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AKC actively advocates for responsible dog ownership and is dedicated to advancing dog sports. All rights reserved. I asked my husband, who has had extensive interaction with professional dogs and training through his work as a police officer in New York City, and he tells me that their dogs always look at car trips like it's the beginning of something fun — the start of the hunt.
There's nothing more rewarding for them than a good day's work and belly scratch, and that all begins with the car trip. Even long after those heroic dogs retire with their families, they still get incredibly excited the minute they hear "get in the car. This notion of "the hunt" is outlined clearly by the experts at Natural Dog Training.
They wrote that "dogs love car rides because they feel as if they are on a hunt. Cats are at best indifferent to car rides — at worst they display antagonistic behaviors. Cats don't feel a hunt; they hunt by instinct. Dogs hunt using their senses, their feelings. He doesn't get road rage from traffic and reckless drivers. No back-seat driving.
The perfect companion, he pants and looks about while we complain. A dog is captivated by the details we miss. The human white-knuckles it through downtown traffic and the doggie sees that bird in the sky, that squirrel in the tree, smells that steak on the barbecue. But taking your pet for a joyride presents serious safety issues. Airbag deployment is game-over for doggie. And you might be snug in a legislated seatbelt when you are rear-ended, but Spot can fly through the windshield, not to mention, causing a crash if he's bounding about the car or perched on your lap.
According to a recent article in the Huffington Post, it's speculated dogs are the culprits behind thousands of car accidents every year, although no one is keeping statistics. According to the U. Most of all, he says, dogs are pack animals, social animals. But domestication has tweaked the formula. Dogs have evolved to be geniuses at taking advantage of the human tool. In other words, dogs love cars because they love us.
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