Dogs love to ride with their head
out the window, nose into the wind. Dogs are smart enough to not jump out of
the window, but, one of them could fall out of the window. My last Chow had an
incredible sense of balance; he could have been a big-wave surfer, riding in
the car he always leaned into the turn, back balanced for stops and dug in for
acceleration, never to stumble or fall. My new Chow has no sense of balance,
she spends a lot of time bouncing around the car interior and climbing out of
the floor board area. None the less, without fear, she loves to stick her head
out the window and put her nose into the wind. Even with her graceless sense of
balance I still allow her to stick her head out the window, I always have a
restraint attached to her and keep one hand on the other end of the leash. I
just can’t deprive her of this most basic doggy joy, withholding this simple act
would be a form of dog cruelty. So I roll the window all the way down, and she
puts her nose into the wind, her long hair swept back and ears folded down, in
some kind of foggy doggy heaven, eyes trying to see everything at once.
When I was a child I would put my hand
out the window and image my hand an airplane wing, tilting it to fly up and
swoop down. Is my dog having some similar experience, thinking this is what a
bird feels? That she is flying without effort?
Is my dog experiencing the feel of
speed? Land flashing by with the wind blowing her hair straight back, imaging
that nothing could out run her. She does love to run; this could be the
ultimate experience of speed, raw unrestrained speed.
I don’t know what she is thinking.
It sure looks like fun though.
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