Bentley Orders A Coffee At The Drive-Thru
There are a few things that I must clarify before I go on with the story. First, Bentley is a 50 lb. Boxer and Shar-Pei mix rescue that was adopted a month ago. Second, the coffee house didn’t have a drive-thru.
It all started when musician owner, Bryan Maher, stopped at the Cool Beanz coffee shop in Long Island to sign up for open mike night. Maher left the car running because it was cold out and he didn’t want his newly adopted pup to freeze. He figured it would only take a minute, what could happen?
“The next thing I knew, I looked up to see my van coming at me in the window, with Bentley in the driver’s seat grinning at me.”
“Bentley was driving a ‘92 Ford van!” marveled shop owner Patricia McCarthy, 57. “I was astonished, very much so.”
The crash left the shop’s glass front window cracked, some patio furniture busted and the van with minor damage, but neither Maher nor McCarthy was mad at the lovable dog, who was unscathed.
“Aw, Bentley was wagging his tail afterward,” said McCarthy. “He really is a sweet dog.”
Maher still got his booking for the Saturday open mic, and Bentley will be getting a new doggy jacket for Christmas to keep warm.
Please do not leave the pups unattended in a car! This could’ve ended in tragedy!
I’ve been reading a lot of stories lately about dogs knocking vehicles out of gear and “driving” them. Perhaps if people engaged the emergency brake while leaving their vehicles attended by their pets fewer incidents would result. That or buckle your babies in.
If you can take your pup with you then buckle them up ! you never what may happen these days ! there is to many of these stories going around . Lets take a hint people!
And let’s not forget the rash of “smash and grabs” around the holidays last year–thieves breaking into the car to steal unattended pets…
Gee, we all know the ‘pit’falls of this, but can’t anyone have a belly chuckle rather than a lecture.. SURE there are ramifications to anything in life, but who needs more lectures from the pious. Am sure those that experienced this more than paid the price. Big time. But how can one not ‘giggle.’
Right on Dr. Janet Herrman. I’m finding the lectures pretty tiring myself.