Things people do that make you angry...

CrzyBritNAmerica · 02-23-2007, 11:14 PM

So I was chatting about this to someone earlier and for some reason it's been on my mind today and I feel like getting it off my chest.

While Bridgette and I were still living in our last apartment with Billy (a red Heeler mix) and Sarah, my ex-roommate she did something that made me want to...well it made me very angry to say the least.

One thing that makes me mad above all else is when people put dogs in the back of their trucks (sorry if any of you do, but I don't think anyone or any animal should be back there). Well I used to take Sarah's dog Billy to the dog park with Bridgette and I all the time, and she did the same when she went. She full out knew how I felt about dogs in backs of trucks! So anyway, she decided to take them and our neighbour's dog to the park and conveniently put her dog up in the cab with her and Bridgette and Lotto in the truck bed. She figured it would be fine because she hooked their leashes to the side of the truck!

Needless to say Bridgette decided it would be great to jump out of the truck at a red light and she was HANGING....HANGING by her collar from the side of the truck!! Sarah got out quickly and got her back in and home. By this time I was home and asked what happened. Bridgette was fine (thank god!!!!) but she cut her foot on the side of the truck (not badly, but still). So guess what Sarah had to say about that "She got blood ALL over my new skirt"! Nope, no apologies, no feeling bad for my dog, just concern over her new skirt. You can imagine my outrage at this time.

We moved out a few weeks later and Sarah is always asking me to bring Bridgette over to play with Billy, no thanks!

But at least it taught me to never trust ANYONE but Alex and I to take care of my dog.

flirtatioustara · 02-24-2007, 02:37 AM

whoah! thats totally out of order!! if she knew how you felt about that then she shouldnt have done it, and jeez, they are dogs, they like to explore. its a pretty obvious thought that they'd try to jump out!
Im glad that bridgette was okay in the end though...and for spitefulness i hope the blood didnt come out of her skirt LOL =D

opossum · 02-24-2007, 08:18 AM

My granddad's dogs always rode in the back of the truck, of course so did us kids. They were out in the country though and he drove like he was being chased by turtles. I once saw a lab jump out of the back of a truck that was going about 70 on the interstate. The guy stopped and so did we. The dog appeared to be okay, which was shocking to us after watching it happen. He may have had some unseen injuries though. Dogs love it but I think it's a bad idea in general unless the dog is well trained for it. My granddad's dogs always liked to put their front paws up on the bed just behind the cab so their heads would be above the cab and in the wind. It was quite a site.

KatzNK9 · 02-24-2007, 08:27 AM

This product looks like a pretty good one if there's no option to crate the dog or put him inside the cab:

http://www.canineauto.com/truckrestraint.htm

Red98vett · 02-24-2007, 08:57 AM

OMG Sorry - but I'd have gone BALLISIC if someone tagged my dog to the back of a truck ! She's so lucky to be alive that could have broken her neck easliy.

RonE · 02-24-2007, 09:30 AM

My Irish setter used to ride in the back of my Datsun pickup (Nissan, to you youngsters.) It had a Fiberglas cap, water, carpeting, a bed, widows and vents and a pass-through to the cab. If we were travelling a distance, there was room enough for me to sleep back there - when she'd let me.

Anybody who was more concerned about the blood on her skirt than about the injury, and irresponsibility, that caused it, wouldn't be trusted alone with my dog again.

opossum · 02-24-2007, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by RonE

My Irish setter used to ride in the back of my Datsun pickup (Nissan, to you youngsters.) It had a Fiberglas cap, water, carpeting, a bed, widows and vents and a pass-through to the cab. If we were travelling a distance, there was room enough for me to sleep back there - when she'd let me.

I had similar accommodations in my dad's truck on long trips

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Captbob · 02-24-2007, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by CrzyBritNAmerica

So I was chatting about this to someone earlier and for some reason it's been on my mind today and I feel like getting it off my chest.

While Bridgette and I were still living in our last apartment with Billy (a red Heeler mix) and Sarah, my ex-roommate she did something that made me want to...well it made me very angry to say the least.

