yes.

happened to think of something i saw a year or so ago. a guy had a nice shiny pickup loaded with about a dozen sheets of plywood. they were lying in the bed with the gate down. not tied in. he had a largish dog, a shepard i think, riding back there loose. the dog was sitting on the plywood.

when the genius took off the plywood started sliding out the back. it sort of spread out as it went kindof like cards when a card shark flips a deck out and they just spread out like feathers on a birds wing.

now the dog kindof was riding the plywood down. the specific thing i was remembering today was the look on the dog's face. he had this look that was puzzled and kindof disgusted all at once.

i was thinking if i had been in the dogs position i would have been having about the same feelings he appeared to be feeling.

by the way, it is a really bad idea to have a dog in the back of a pickup unless in a cage.

my first cousin had a reallly nice irish setter that he loved. he was riding along one day with it back there. now he knew that the dog might jump out if he saw a squirrel or such so he had it tied in back there with a leash. anyway the inevitable happened and unfortunately the leash was just long enough for the dog to get outside of the bed.

i never learned the details but the dog died and my cousin would not go into any more detail than that.

so put them inside or in a cage please.

and no people riding back there loose either. yikes!

tom w

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