[therut]

Nope. Dogs can be trained to safely ride in the back of pick-ups. If you are going to worry about dogs worry about all the ones hit daily cause no one keeps them up. I would still be aganist a generalized law that all dogs must be fenced etc. Depends on where you live. And I hate seeing dogs killed on the road. I counted 5 one day on a 30 mile strip of interstate. I have counted at least 10 deer. Not gonna stop that.

[BagCamAddict]

We're going to agree to disagree. Dogs can be trained to turn lights on and off. But 99.99% of people don't train them to do that. With 100,000 dogs being killed every year by falling/jumping out of pickup trucks, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say people aren't training their dogs to ride safely in trucks either. I care about these poor animals who are NOT being trained or properly protected from the dangers of riding in the back of pickup trucks.

Deer being killed on the road has nothing to do with dogs riding in backs of trucks. Deer are wild animals. Dogs are owned pets. Humans have a responsibility to protect their dogs. That has nothing at all to do with Deer being killed on interstate highways. And for the record, approx. 4000 Deer are involved in auto accidents every DAY in this country. But that still has nothing to do with dogs in trucks, or Romney putting his dog on the roof of his car.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Much more room in the back of a pickup than in that little crate, and the dog can duck down well below the edge. I’d be claustrophobic in that little carrier.

I wouldn’t treat a cat that way, let alone a dog.