Today's scorn...

[KaeZoo]

...is bestowed upon those people who like to drive around with small pets on their laps.

This morning I saw a lady in a minivan, with one small dog on her lap, and another running back and forth on the top of the dashboard. I bet it's just so cute when he chases the windshield wipers...

[chainedbarista]

bonus points if they have the window open and are letting sparky stick their head out...

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

And should these dry pool diving team members get in an accident? Then Fifi gets decapitated by the steering wheel.

So it's at least doubly stupid.

[Tithera]

Sometimest there's a valid excuse for that, like my family dog. He's a small Yorkshire terrier, bout 14bs maybe. He got hit by a car about a year or two ago so he is VERY jumpy. The only way we can get him to the vet or the doggy salon is to have him sit in my mom's or my lap (depending on who takes him), with his head out the window. If we put him in the back or in a doggy carrier, he freaks out and pukes everywhere and what not. He's a good dog though, sits in the right spot as to not mess with our driving or vision, doesn't bark at anything when we stop at a light or stop sign. Sometimes, that maybe the only way for them to travel, although there are some instances of poor ownership and poor dog training.

[Treasure]

I recently had to take the boss' dog to be boarded at a doggy resort, took forever to get the pooch into the car, but understandable, as he doesn't know me all that well, (I'm not a regular in his life, but we've met) finally manage to do, and he's well behaved all the way (past, and back) to the 'resort' but as soon as i turned into the parking lot *WHUMP* 10lbs of doggy in my LAP! "Puppy, Puppy, no, honey, sweetie, Puppy - i can't drive to park the car with you in my lap" *shifts weight a little* and I'm barely able to get the car in the parking spot, turn off car, unbuckle seat belt, grab leash, then open door!


My brother's dog is pretty well behaved, she stays in the back seat (just won't sit still) until we stop somewhere, and put the car in park, then she thinks she's supposed to be able to get out now. *sigh*

Even though he has the reach to do so (legs and arms) my dad has never let an animal ride in his lap... when we moved, my cat tried... and he was quite insistent that she was not riding in his lap, or on the back of his seat, draped around the head/neck support.