting

Leave the wife at home then

B0jangles

My dog likes to go for drives occasionally, though she doesn't bark when the car is parked, or indeed when it is moving. She just goes to sleep.

Other people might be going to the shops before/after taking the dog for a walk?

Chips Lovell

There is no more uplifting sight in the world than seeing a dog with his head stuck out a car window.

Melion

I bring our 2 dogs to a forest/lake area in the back of the car. If i need something on the way home, what should i do? Neither dog barks at strangers.

Stupid thread is stupid.

xLexie

Why does it bother you if people bring their dogs in their own car? And as for barking - dogs tend to do that. Should you not bring your child in the car incase they start crying? Surely that must be pretty distracting too.

gimmick

Presumably she means leaving the dog locked up for a long period in the car.

Sometimes it is convenient/unavoidable. I take my fella for a long walk every saturday. Sometimes I may need to run a few errands on the way like stop into the shop and/or credit union. I could leave the dog at home, do these things, go home collect him and go out again, or leave him alone in the car for the 5-10 minutes these jobs will take me. I go for the latter. He usually whinges as I walk away, but when I come back he is usually curled up, or else sat in the driver seat.

As for having a dog on the lap while driving - that is just stupid.

Lapin

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

There is no more uplifting sight in the world than seeing a dog with his head stuck out a car window.

They can do that with the air rushing into their face as you rip it down the the M6 at 70mph on a windy day.

Yet blow on their nose when they're sitting on the living room floor and they go apeshít.

SunnyDub1

My sister brings her dog with her in the car each morning when dropping the kids off to school, reason being that she will drive to the park straight after to walk the dog.......
like what most people that have their dog in their car are doing!

Get over it

jjdub1

I'd rather have my dog wait 20 minutes in the car while I shop than wait for a couple of hours at home on his own and so would he. He doesn't bark as people walk by, he snuggles up and waits for my return and he's secure in a harness in the passenger seat so no jumping about the place. Driving with a dog on your lap is reckless behaviour:mad:

Mr. CooL ICE

I sometimes bring my parents dog (a westie) to Tesco when I do my shopping and leave him in the car because he loves the drive.

While driving there, he hops up on the back window and looks at everything, occasionally falling onto the back seats when I press the brake. Once I park and do my shopping, he falls asleep. When I return, he looks at me with a pissed look on his face for waking him up, then realises he is in the car and gets excited again.

Dogs are awesome.

westies4ever

My car, my dogs, my business. They don't bark and even if they did, they're secure in the car and in sure you're only walking by so I don't see the big deal.

Dogs on laps while driving is stupid though and would never do it.

jessiejam

Just don't think its fair for a dog to be locked up in a car for 30 - 40 mins, while the owner does their weekly shop. Whatever about having them in the car before going to the park/vet etc, or just popping into the local shop on the way home, thats different.

But I hate passing a car when some idiot dog is growling or barking at me when I pass. I was wondering why some people do it.

gimmick

How do you know the dog has been there for 30/40 minutes?

FWIW, I would agree that that length of time is far too long.

jessiejam

westies4ever wrote: »

My car, my dogs, my business. They don't bark and even if they did, they're secure in the car and in sure you're only walking by so I don't see the big deal.

Dogs on laps while driving is stupid though and would never do it.

Your situation doesn't bother me. Its when dogs ARE barking at me walking by.

SunnyDub1

jjdub1 wrote: »

I'd rather have my dog wait 20 minutes in the car while I shop than wait for a couple of hours at home on his own and so would he. He doesn't bark as people walk by, he snuggles up and waits for my return and he's secure in a harness in the passenger seat so no jumping about the place. Driving with a dog on your lap is reckless behaviour:mad:

I don't get this ?

If your dog is only waiting 20 mins in the car while you shop, but is waiting a couple of hours when it's at home?

how long does it take for you to get to the shop

jessiejam

gimmick wrote: »

How do you know the dog has been there for 30/40 minutes?

