Posted on 06/12/2008 12:59:26 PM PDT by shrinkermd
Keeping Fido with you in the driver's seat is dangerous and should be against the law.
...It's surprising that a bill to ban drivers from holding pets in their laps has been the target of ridicule. AB 2233, introduced by Assemblyman Bill Maze (R-Visalia), has been called a nanny-state bill. That would be true if the intent were to protect the pet. Much as we love dogs, we'll leave that job up to their owners. But if legislators thought hanging on to a cellphone was a driving hazard -- and it is -- what about an animal blocking the driver's vision and ability to hold on to the steering wheel?
Drivers distracted by their pets caused more than 100 accidents last year statewide. But it doesn't take statistics to see that drivers are reaching over, under and around their pets to get a grip on the wheel, that they're making wide turns and can't see cars or people to the left because the dog is drooling out the driver's window. Or that one short stop means the driver either has to use one hand to grab the animal or get a panicked ball of fluff flying into his or her face
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Quiche hound, LOL. Actually I thought about naming her Keesha Lorraine, but settled for Keesha Suzanne.
Keeshonds have the sunniest of dispositions, according to the AKC. Always smiling. Sometimes called the Smiling Dutchman. Another smiling breed is the Samoyed, which I love too.
i am just glad my two pups can’t read your posts on this thread or they would be MAD at me. LOL!! the most they get is a handful of fries when we go through the drivethru! i have two cavalier king charles spaniels. one weighs 11 lbs the other 20 lbs and my concern would be doggy diarrhea if i let them have a whole hamburger!
we refer to that as pup-snot!
Don't drive with your groundhog, either.
a dog in your lap or unsecured while driving is gross negligence.
Over here! Great thread with lots of cutiepie FReeper pups.
(I guess I'm a customer at an enlightened bank, or else the tellers are dog lovers.)
I just love dogs!
LOL. Yes, the banks here hand out doggie bisquits at the drive through window.
But my poodle, expecting a nice hamburger, wasn’t too impressed when they’d give her that bisquit. Her little doggie brain processed one thought at a time: You drive up to a window and a human is supposed to hand you a good smelling bag with hamburgers in it!!!!
I made a BIG mistake letting her eat table food, and don’t do it (except for occassional treats) with the two dogs I have now.
I lost my sweet little silver toy poodle when she was 13. She had a lot of health problems, most from being inbred at a puppy mill. She was starved the first months of her life, and lived to eat. I knew I shouldn’t, but I gave in and fed her what she wanted (she loved a big steak bone).
She gave me 13 years of joy, and I still miss her, even though she died in 2001.
My bank drivethru has lollipops/balloons for kids, and MilkBones for dogs. My big guy gets 3. He can count to three, because I taught him. Three of each treat, every time. Give him only two, and he keeps waiting, until he eventually complains, and boy! can he complain.
Such a big baby.
Yes, I spoil dogs, and one cat.
I had visitors this week from out of town, hadn’t seen them in about 10 years. They were the LEAST likely to be dog lovers. They showed up with their “child,” a beautiful little four year old female beagle (I actually heard him tell his wife once “look what YOUR daughter has done”).
I told them I used to make fun of people who babied their dogs, until I started doing it, and so now I understand.
And the last time they visited me (about 10 years ago) they had to put up with me and my dogs, and they weren’t dog lovers then, so I am sure they laughed at me.
Funny how all these things come full circle.
My hubby was telling these guests about being in the military, and coming home from overseas and visiting with his parents, who had NEVER had a dog in the house when they were raising their five kids.
He walked in his parent’s livingroom and found them on the couch with their new “baby” right between them, a dog. Said he was shocked, never expected them to have their lives evolve around a dog, and especially to let a dog on the couch!!!
He's strapped in with the seat belt, he has a full 360 degree view of the world, and he thinks it's kinda neato.
It's only designed for dogs under 25 pounds, though.
Yeah, but the spectacles make them look slightly insane.
I know that look. Somebody wants something.
We had a blue heeler who used to love to go picking blackberries with us. He saw what we were doing, and he started finding the biggest ones and would wrinkle up his nose (trying to keep from getting pricked) and delicately pick and eat them. We finally had to keep him home, so we could have some!
Our new little girl (also a blue heeler) would eat anything we gave her..... but then she would clear a room. So she gets doggie food or treats only.
Perhaps. A statist would insist that the state must then intervene and prevent the serf from such things.
me too!
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