One thing that makes me mad above all else is when people put dogs in the back of their trucks (sorry if any of you do, but I don't think anyone or any animal should be back there). Well I used to take Sarah's dog Billy to the dog park with Bridgette and I all the time, and she did the same when she went. She full out knew how I felt about dogs in backs of trucks! So anyway, she decided to take them and our neighbour's dog to the park and conveniently put her dog up in the cab with her and Bridgette and Lotto in the truck bed. She figured it would be fine because she hooked their leashes to the side of the truck!

Needless to say Bridgette decided it would be great to jump out of the truck at a red light and she was HANGING....HANGING by her collar from the side of the truck!! Sarah got out quickly and got her back in and home. By this time I was home and asked what happened. Bridgette was fine (thank god!!!!) but she cut her foot on the side of the truck (not badly, but still). So guess what Sarah had to say about that "She got blood ALL over my new skirt"! Nope, no apologies, no feeling bad for my dog, just concern over her new skirt. You can imagine my outrage at this time.

We moved out a few weeks later and Sarah is always asking me to bring Bridgette over to play with Billy, no thanks!

But at least it taught me to never trust ANYONE but Alex and I to take care of my dog.

Sounds like Sarah isn't the brightest bulb on the tree

iwantmypup · 02-24-2007, 10:30 AM

But it isnt Bridgettes fault , dogs just want to explore everything and anything , but Sarah knows how you feel about it , so it isnt bridgettes fault at all , Captbob , its sarahs fault totally...

CrzyBritNAmerica · 02-24-2007, 10:31 AM

Yeah I won't even take Bridgette over there to play. Along with that side of her, she's a pretty irresponsible dog owner as it is. I mean don't get me wrong she LOVES Billy, but IMO too much. He is allowed to get away with anything and she gats angry at anyone who tries to tell him "no." We adopted him together originally and several months before I got Bridge....I crate/housetrained him and he was one of the best behaved dogs I've ever co-owned. Now however, he pees and poops inside because no one tells him no, he chases people, growls at people, I just worry that the smothering of him will cause him to one day actually bite someone. It's sad, but I've tried to tell her and it hasn't worked...and yet she still offers to babysit Bridge if I go away...um NO!

I think if you have good accomodations in the back of the truck then it's not as bad, but IMO anyone in the back of a truck (unless you are going a short distance and/or in the countryside) is a bad idea. I've seen so many people get hit by another car or hit another car when they have their children in the back and a lot of times they don't make it. My dad actually witnessed someone's two small children go flying from the truck bed and into oncoming traffic. That story horrified me and I don't think I could put anyone or any animal back there after hearing it. Of course that's just my opinion....and I have certainly rode in the back of a truck before..but I also think that if you put yourself back there and you know the risks it's a little different than putting your children/animals back there.

OC_Spirit · 02-24-2007, 10:38 AM

Whats the point of tying a dog down when you leave the leash long enough for them to still jump out???? Anytime we take the boys on my BF''s jeep when he has the oft summer cap on (all open windows) we always tie the dogs down with no more than 1-2feet. This way they can stand and turn around but they cant reach the windows enough to jump out.

Captbob · 02-24-2007, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by iwantmypup

But it isnt Bridgettes fault , dogs just want to explore everything and anything , but Sarah knows how you feel about it , so it isnt bridgettes fault at all , Captbob , its sarahs fault totally...

That is what i meant to say, and got the names mixed up.....

CrzyBritNAmerica · 02-24-2007, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by OC_Spirit

Whats the point of tying a dog down when you leave the leash long enough for them to still jump out???? Anytime we take the boys on my BF''s jeep when he has the oft summer cap on (all open windows) we always tie the dogs down with no more than 1-2feet. This way they can stand and turn around but they cant reach the windows enough to jump out.

I agree if you are going to do it, don't just tie the end of their leash to the truck! Duh!!

I agree with Captbob....she's NOT the brightest bulb on the tree! But more than that she has absolutely no regard for other people, their feelings, or apparantly animals feelings (except her own). It just made me sick that all she could come up with after she cut my dog's foot was "oh she got blood on my new skirt" it's sick!

iwantmypup · 02-24-2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Captbob

That is what i meant to say, and got the names mixed up.....

ahhh ok srry bout that : /

i would want to punch sarah in the face! ughhhha!

RonE · 02-24-2007, 10:48 AM

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Whats the point of tying a dog down when you leave the leash long enough for them to still jump out????

People are frequently stupid about this sort of thing.

