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Elana Spivack

The Real Reason You Shouldn’t Let Your Dog Stick Its Head Out the Window

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If you have a car and a dog, then you’ve probably let your dog ride along sticking its head out the open window, wind blasting its sweet little face. While you (and your dog) may derive joy from zooming along at 25 miles an hour with his ears popping about, is it actually a healthy practice for your dog?

“The quick and dirty answer is that [we] discourage it,” Amy Nichelason, a veterinarian and clinical assistant professor of primary care services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, tells Inverse.

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