Dogs love to be a part of all of our journeys and the best part of the journey for them must be all of the wonderful smells flying by the windows! Unfortunately for Fluffy, it is actually very dangerous to be directly exposed to the wind out the window or (shudder) in the back of a pickup truck.
Cars have windshields for a reason – there is a lot of dust and dirt and debris … bugs and birds and blossoms (ok, it was a stretch for that last B – how about pebbles instead) – all of these things are bad for eyes, ears and noses that are exposed to them. In addition to the flying danger, the flapping motion of their ears in the wind can cause damage to the ears and the pinnae (the part of the outer ear that you see that is made up of cartilage and covered by skin, fur or hair). There are additional physical dangers of the window going up by accident and harming your pooch, a sudden movement of your vehicle from road or driver hazards, or that one unicorn of a squirrel that entices even the best-behaved dog to jump out of the vehicle. This, unfortunately, happens more often than you think.
