Best small dog to take in truck

Beale, pug, to me, nearly ANY small dog with a short coat. but as you know, all dogs will shed, its the degree in which or how much they do. any dog will be a great "guard dog" as well, as one only needs to bark when someone tries to enter his/her home and wake you up.

stop frequently for the dog too......!!!!

and i'd be leery of letting the dog walk on the asphalt of a truck stop, too many solvents, chemicals whatever...........

 

Get a Poodle/Terrier mix. Very little shedding of any.

 

A miniature Doberman would be great. They have a 10ft personality and a 50ft heart in a half ft frame.They are intelligent and obedient. They also shed minimal hair.
The down side is that because of their size they are rather temperature intolerant.

 

I agree with Min-Pin! I had Bart for my pickup truck but now he lives with my good buddy. This company is not animal friendly.

Bart thinks he's a full grown Dobie!

 

The Maltese you would find to be a sturdy and loyal companion. They're very eager to please and easy to train though housebreaking can be a task.

Considered to be "hypoallergenic" meaning if maintained properly they don't shed any more than a person and are less likely to cause allergic reactions than other breeds. This is due to the fact that a Maltese has hair and not fur--the difference being the coarseness of the folicle. Their hair is much like what you'd likely find on a person's head (that is unless you're G. Gordon Liddy). They do not have an undercoat--which does make them succeptible to other problems like sunburns.

As for maintaining the coat, if you keep a Maltie on the road, I'd recommend a slightly shorter "puppy cut" than the floor length style you'll see on many of the show dogs. This coat in long form requires LOTS of maintenance--more even than your truck. And when you think you're done with maintenance on a longer coat you're in for a shock--you're far from done.

You'll also find that the Maltese is a very brave little dog, willing to take on nearly anything even something more than 10 times its own size. Personally my Maltie is 10 pounds and is considered to be "on the top" of the weight scale for the breed and 3 pounds above the breed standard for show. In short, he couldn't show because he's too heavy--let alone the missing papers.

I'm in the process of looking around for a good company for me to go to where he can ride along in the truck. So many companies are disallowing pets for various reasons--and I rather understand on the face of the argument. I'd personally never have believed that a dog could work his way into my life so deeply that I miss his company more than any person I know when I have to leave home, but this little guy isn't just any dog: he's my best friend.

Attached are some pics...

 

Can you get booties for your dogs feet? for when walking on in ts during cold / hot days? also for the chemicals on said ts?

 

yes, look at any pet smart or pet "boutique" for booties, but be forewarned, the materials used to make such booties, may not be impervious to chemicals found on the ground of many truck stops....i think it would be a better idea to carry the dog to the grassy area, if its a small dog......

 

Some good advice.
Some dogs also find nasty biological stuff left laying around very interesting , so better to keep them away from where that is found.