Pulled Over Dogs in Bed of Truck

[Schmalzfam]

We NEVER let our dogs ride unenclosed in the back of our truck, ever! To be 100% honest, it pisses me off to see dogs free and roaming about the bed of a truck. It doesn't bother me about the cattle/working dogs, this is kinda their way of life or the dog in the bed of a truck going through town. But, if you've ever seen an animal hung over the side of the bed of a truck or the dog after it has fallen out and road rashed it's entire body .....you'd NEVER think about not crating them and using rachet straps to tie them down!!!

[benbo30]

yea thats true but if your dog is trained to stay in the truck then it shouldnt be a worry or problem, i have never had problems with my dog jumping out of the truck at a stop light or falling out , not even when she sees another dog

[benbo30]

although now i bought that dog/tool box that was in classifieds on here a while ago , an they are crated up now , sometimes when i take only one dog with me i let her in the bed of the truck if we are going short distance but long distance i crate them

[tlbradford]

I had always let them ride loose in the back as well.  I also used to let them jump over the side of the truck when called.  I never had a problem, but I got softer as I got older and now he gets a nice tied down crate and the tailgate dropped for him.  I know it is better and safer for the overall health of the dogs too. 

[Gutpile]

When will they stop protecting us from ourselves with these silly laws?/ Just a way to generate income. I agree it's not the smartest thing but I think it's just dumb to get pulled over for it.

I used to through my dog in the back occasionally but he jumped out once and I never did it without his cage again. I saw him in the mirror running after the truck.        WTF!!!!    

[Lowedog]

Geezus!  My dad must have been a real a-hole!  My brother and I rode around in the back of the truck all the time when we were kids.  the dog rode up front though so I guess he wasn't all that bad.    Only took me 2 or 3 times of falling out to learn not to bark and lunge at the cars going the other way!

[Schmalzfam]

yea thats true but if your dog is trained to stay in the truck then it shouldnt be a worry or problem, i have never had problems with my dog jumping out of the truck at a stop light or falling out , not even when she sees another dog

Well, that's fine and dandy....but, what would happen to your dog if you got into an accident? It's kinda like the seat belt law, in my opinion.

[hogsniper]

It might be easier to know what you can do that isnt against the law anymore!!! Man this *censored* is just crazy!!! I break the law all the time and dont even know it...Cant believe some of this *censored*!!!

[benbo30]

yea thats true but thats just how i feel

[mjgentile]

I know people are going to disagree with me about not leashing my dogs down, sometimes I do sometime I don't, but as far a jumping out of the pickup they never have. I can even stop at a grocery store say stay come back later and all three of them are still in truck. I own three dogs a Rot(9), Black Lab(4) and a GSP(3). They only thing I do know when I shake the truck keys they plow me over on their way out the front door. The only thing I do know is if the tropper gave me a ticket it could have been a Misdemeanor. With that being said don't think I am going to put a canopy on but I will at least leash them in.

[dontgetcrabs]

I had no idea it was a law, all the dogs I've ever owned have been trained to ride in the back of my truck. When ever we are out bird hunting and see a dog "secured" in a box or something we assume it's a west sider with their fancy professionaly trained dogs. Boy I'm going to get killed for that huh!

[tlbradford]

If you guys are leashing them in the back, please make sure they can't get over the side.  I have heard more horror stories of dogs hanging themselves, than getting hurt when unleashed.

[MichaelJ]

I had no idea it was a law, all the dogs I've ever owned have been trained to ride in the back of my truck. When ever we are out bird hunting and see a dog "secured" in a box or something we assume it's a west sider with their fancy professionaly trained dogs. Boy I'm going to get killed for that huh!

X2!  My dog always rides in the cab with me, but all the dogs we've ever had rode in the bed of the truck... we'd teach 'em the first time by going up on a logging road and leaving them unleashed in the back...  they'll jump once but the ground is dirt and they'll learn not to mention the scoulding they got...  After that I've never had one jump a second time.

Its a *censored* law in my opinion.  Let people regulate themselves!  I also think the seatbelt thing is a big *censored* law to but what do I know... atleast here in ID its only a $10 fine!!!

Michael

[woodywsu]

I agree. Stupid law. My brother got stopped along Highway 26 last year for crossing it with dogs on the flatbed. He went two miles from the farm to his house. Absolutely rediculous. It is an excuse to pull someone over and harass somebody. At least in Idaho you don't have that ridiculous motorcycle helmet law. That is another one. I personally would wear a helmet at all times, but why does it have to be enforced.

[mossback91]

I guess in the end its always someones own fault if they dont wanna wear a seatbelt or helmet........but those are some nasty looking wrecks now a dog in the end is just a dog so who cares