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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wait, what?  The other responses on this thread are bananas.

Most dogs have loved car rides since forever, and when I was a kid, most cars didn't have AC. Not in the Stone Age, in the late 80s/early 90s. Being in a moving car without AC with the windows down is a dramatically different experience than being in a house or other enclosed space without AC. I feel like, once the car cools down and you get going, a car with the windows down on a 100 degree sunny day is the equivalent of like 75-80 degrees. Hot, but not uncomfortable or dangerous. And it's not like he's a Newfoundland, he's a poodle with a short hair cut.

Is he happy and hanging his head out the window loving life? Then do it! Give him water before you leave and upon return.

If he's curled up in the back seat, then he's a dog that doesn't like car rides. I wouldn't. [/quote]

Back in the day, OP, dogs died of heat exhaustion and dehydration and that was that. People also died from not putting on seat belts.

Now we know better. Don't kid yourself that a car ride with open windows in these temps is safe for a dog. They might like it... but it's not safe.

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PP here. I literally never in my entire childhood of dogs in cars in the summer with no A/C heard of a dog dying from this experience. Have you ever driven in a car on a hot summer day with the windows down and the A/C off? It's not hot or unpleasant, except for your hair whipping around your face.

We're also not talking about him living in the car. We're talking about a less than one hour car ride. People and dogs can be a little warm for an hour and it's not dangerous!

I'm verklempt that people think this is dangerous. Have none of you ever done this? Is that why you're confused? I feel like I'm in one of those episodes of the Twilight Zone where I'm the same and everyone else is different!![/quote]
It's hot and unpleasant. Also you're inhaling a ton of pollution. I would not subject my dog to this. [/quote]

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