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Yorkieville200 · 03-06-2008, 09:31 AM

Never. Not even for a second. When we travel, and we need to stop at a rest stop, hubby takes one of the girls with him in her Celltie bag, and I take the other in her Celltei bag. Nobody even realizes we're carrying fur-kids.

Cars get stolen in the blink of an eye, and while a car is replaceable, my girls are not.

Sheila

mrlmonroe · 03-06-2008, 09:34 AM

I never do.......always bring the bag in case I have to run in some where that she's not allowed....but often do my errands without her because I don't want to have to risk it.......

nikkinack · 03-06-2008, 09:36 AM

If it is not to hot or too cold I will sometimes leave Lily in the car for a few minutes like if I have to get gas or pick up a news paper and then usually it gives me an excuse to stop by the pet store

. I would never leave her if I could not see her from a window.

Kbsqueff · 03-06-2008, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Yorkieville200

Cars get stolen in the blink of an eye, and while a car is replaceable, my girls are not.

Sheila

I KNOW what you mean!!!

Hubby's car was found... And I had to buy a new one...a brand new Citröen C3

Amy81 · 03-06-2008, 09:40 AM

No Way..

If I'm going someplace Cody James can't go then he has to stay home. It's not right to leave them in the car.. it could be too hot or cold outside. and you take a big chance of your window being busted out or lord knows what they will do to get your baby.

scoobiedooiscoo · 03-06-2008, 09:44 AM

there are times when we have had to leave lacey in the car, we live far away from alot of places and when we do go to town i have to bring her if i cant find a sitter because she needs her meds and there is no way for me to get there and back fast enough to give her them. i have run into pay for gas and if we eat its usually in the car but there are times when we go in and order and then go out to the car. we really try to plan things so we dont have to leave her or one of us stays in the car with her but it has happened. we also make sure she is visable to us when we do have to go in.

yesenia83 · 03-06-2008, 09:52 AM

my furkids stay home. I don't have tiny ones that I can squeeze into a bag and besides for me its inconvenient. If I'm out for several hours I know they are home safe pooping, eating( hopefully not eating their pooping

) and playing.
I also don't feel guilty for leaving them home because they have each other and 2 cats to torment. While people may feel the the OP comment was uncalled for, everyone is entitled to their opinion. If you wouldn't leave a baby in the car , same goes for a dog, they cant defend themselves other than cry/bark. Whether you live in a small town or big city things happen, Small town doesn't mean safer town , just my .02

Tnyorkiemom · 03-06-2008, 10:00 AM

Smokey and my daughter's Roxie stayed in the car monday and they were in for about 30 minutes once....then we drove for 5 mintues and then they werein the car for maybe 20 minutes.....they did fine.....we cracked the windows....and even with a coathanger you cant break in.....in the factory it was tested by professionals no one could break in.....i dont like to do it but they did fine........

scoobiedooiscoo · 03-06-2008, 10:03 AM

really i wish i has the option to leave her at home with the rest of my dogs so comments like that wouldnt make me fell like a crappy dog owner when i do have to leave her in the car. i always try to do what best for lacey and it really sucks that i miss out on doing alot of things that i want to do because she is ill, but thats the hand we were delt and i am doing the best i can. i think if she ever was taken i deserve to have her back.

MyPeanutAbbyGra · 03-06-2008, 10:30 AM

I used to take Peanut with me anywhere that I could and if I was going to run into a store for only a few minutes, I would take him then too. BUT, only if it wasn't too hot or too cold. He LOVED going bye bye. Sometimes we would just take him for rides.

I believe the JOY he got out of going bye bye with Mama and or Daddy, far outweighed the risk we took. I've never heard of any dogs being stolen from cars here and my car is almost impossible to break into. The car alarm would have went off and hopefully scared them away. That's not to say that something bad couldn't have happened. The clerks at my grocery, Dollar General and Walgreens all knew Peanut

and would go outside to say "hi" to him.

Now that Peanut is gone, I'm glad that he got to go with me so much. I know he loved it.

If anyone would have told me I didn't deserve him back if he were stolen...

