Comments on: Ride, doggy, ride! http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/10/01/ride-doggy-ride-2/ The Web blog of the Pet Connection, a pet-care feature syndicated internationally by Universal Press. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:25:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: MikeAndAnnie http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/10/01/ride-doggy-ride-2/#comment-145004 MikeAndAnnie Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:53:30 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/10/01/ride-doggy-ride-2/#comment-145004 I just bought a 2008 xB (Some call it the 'toaster oven' since it is wider and shorter than the original xB toaster). I'll finish getting it ready for my 'Girls' (3 labs, each around 50 lbs) this weekend and will let you know how that goes. I am putting in padded plywood boards in the back so they have a level floor, and using a painter's splatter canvas to protect the sides of the car. I just bought a 2008 xB (Some call it the ‘toaster oven’ since it is wider and shorter than the original xB toaster).
I’ll finish getting it ready for my ‘Girls’ (3 labs, each around 50 lbs) this weekend and will let you know how that goes. I am putting in padded plywood boards in the back so they have a level floor, and using a painter’s splatter canvas to protect the sides of the car.

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/10/01/ride-doggy-ride-2/#comment-134159 The OTHER Pat Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:16:41 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/10/01/ride-doggy-ride-2/#comment-134159 When I was shopping for a new car a couple of years ago, I went to a Toyota dealer on a referral. I wasn't looking for anything fancy, and my salesman was actually okay with that and didn't push me for more than I was after (one of the reasons people liked him well enough to send him referrals, I suspect). So he was walking me around showing me various cars that might be suitable to what I was looking for, and when he walked me up to a Scion B, I burst out laughing! I had never seen one before, and I thought he was showing this car to me to be funny. After I controlled myself (with some effort - he was laughing, too!) he said that no - he needed me to look at this car (maybe not this EXACT car - it had been painted with flames for a Car Expo!) and that those who drove it really, really liked it. Well, I just couldn't get myself to take it seriously (really, now!) and ended up with a Toyota Matrix (which I like a lot). But I still giggle whenever I see one on the road. Oh - and then the other day I saw a Smart car. Talk about a REAL candidate for a giggle-fest! http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/ When I was shopping for a new car a couple of years ago, I went to a Toyota dealer on a referral. I wasn’t looking for anything fancy, and my salesman was actually okay with that and didn’t push me for more than I was after (one of the reasons people liked him well enough to send him referrals, I suspect). So he was walking me around showing me various cars that might be suitable to what I was looking for, and when he walked me up to a Scion B, I burst out laughing! I had never seen one before, and I thought he was showing this car to me to be funny.

After I controlled myself (with some effort - he was laughing, too!) he said that no - he needed me to look at this car (maybe not this EXACT car - it had been painted with flames for a Car Expo!) and that those who drove it really, really liked it.

Well, I just couldn’t get myself to take it seriously (really, now!) and ended up with a Toyota Matrix (which I like a lot).

But I still giggle whenever I see one on the road.

Oh - and then the other day I saw a Smart car. Talk about a REAL candidate for a giggle-fest!

http://www.smartcarofamerica.com/

]]> By: Christie Keith http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/10/01/ride-doggy-ride-2/#comment-134001 Christie Keith Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:11:15 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2007/10/01/ride-doggy-ride-2/#comment-134001 The love my mom has for her Scion is scary. And when I drive it for any reason, others Scionites come up to me and try to talk to me about it. It really IS a cult, I swear it. I don't think it's a good dog car. The seats don't fold absolutely flat, and it leaves a gap between the front and back that the dogs can fall into. JMO. The love my mom has for her Scion is scary. And when I drive it for any reason, others Scionites come up to me and try to talk to me about it. It really IS a cult, I swear it.

I don’t think it’s a good dog car. The seats don’t fold absolutely flat, and it leaves a gap between the front and back that the dogs can fall into. JMO.

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