My "pet" peeve becomes tragic
I just HATE to see a pet on a driver's lap while going down a road. The driver invariably has some small lap dog with its head hanging out the window. Besides being a distraction and a clear-vision-b...
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oldmattb wrote:
Regarding the dog in the lap - the driver thinks the dog is being affectionate. The dog thinks the driver is dirt. That climbing in the lap is the dog's way of showing absolute dominance, not love.
Good grief. Turn of the Cesar Milan stupidity and step away from the TV for awhile. Here's a newsflash--the dogs of the world are NOT trying to take over.
A dog in that situation probably isn't thinking anything other than how much fun he's having.
And ditto what Cat said--It's not always the owners of small dogs. That's of course not a good situation, but most often around here it's people with large 80 and 100 pound dogs on their laps while driving! :E A 10 pound dog you can see over. An 80 pound dog . . . not so much.
