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Subject:Re: Smelly dirty vanagons ..
From:Don Hanson
Date:Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:02:18 -0700

Yep, it's a pain...... though I discovered on a recent dog-filled trip
during mud season that a painter's canvas drop cloth does a pretty good job
over your bedding...two Wet Chesapeake retrievers
On Mar 17, 2016 10:46 AM, <JordanVw@aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 3/17/2016 10:08:53 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> dhanson928@GMAIL.COM writes:
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> putting my wet dogs
> inside.
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> ive passed up many vanagons that looked and smelled like mobile dog
> kennels...  transporting animals is fine, its just some people never clean
> anything or bother to cover any of the seats...  or let their dogs use the
> westy seats and cabinets as chew toys..  (ive sold many replacement
> armrests to owners of bored dogs LOL)  ... sand everywhere, all nooks
> crannies and air vents filled with dog hair...you turn on the rear blower
> and get dog dander and hair blowing out...
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> would you want to lay your head on a westy rear seat that smelled like a
> slobbery great dane that loved to swim in algae filled ponds and roll in
> dead fish like most dogs do????   i think not.
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> i love all animals, but i have seen some really disgusting westys out
> there that were owned by dog owners..   i guess theyre used to it and it
> doesn't bother them.. but it sure does kill resale value.
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> if you have dogs, cover the seats!!!! is that really that hard to do??
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