[ljs0827]

I read this a while ago, and it brought back so many memories of our first rottie dog, Apollo. He was truly a gentle giant, and he is the reason that I love this breed so. My husband and his partner were going out on a job, and I was gone for the weekend. They didn't want Apollo to be alone, so they loaded him up on his favorite blanket in the back of the work truck. Then, in went the tools, and the back cap was closed and latched. At about 60 mph, Apollo got spooked by something, and out he went - over the air compressor and crashed through the cap door. We still don't know what caused it or how he managed it - the strength is unimaginable. We thought we'd done it right. Now, the only way our pets travel is crated or in the backseat of the cab (that we didn't have back then). I read one thread that said traveling with a cap on is okay, and I just wanted to use my story that with this breed and their strength that it is not okay. We all know how they can go through doors and windows - truck caps are usually made cheaper than those. Apollo survived the fall but not the surgery. The vet surgeon thought he threw a clot in his lungs, and he died on the operating table. That was 10 years ago, and I remember him like he was with me yesterday.