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Jack with his head out the passenger-side front window of my Honda Civic wagon.

photo by Jeff Opal, taken 29-May-2002

I've discovered that for Jack to be able to easily put his head out, I must give him something to stand on. The blue-grey cushion showing to the left of his hind legs enables him to reach the window's opening fairly easily. If it were around 5 inches higher, however, it would be much more easier for him. He would then be able to lay down on the window-edge, rather than stand on his hind legs, as shown in the photo.

My larger dog, Leo, also likes to put his head out this same window. Sometimes I let both dogs to it (when I took this photo, Leo was in the back seat area, there by my command).
When both Jack and Leo put their heads out, I often see other people pointing at them and telling others to look at it. Someday I will find a way to take a photo of what it looks like when my car passes when both dogs are side by side sticking their heads out.
It surely is quite funny looking! (I say surely because I've yet to see what it looks like from the outside of my car.)

    The curious reader of this web page might be wondering: Was the car moving when Jeff took this photo? Did he risk getting in a wreck for this photo?
     Well...I'm embarrassed to say that, yes, the car was moving, and quite fast (around 30 MPH). However, I believe the risk of a wreck was minmal, because I was careful to give my attention to driving, and to not look at the camera view when the photo was taken.
     I took around ten photos, most of which had Jack very uncentered. For each photo, I set the Visor (when the car was stopped) to take a photo in ten seconds. When the car was moving I then aimed the camera in Jack's general direction (holding the Visor in my right hand, with my left hand on the steering wheel). I think it wasn't much risker than having my right hand on the handle of the gear-shift. If any danger had occurred, I could have instantly simply dropped the Visor and put my right hand on something needed for driving.