I was visiting my cousin years ago and lounging in his fenced yard reading a book when the crazy dog from next door jumped over the fence. (I don't think it was to welcome me to sunny Santa Barbara.)

He was tied with a tether that was long-enough for him to get over the fence (and it was a pretty big fence) but not quite long-enough for him to reach the ground on the other side.

I was trying desperately to get to him so he wouldn't hang, but he kept snapping at me when I'd get close. Eventually his owners came out to scold me for tormenting the dog.

My cousin told me later that this happened pretty regularly.

Something similar happened with our neighbor's cat. He got UNDER our fence, only to get tangled in his own tether and find a Plott hound waiting for him. I was able to rescue the cat, though it was a very bad situation and I ended up with some terrific scratches for my trouble.

opossum · 02-24-2007, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by CrzyBritNAmerica

I think if you have good accomodations in the back of the truck then it's not as bad, but IMO anyone in the back of a truck (unless you are going a short distance and/or in the countryside) is a bad idea. I've seen so many people get hit by another car or hit another car when they have their children in the back and a lot of times they don't make it. My dad actually witnessed someone's two small children go flying from the truck bed and into oncoming traffic. That story horrified me and I don't think I could put anyone or any animal back there after hearing it. Of course that's just my opinion....and I have certainly rode in the back of a truck before..but I also think that if you put yourself back there and you know the risks it's a little different than putting your children/animals back there.

Oh, I wouldn't ride in the back of a truck now, nor would I ever put my kids back there. I was talking about 25 to 30 years ago. When I was around 3 I used to ride in the front seat of a car standing up with no restraint at all. We all know that is insanity now. It's a different world.

RonE · 02-24-2007, 11:29 AM

Oh, yeah. No seatbelts, headrests or airbags. Hard dashboards. Kids asleep in sleeping bags in the back of the family station wagon while barreling down the highway.

I don't know how any of us survived.

CrzyBritNAmerica · 02-24-2007, 11:43 AM

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Oh, I wouldn't ride in the back of a truck now, nor would I ever put my kids back there. I was talking about 25 to 30 years ago. When I was around 3 I used to ride in the front seat of a car standing up with no restraint at all. We all know that is insanity now. It's a different world.

Very true, I can even remember when people would ride in the backs of trucks all the time. It was just something people did back then.

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Oh, yeah. No seatbelts, headrests or airbags. Hard dashboards. Kids asleep in sleeping bags in the back of the family station wagon while barreling down the highway.

I don't know how any of us survived.

Well I think it's a very different world now. People are in such a hurry to get around that they don't have much regard for others. Not everyone, of course, but so many people get into accidents because they are careless on the road and in such a hurry to get where they are going. I am guilty of it too. I don't drive, but I often find myself riding the bus or in a car with someone on the way home from work and I get so aggravated that we have to sit in traffic. We often go to the dog park after I get off work and then sit in traffic for ages on the way home. I get so annoyed and then I look over at Bridgette who has her nose out the top of the window, or she's laying there looking thrilled to be taking a car ride and I wonder why humans have to be in such a hurry. I think animals are very humbling (and a lot of times smarter than we are.)

Captbob · 02-24-2007, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by RonE

Oh, yeah. No seatbelts, headrests or airbags. Hard dashboards. Kids asleep in sleeping bags in the back of the family station wagon while barreling down the highway.

I don't know how any of us survived.

Many people didn't..

Chloef_2799 · 02-24-2007, 08:08 PM

I can't understand why people would want to ride in the bed of a truck or put their dog back there. You are just asking for something to happen, I mean even if the dog won't jump out what if your truck flips over or you get into an accident? That dog is gonna be road pizza more than likely especially if he is tied down...he is trapped. And so will any person in the back of the truck. It is such a bad idea. I will admit I used to ride in the bed of my uncles truck but it was about a 15 foot ride from the top of the hill to the bottom at our cabin in the sand and he was doing about 2 k an hour. But still.....it is just so dangerous. Whenever I see a dog in a persons truck bed I just cringe.
Our neighbour used to put their dog on a chain in his back yard even though he had a fence. He had a 15 foot high deck and his dog ended up falling over the edge hooked to his leash and was choked to death by his leash which was only 15 feet long.
I think I would have gone outside and gotten a big handful of mud and smeared it across her skirt if someone ever said anything like that to me after almost strangling my dog instead of putting her in the truck with her.