I am going into the shop walking by the car and I come out after 30-40 mins and the poor dog is still stuck in the car.
I don't think its fair at all

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

I stand at the window and bark back at it. I know it's easy to troll a dog but it's also immensly satisfying.

I love taking the dogs anywhere in the car with me for the sheer delight they take in sticking their snouts out the window and letting their tongues blow like windsocks in the slipstream. The happiness they out of these little adventures makes my day as well as theirs.

I can't understand why anyone would object to a dog in a car (unless left for too long or on a hot day with no water/ventilation), although all dogs should be kept away from the driver when the car is moving.

jjdub1

jessiejam wrote:

But I hate passing a car when some idiot dog is growling or barking at me when I pass

^^^^ best you don't have anything to do with them so:rolleyes:

jjdub1

SunnyDub1 wrote:

don't get this ?

If your dog is only waiting 20 mins in the car while you shop, but is waiting a couple of hours when it's at home?

how long does it take for you to get to the shop

Take one from the other and divide by 2 ???

gimmick

Candie wrote: »

I love taking the dogs anywhere in the car with me for the sheer delight they take in sticking their snouts out the window and letting their tongues blow like windsocks in the slipstream. The happiness they out of these little adventures makes my day as well as theirs.

While I know this is very fun for the dog, it is apparently quite bad for their eyes and shouldn't be done too often.

Kwal

My dog loves goin for drives in the car! She would usually hop into the boot without being asked if we leave it open! And if we leave her in the car while we go into a shop she will happily stay there and would often go to sleep. She usually jumps from the boot to the back seat while were gone though, the scut!
As for dogs barking in the car while left on their own id only feel sorry for them because there prob really scared and so barking is their way of fending off danger.

gimmick

gimmick wrote: »

While I know this is very fun for the dog, it is apparently quite bad for their eyes and shouldn't be done too often.

Not if they're wearing these bad boys:

http://www.doggles.com/dog/eyewear/dgor-doggles_originalz

westies4ever

jessiejam wrote: »

Just don't think its fair for a dog to be locked up in a car for 30 - 40 mins, while the owner does their weekly shop. Whatever about having them in the car before going to the park/vet etc, or just popping into the local shop on the way home, thats different.

But I hate passing a car when some idiot dog is growling or barking at me when I pass. I was wondering why some people do it.

And how often does this happen to you? 2, 3, 10 times a day?? And sure you're past the car in a few seconds so its really not much of annoyance is it?

It would need to happen pretty often in order to merit a thread.

I honestly don't see the issue. Now if the dog opened the door and ran after you and bit you, that's a legitimate complaint.

Now I don't condone a dog left in a car for over 10 minutes but the vast majority of dog owners would never do this.

R P McMurphy

Pretty poor complaint. Now if the dog was left for a prolonged period in a car with windowws shut on a hot day you might have a point but other than that you seem like a right moaner

Where To

I think dogs should be properly restrained when travelling in a car. Having a dog roaming about the cabin is no different to driving whilst on the phone or under the influence of alcohol.

Boombastic

My dog loves the car and sits in front of the front door as soon as he see me getting the keys to make sure I don't leave without him:)


I seen an incident a few years ago where a lovely red setter was locked in the boot of a car outside a pub on a warm summers day. He broke down the back seat as he was suffocating in the boot. When I heard the disturbance of him trying to break down the back seat, I went in to the pub and got them to announce the reg of the car and ask for the owner to come back. The dog was in great distress. By the time the owner came out and opened unlocked the car, the dog was near death. He died a half an hour afterwards. :mad: The owner said they didn't realise the dog was in the boot. :rolleyes:


Very disturbing:mad::mad::mad:


If you are leaving the dog in the car, leave the window slightly open and do not leave for long periods.


Dogs are great, a cat would sh1t in your car:pac:

El Guapo!

I bring my dog with me so he can change gear for me while I'm eating a breakfast roll.

