I look at vehicles now by how many bags of horse and dog feed it holds, how many dogs it holds, how many bales of hay it holds and finally..how it tows my horse trailer. That, my friends....is what my life has come down to!

Anyway, I have only had my dogs in my 04 F150 scab 2-maybe 3 times since I bought it several months ago. They were in it during the hurricanes and I had to move them to safer places. They were in and out quickly.

Today, I had my 127 lb dog in it and I can truly say that the extended cab is NOT the way to go when you have multi dogs or big dogs. I don't believe in putting dogs in the bed of the truck. With that being said...I have actually realized the best thing about my truck....that is that the rear windows go all the way down!!!!! None of the crappy, useless vent window stuff. My dog had her big head out the window and was loving life even though she was cramped in the seating area. I LOVE THOSE WINDOWS! I never really had them down like that before for any reason, so that is why it took me so long to realize this.

I do have to say that is the one thing I miss about my crew cab..the full size doors and area.

 

So do I...er...well my dog loves it! Her...and the kids.

Those windows are on of those neat features that puts Ford above the competition, IMHO.

 

Dogs in trucks can be fun. I had to slam on the brakes on my late father's crew cab one day, and got hit in the back by a 140 lb Great Dane. Chief was okay, but I was sore for weeks after my head bounced off the steering wheel. Harness didn't help.
My last dog, a Sheplador (better than Labrsherd) got pretty brused up when a fool pulled in front of my wife in her Grand Cherokee. Lady popped up and over the rear seat where she had been laying, and ended up on the passenger dashboard.
Since then we use dog boxes.
When we transport our huge Rott+Backfencejumper in the F-150 we fold up the back of the cover, and put her in a large dog box, which is secured to the great tiedowns Ford put in the bed. It's also braced against the cargo bar, just in case. My wife always opens the beer window and talks to the dog.
Sam misses her freedom to run around the bed, but I feel better.
Strangely enough when I was a kid, we always had two-six dogs running around the bed of the trucks, and never had a dog injured, or jump out. I think the trucks stop a lot faster, and traffic is ten times heavier now.
Chris