Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Worst of both worlds: Dog in pickup truck bed with canopy

OK, maybe the canopy of your pickup truck would not prove problematic for transporting your dog around town. And four months ago, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

But the mercury hovered at 88 degrees at 6 pm on Wednesday. Your lab mixes were riding in the bed of your pickup truck that was adorned with a canopy. While you had both side windows open, your dogs looked hot and miserable as you tooled northbound along Seward Park Avenue South.

Do you think that the cross breeze from the open windows of the canopy generated enough fresh air to cool down your dogs during their ride in the sauna? What the hell were you thinking?

The 88 degrees outside was probably like 120 degrees -- hell, maybe hotter -- in the pickup canopy. Do your dogs a favor: If you can't transport them in a comfortable fashion during this Seattle heat wave, leave Rocky and Bullwinkle -- Starsky and Hutch, or hell, Cagney and Lacey -- at home.

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