In exchange, he promises to teach me how to lick my own balls.

We make a good team.

fatknacker

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

There is no more uplifting sight in the world than seeing a dog with his head stuck out a car window.

Because of this

http://i.imgur.com/omzmE.jpg

gimmick

Where To wrote: »

I think dogs should be properly restrained when travelling in a car. Having a dog roaming about the cabin is no different to driving whilst on the phone or under the influence of alcohol.

LOL

jessiejam

R P McMurphy wrote: »

Pretty poor complaint. Now if the dog was left for a prolonged period in a car with windowws shut on a hot day you might have a point but other than that you seem like a right moaner

For one I am not a "right moaner" at all.
Just asking why people do it. Had an issue with a dog scaring the living daylights out of my son barking its head off this morning and then saw someone driving with the dog on his lap. Less of your smartass commentary thanks

mitosis

westies4ever wrote: »

My car, my dogs, my business. They don't bark and even if they did, they're secure in the car and in sure you're only walking by so I don't see the big deal.

Dogs on laps while driving is stupid though and would never do it.

How do you secure them? Most people I see with dogs have them loose in the car - a furry missile of death if they make an emergency stop. :eek:

Hank Scorpio

jessiejam wrote: »

For one I am not a "right moaner" at all.
Just asking why people do it. Had an issue with a dog scaring the living daylights out of my son barking its head off this morning and then saw someone driving with the dog on his lap. Less of your smartass commentary thanks

So the real problem is you don't like dogs? That's a shame

gimmick

mitosis wrote: »

How do you secure them? Most people I see with dogs have them loose in the car - a furry missile of death if they make an emergency stop. :eek:

You can get a "car"ness which straps into the seatbelt things.

mitosis

gimmick wrote: »

You can get a "car"ness which straps into the seatbelt things.

I'm sure you can, but do people actually? I have never seen one.

jessiejam

Boombastic wrote: »

My dog loves the car and sits in front of the front door as soon as he see me getting the keys to make sure I don't leave without him:)


I seen an incident a few years ago where a lovely red setter was locked in the boot of a car outside a pub on a warm summers day. He broke down the back seat as he was suffocating in the boot. When I heard the disturbance of him trying to break down the back seat, I went in to the pub and got them to announce the reg of the car and ask for the owner to come back. The dog was in great distress. By the time the owner came out and opened unlocked the car, the dog was near death. He died a half an hour afterwards. :mad: The owner said they didn't realise the dog was in the boot. :rolleyes:


Very disturbing:mad::mad::mad:


If you are leaving the dog in the car, leave the window slightly open and do not leave for long periods.


Dogs are great, a cat would sh1t in your car:pac:

That is a terrible story. The poor dog.

jessiejam

nuxxx wrote: »

So the real problem is you don't like dogs? That's a shame

Not at all. I have 2 dogs of my own that I adore. I just wouldn't bring them shopping with me to sit in the car for a long time. I don't think its fair. Also if I thought they were barking at every passer-by I wouldn't either.
I'm sure most dogs don't carry on like that at all. Just a couple I have seen in recent days.

Where To

gimmick wrote: »

LOL

Yeah, getting your brain impaled halfway down your spine by a Labrador is truly one of life's LOL moments. . . .

Jaxxy

jessiejam wrote: »

Not at all. I have 2 dogs of my own that I adore. I just wouldn't bring them shopping with me to sit in the car for a long time. I don't think its fair. Also if I thought they were barking at every passer-by I wouldn't either.
I'm sure most dogs don't carry on like that at all. Just a couple I have seen in recent days.

There have been plenty of people in this thread who have mentioned travel in a car being necessary for dog walks, trips to the park or other larger green areas. This is usually why the dog is in the car in the first place. Personally I think it's great to see people making the effort to keep their dogs fit, healthy and happy (and themselves too) instead of keeping their dogs locked up in a kitchen or small run in the garden all day.

