Driving Dog

It's exactly because of this kind of thing that I have a dog barrier in my car. I don't want dogs in my lap when I'm driving. MacKenzie managed to squeeze through a tiny space in the barrier and slide down my shoulder into my lap, while I was on the freeway.

Once she was in my lap, she turned in a few circles and plopped down, facing front. It looked like she was driving the car. To make sure that everyone around us in traffic saw that a dog was driving the car, she would every once in a while honk the horn.

Several years ago, when one of my big Goldens was a puppy, the same thing happened. Only that time a cop was driving in front of me and I was on the street my house is on. With my car swerving and horn blaring, I pulled over to the side of the road. I got out of the car to get my mail since the mailbox was there and the cop made a U turn and stopped opposite of my car. He watched me and then asked how I was doing. I said "fine" and asked how he was doing. He didn't answer and drove off. I guess he figured that my driving was impaired by dog, not alcohol.

Back to MacKenzie, nothing bad happened, it was just difficult to look around her in order to see to drive. I'm going to have to talk to her about the horn honking, though. It was a little tacky for a young lady to behave that way.