Dog left in the car

I left Max in the car for a few minutes the other day while I went to get icecream, and that was about as hot as I would do it, so I won't be leaving him in the car for a few months now. My neighbor left her dog in the car for two hours the other day because the dog tears up stuff in the house (because they never really trained her, so she started busting out of her crate, then they left her in the bathroom which she tore up, and they don't exercise her nearly enough). So, in order to keep her from tearing stuff up, she put her in the car. Another neighbor told her she would call the police if she saw it again. She just doesn't care though, she said they can give her a ticket. That's great, maybe she can afford to pay the ticket (except we all know she can't afford any uneccessary expenses) but what will she tell her kids if the dog dies from it?

Wow Jen, thats horrible.  Your neighbor will have a lot more to deal with than a ticket if her dog does die from it and she gets reported!
 
It really is too hot (in some places) to be doing that.

That is so sad.  Leaving windows open does not adequately help lower the temp.  . Temps inside cars climb quickly and it only takes a matter of minutes to go from 86 deg to 115 deg.  A dog could have heat stroke in no time, sounds like that pup was on his way panting hard.  I probably would have called the police.
 

I guess people "forget" that is going to by WAY hotter in the car than it is outside...??  Either way its miserable and dangerous. 

A few days ago, I was walking across a parking lot to my car, and I heard a dog making noise in someone's car. For the life of me, I could not find this dog. I noticed a truck with its back windows popped out slightly, so I went up to it, but there was no dog in it. So I stood around looking for the dog, and thankfully, I wasn't the only one trying to figure out which car the dog was in. A couple of other folks in the parking lot were looking around trying to find the dog too. There's NO WAY I'd leave my dogs in the car in the thick, humid, disgustingly hot Louisiana weather (I think that describes it accurately lol), especially since it felt like 700 degrees yesterday and today.  

I carry paper and pencil in the car. I leave a note, if necessary I call the 911 number.  A broken window by the authorities usually makes an impression.  I am willing to break it myself if the dog is in distress.  Maybe I aught to carry a small disposible camera.  Could always get the photos to the humane society (they are the required cruelty investigators in OH).

Last year I saw someone leaving their dog to go in to the grocery store. I said " don't you think it's a bit hott to be leaving your dog in the car"  "NO" she screamed. "she doesn't mind"  So I said, I will wait here while I load my car and if your not back I am calling to report you" She got back in her car and left. I'm sure it did nothing but tick her off.
 
But I felt better.[] eople make me sick.

The nice thing about it that if you call the police they wont give your name out, and if its a public area theres no way for them to find out.  I think I would call if it looked like a dangerous situation.  I wonder how many dogs are killed this way.... or if there's even a way to know because if that person came back to a dead dog they may not tell anyone what really happened.... but I KNOW it has happened.

I do not hestitate to call the police, and it's more than a ticket in my area, its animal crulety with jail time if convicted.
 

Even if Max was destructive, I think I'd prefer to come home to a shredded sofa cushion than come back to the car to find a dead dog.[&:]

Joyce & Max

I'm assuming the cars are in the sun? I get really upset when I see dogs in cars with the windows barely cracked open... usually they're in direct sunlight too. I feel like saying, "Hello, have you ever sat in a car with the windows up during summer? Get's pretty dang hot, don't it?"
 
I do leave Maddi in the car, but during the summer, I make it very quick and always ark in the shade unless it's night time. If I know I am going to be a while, I leave her to home. During the winter I don't worry too much, but I still leave windows 2-3 inches down to be safe.

I've left Max in the car as well, but not once it gets past about 75. He was in there for about 10 minutes the other day while I went in to an icecream place, and I left the windows cracked for him. Today it's 90, and I feel uncomfortable just outside for more than 10 minutes, so I couldn't imagine being in the car for that long. If I have a few places to go, and I can take him to some, I bring another person with, that way one person can stay in the car with him, and the other person can go run in wherever they need to really quick. If I don't want to eat in my car, I go somewhere with outdoor tables, so then one person at a time can go in and get food, or I can go through the drive thru and then get out and eat. It can be annoying and inconvenient, but it sure beats a dead dog.

As for the neighbor, she has been threatened that if anyone sees it again, the police will be called. She claims not to care what we do, but too bad for her. She's a real genius anyway. One of her kids has gotten in to her medicine and had to have his stomach pumped not just once, but twice, and the other day, the older child was in trouble because she told her brother not to ride his bike in the street. He got mad at her for it, so he came over and slapped her in the face, so she hit him back. The older child was the only one in trouble. She may not care about a ticket, but I think she will care if she has to tell the kids that the dog died, or that the dog was taken away. Another neighbor who has a GSD who is on his last legs (his hip dysplasia is getting really bad) may end up taking her. She did keep her a lot when her own dog was in better shape. Hell, I would take her, except Millie wouldn't like it, the hair would be too much for me (she's a Samoyed, and I am allergic to dogs) and she's not a type of dog I like. But, she trains extremely well, according to everyone but her owners. The other neighbor and I think she's a dream to train. I just hope she makes it long enough so that the neighbor is able to take her, if that's what she is planning to do.

I keep one of those emergency jobbers that will break glass or cut your seat belt in my van.  I've used it once.....and that was at the DMV when a stupid woman left her dog and her small child in the car.  The baby was looking unconcious and the dog wasn't much better off.  The baby was asleep so she left Fido to watch the child.  I went IN to DMV and no one claimed to own the car, so I called 911 AND broke out the glass.  She was majorly ticked, but her child and her dog both lived.  The baby spent 3 days in intensive care tho.  Ya know what?  I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

OMG... How awlful.
Thank the lord you were there and had the guts to act on it. Most people have the I dont want to get involved attitude.