Leaving a dog in a car for ten minutes while you pop into the shop or post office for essentials is a lot better than ignoring your dog and being too lazy to walk them regularly in a suitable environment.

EDIT: Regarding dogs barking in cars (which is obviously your main problem here) I don't see the big deal. The dog is in the car, it can't hurt you. So you got a fright... okay. Dogs bark, ya know. Be they in a car or a garden, they do bark.

gimmick

Where To wrote: »

Yeah, getting your brain impaled halfway down your spine by a Labrador is truly one of life's LOL moments. . . .

You are comparing a dog in your backseat to driving hammered or driving with a mobile phone.

As someone who regularly drives after boozing and using my phone, I can assure you the dog in the backseat is a breeze in comparison.

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

SunnyDub1 wrote: »

I don't get this ?

If your dog is only waiting 20 mins in the car while you shop, but is waiting a couple of hours when it's at home?

how long does it take for you to get to the shop

x/2 - 20 = 120
x/2 = 100
x = 50

Takes fifty minutes to get to the shop apparently. *Straightens glasses

Mr. CooL ICE

mitosis wrote: »

How do you secure them? Most people I see with dogs have them loose in the car - a furry missile of death if they make an emergency stop. :eek:

Furry Missile Of Death... That's a great name for a band if ever I've heard one

RossPaws

I bring my dog out in the car most times if I'm going somewhere. He just really enjoys it, sticks his head out the window all the way there and back. It makes his day.

If he barks at someone going by when the car is parked and I'm not there, well I think they'll survive.

westies4ever

mitosis wrote: »

How do you secure them? Most people I see with dogs have them loose in the car - a furry missile of death if they make an emergency stop. :eek:

they have little dog seat belts that attach to the normal seat belts.

Scruffles

LordChessington wrote: »

Furry Missile Of Death... That's a great name for a band if ever I've heard one

forget made up names,theres a band that exists and probably relates to this topic even more-remember the nineties band; dogs die in hot cars? never heard their music,though always remembered their name,thought they were a bit weirdoey for making light of what is a sht and serious problem.

as for original topic,forget having dogs in the car,its all about the chickens [check attached photo,had been taking our seven year old lady of leisure to our farm to live in a better coop],some of mine love looking out the window as we are driving;had to take a huge randy rooster to the farm recently to live with our big coop of hens,outside tesco some passerbys thought they were going mad when they looked in and saw a bigass chicken looking back at them.

HondaSami

jessiejam wrote: »

Its when dogs ARE barking at me walking by.

I love to sit and watch people who jump back from the car as if the dog is going to come through the window and bite them. I think it's hilarious.

Ladyblackadder

I have no problems with people leaving their dogs in their car for a short while but I am wondering why I am seeing more and more people recently driving with their dogs on their laps. I've noticed a few different drivers doing this in the past few weeks. Surely, they would have enough control over their dogs to keep them off their laps when driving - and I'm not talking small dogs here either.

Doc Ruby

Driving with your dog in your lap is completely nuts. I've never seen anyone actually try that. I do leave my doggy in the back seat when I'm picking up shopping, but only for a few minutes and always with the windows open. Afterwards we go for a run on the beach, and possibly a burger. I spoil that creature to be honest.

HondaSami

Doc Ruby wrote: »

Driving with your dog in your lap is completely nuts. I've never seen anyone actually try that. I do leave my doggy in the back seat when I'm picking up shopping, but only for a few minutes and always with the windows open. Afterwards we go for a run on the beach, and possibly a burger. I spoil that creature to be honest.

who gets the burger, you or the dog?

Mince Pie

My dog loves being in the car. She will jump straight in once I open the door but also on numerous occasions after taking her home after a long walk she won't get out. She was in there for an hour one time refusing to get, I was obviously checking on her every 10 mins till I eventually forced her out.
I guess its kinda like a den for them and quiet.

I would only ever leave her in the car if I was popping to a newsagent but I've been fortunate enough to live across the road from shops so no need to leave her in the car.