MyPeanutAbbyGra · 03-06-2008, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by scoobiedooiscoo

really i wish i has the option to leave her at home with the rest of my dogs so comments like that wouldnt make me fell like a crappy dog owner when i do have to leave her in the car. i always try to do what best for lacey and it really sucks that i miss out on doing alot of things that i want to do because she is ill, but thats the hand we were delt and i am doing the best i can. i think if she ever was taken i deserve to have her back.

Of course you would deserve to have her back! Don't let other's opinions make you feel "crappy" As long as you know you're doing what's best for Lacey, then that's all that matters.

brittahnee · 03-06-2008, 10:33 AM

sometimes i leave sophie in the car.
the weather here i perfect (not too hot, not too cold)
i keep her in her carrier with cracks in my windows.
i don't even worry about people dognapping her because most don't know she's in there, and i think it would be very hard to steal a dog out of a locked car with one inch cracks in my woindows.
however i don't leave her in hre long, its usually just stops alongthe way that don't allow her in -- so 5 minute stops at the most

yesenia83 · 03-06-2008, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scoobiedooiscoo

really i wish i has the option to leave her at home with the rest of my dogs so comments like that wouldnt make me fell like a crappy dog owner when i do have to leave her in the car. i always try to do what best for lacey and it really sucks that i miss out on doing alot of things that i want to do because she is ill, but thats the hand we were delt and i am doing the best i can. i think if she ever was taken i deserve to have her back.

I hear you. If your baby is sick and you have to take her ,then thats what you have to do. People don't understand unless the are in the same situation. While I don't have sick babies I can totally relate to not being able to do anything because me and my husband haven't gone on vacation or our honeymoon after 4 years married because I don't trust anyone to take care of our furbutts. The best everyone can do is not let someones opinion make us feel bad b/c its just that an opinion. Being here for some time I've had to learn this because if not I'd feel like the worse pet parent in the world. I used to feel bad when I would read on here about people becoming upset that someone would leave their dog at home for over 8 hours or longer because its cruel or the dog is ready to slit its paws of loneliness

. But again everyone has their own thing that works for them, whatever makes life easier. People should also check what they write and reread it several times b4 posting because you also should think about the unnecessary drama it may cause. OP, don't take this as a thing directly at you because( thats including me

) we could all practice this. And again this is just my opinion and an opinion is like a Butt, big or small, everyone has one

.

Zanders' mom · 03-06-2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by patty58

I will admit that Murfee has been left in the car...but where we can keep an eye on him. We travel with our camper quite extensively and sometimes when we stop to eat, he can't go in. We are paranoid about leaving him so we either park where we can see the truck or take turns going in.

Very nice!! I like your methods! applause, applause, applause.

Zanders' mom · 03-06-2008, 10:52 AM

I've read of people leaving Yorkies in the car and they have gotten stolen, I'm not taking that chance with my 2, NOT even for a nano second.
I was at Petsmart, when walking to my car, I notice in the car next to me a cute shcnauzer anxiously waiting in the car, now that I didn't get at all, petsmart is pet friendly

03-06-2008, 09:36 AM	#33
nikkinack YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 1,510	If it is not to hot or too cold I will sometimes leave Lily in the car for a few minutes like if I have to get gas or pick up a news paper and then usually it gives me an excuse to stop by the pet store. I would never leave her if I could not see her from a window. __________________ Member of Petite Pups United and Spoiled Rotten Club Proud member of the CrAzYcLuB

03-06-2008, 09:44 AM	#36
scoobiedooiscoo Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,423	there are times when we have had to leave lacey in the car, we live far away from alot of places and when we do go to town i have to bring her if i cant find a sitter because she needs her meds and there is no way for me to get there and back fast enough to give her them. i have run into pay for gas and if we eat its usually in the car but there are times when we go in and order and then go out to the car. we really try to plan things so we dont have to leave her or one of us stays in the car with her but it has happened. we also make sure she is visable to us when we do have to go in. __________________ [url]http://www.dogster.com/dogs/585863

03-06-2008, 09:52 AM	#37
yesenia83 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: bronx, new york Posts: 255	my furkids stay home. I don't have tiny ones that I can squeeze into a bag and besides for me its inconvenient. If I'm out for several hours I know they are home safe pooping, eating( hopefully not eating their pooping ) and playing. I also don't feel guilty for leaving them home because they have each other and 2 cats to torment. While people may feel the the OP comment was uncalled for, everyone is entitled to their opinion. If you wouldn't leave a baby in the car , same goes for a dog, they cant defend themselves other than cry/bark. Whether you live in a small town or big city things happen, Small town doesn't mean safer town , just my .02 __________________ Snuggles Snitch Spyro www.dogster.com/dogs/281277 www.dogster.com/dogs/281283 www.dogster.com/dogs/411121

