What better way to celebrate the summer than to take your dogs for a spin in your "vintage" or "retro" pickup truck. Our spotter saw you driving your pick-up along Waters Avenue South around 7:30 pm with your golden and Labrador retrievers donning leashes tied to the truck bed. Maybe you were reenacting some childhood memory that you saw on The Waltons or Mayberry RFD.But you were driving in contemporary Seattle -- as opposed to 1930s Appalachia or 1960s rural North Carolina -- and oblivious to the danger to which you subjected your lovely dogs. Let us be blunt: What the hell are you thinking?
According to the American Medical Veterinary Association (AMVA), 71 percent of 141 professionals surveyed in Massachusetts reported treating a total of 592 dogs that were injured while riding in beds of pickup trucks. While you tied your dogs down to the truck -- as one might secure a load of junk going to the dump -- your retrievers remain subject to the dangers of flying debris, other animals, or breaking their necks if you make a sudden stop or are struck by another vehicle.
Consider one more point: While attempting to locate an accompanying image, the graphics generated through an Internet search were too disturbing for this post.
Keep your dogs in the truck cab when you travel.
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