I think a some of you are (maybe) misunderstanding me...so I'm here to clarify. I said in my initial post that it was for
long periods of time that these dogs are confined in hot cars with their owners. If it's a quick stop for a loaf of bread or something that's fine (imo) we do that all the time (hubby goes in and I stay with the dogs).
However - these people I am referring to are sitting in the parking lot with dogs in cars for close to an hour or more and it has been extremely hot here lately. The only reason i know this is because they're still there when we come back outside from doing our heavy grocery shopping (and our dogs are at home during those long shopping trips).
What they are doing in a parked, unrunning car for that long? Good question and I don't know the answer. All I know is that when a dog has his/her tongue hanging out its mouth, panting in a car - it's too ruddy hot.