03-06-2008, 10:00 AM	#38
Tnyorkiemom Smokey's Mommy!! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Georgetown Tn Posts: 1,914	Smokey and my daughter's Roxie stayed in the car monday and they were in for about 30 minutes once....then we drove for 5 mintues and then they werein the car for maybe 20 minutes.....they did fine.....we cracked the windows....and even with a coathanger you cant break in.....in the factory it was tested by professionals no one could break in.....i dont like to do it but they did fine........ __________________ Mommy and Daddy Sugar Freckles Smokey Romeo Ally Niecy Alissia and Ariella

03-06-2008, 10:03 AM	#39
scoobiedooiscoo Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 1,423	really i wish i has the option to leave her at home with the rest of my dogs so comments like that wouldnt make me fell like a crappy dog owner when i do have to leave her in the car. i always try to do what best for lacey and it really sucks that i miss out on doing alot of things that i want to do because she is ill, but thats the hand we were delt and i am doing the best i can. i think if she ever was taken i deserve to have her back. __________________ [url]http://www.dogster.com/dogs/585863

03-06-2008, 09:31 AM	#31
Yorkieville200 YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: IL Posts: 2,179	Never. Not even for a second. When we travel, and we need to stop at a rest stop, hubby takes one of the girls with him in her Celltie bag, and I take the other in her Celltei bag. Nobody even realizes we're carrying fur-kids. Cars get stolen in the blink of an eye, and while a car is replaceable, my girls are not. Sheila

03-06-2008, 09:34 AM	#32
mrlmonroe YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: White Rock Posts: 404	I never do.......always bring the bag in case I have to run in some where that she's not allowed....but often do my errands without her because I don't want to have to risk it.......

03-06-2008, 09:40 AM	#35
Amy81 No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Palatka, Florida Posts: 6,523	No Way.. If I'm going someplace Cody James can't go then he has to stay home. It's not right to leave them in the car.. it could be too hot or cold outside. and you take a big chance of your window being busted out or lord knows what they will do to get your baby.

03-06-2008, 10:30 AM	#40
MyPeanutAbbyGra I love my baby girls! Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,718	I used to take Peanut with me anywhere that I could and if I was going to run into a store for only a few minutes, I would take him then too. *BUT*, only if it wasn't too hot or too cold. He LOVED going bye bye. Sometimes we would just take him for rides. I believe the JOY he got out of going bye bye with Mama and or Daddy, far outweighed the risk we took. I've never heard of any dogs being stolen from cars here and my car is almost impossible to break into. The car alarm would have went off and hopefully scared them away. That's not to say that something bad couldn't have happened. The clerks at my grocery, Dollar General and Walgreens all knew Peanut and would go outside to say "hi" to him. Now that Peanut is gone, I'm glad that he got to go with me so much. I know he loved it. If anyone would have told me I didn't deserve him back if he were stolen... __________________ Tammy, Mama to Abby Grace Daisy Mae RIP Peanut & Chloe, ABBY 's WINSTON Within the heart of every stray Lies the singular desire to be loved

03-06-2008, 10:33 AM	#42
brittahnee YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Louisiana Posts: 383	sometimes i leave sophie in the car. the weather here i perfect (not too hot, not too cold) i keep her in her carrier with cracks in my windows. i don't even worry about people dognapping her because most don't know she's in there, and i think it would be very hard to steal a dog out of a locked car with one inch cracks in my woindows. however i don't leave her in hre long, its usually just stops alongthe way that don't allow her in -- so 5 minute stops at the most

03-06-2008, 10:52 AM	#45
Zanders' mom Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,351	I've read of people leaving Yorkies in the car and they have gotten stolen, I'm not taking that chance with my 2, NOT even for a nano second. I was at Petsmart, when walking to my car, I notice in the car next to me a cute shcnauzer anxiously waiting in the car, now that I didn't get at all, petsmart is pet friendly __________________ With GOD .... All things ARE possible!