I had occasion once to make a 300 mile (450km) trip one hot summer
day with my son in the passenger seat and the dog behind the
seats. It was too hot to swelter in the sun, so the top was
up. Unfortuneatly, the angle of the back window (although unzipped)
meant that the poor dog did receive direct sunlight most of the
ride. This is probably more unhealthy for a dog than us (mostly)
humans.
If you're going to travel extensively with a dog in hot
weather, you might want to arrange for some sort of shade.
My .02.
Greg Rowe
>From: Marc Anger <marcanger@mac.com>
>Reply-To: Marc Anger <marcanger@mac.com>
>To: spitfires@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: Optimistic!
>Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 16:47:27 +0000
>
>Yes Richard, the other human is my wife. And the dog is a Belgian
>Shepherd (Tervuren, for the few specialists of this wonderful breed)
>I am quite interested in your cushion : Djinn knows what the
>"voiture" is (car, in French, our 306) and goes to the parking spot
>when it's here. But when I say "Decibel" he goes to the garage! He
>likes it with the hood up or down, and lies quietly (I was concerned
>about wind in his ears). And he jumps in quite happily too.
>How do you access the handle to tilt the seats with the cushion? We
>just fitted a plaid (HIS plaid!) so that the edge wouldn't be too
>hard on him, and if we drive a long time we will fit his bed (and we
>will, since Decibel will be part of our holidays in South West France
>this summer (Djinn is a seasoned continental traveler, he was part of
>the initial pet passport scheme 2 years ago)
>
>Marc & Decibel
>--
>Marc Anger
>
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