Beep Beep! Clear the road for Phoebe!
When Phoebe is in the car, she has to be kept in the back by putting up a cushion. Otherwise she plows her way to the front and demands to sit on the drivers lap. Poppy will allow this, as he is tall enough to see over her ears, but Mom and I cannot. Once when she did this on the way back from the grocery store, I was able to see around her head, so I let her stay (plus the grocery store is three minutes by car from the house) but I could read the lips of the people in the cars on the other side of the road. Clearly they could not see me behind the ears, and I could make out more than two people saying “is that a dog driving?” Anyway, I snapped these pictures of Phoebe in the drivers seat with my camera phone awhile back, but only just figured out how to put them online.
Phoebe apparently pulled one of her hop-to-the drivers-seat moves on the way to the Grand Canyon with Poppy, Mom, Lucy and Stephen and Stephen’s cousin – the latter of whom stated he was uncomfortable with her driving. To which Poppy promptly replied, “Why? She hasn’t had an accident in three days!”… I don’t think Stephen’s cousin found that very amusing. Annother time over the summer, Cortie and I were Geocaching, and Phoebe was along for the ride. When we got to the site, and were looking for the goods, Phoebe (after two minutes) grew impatient and clambered into the drivers seat. While we were digging we heard two honks come from Cortie’s car and saw Phoebe behind the wheel with her paw on the horn (I don’t think she knew it was her honking, really) but it sure looked liked like she was thinking “Come on guys! Hurry up!”
Teddy decided after awhile that if Phoebe was going to drive. He should get shotgun, because he soon began to follow her up from the backseat! They have since stopped trying to get in the front, thanks to Mom and I being diligent about them staying in the back (the cushion block helps too.) But it sure is cute when Phoebe takes the wheel!
Phoebe on the road
Want to race, Subaru?
With these ears, I am the safest, most alert driver on the road.
How fun!! Does she qualify for the good driver rate?
She should…she doesn’t speed like I do!
Too Funny!
Ted always like to ride shotgun in the van and I let him when I was traveling alone. From the passenger seat he looked like a really big dog.