Dont leave you dog alone in a enclosed place
 

My neighbors had a tragedy last week and i decided to say something to everyone my house has a clone across the street when the people bought the lot across the street they decided they loved our house so much they wear going to build one just like went down to the building department and got the blueprints the homes are identical in every detail. so this hits me very close to home

anyway we have this thing called a breezeway its a room with glass walls that open into slits its supposed to keep the house cool these are pictures of the room because i did not explain it well (please excuse the bags the kids are getting rid of toys and old clothes and what not and this is the dumping ground for all things in limbo for trash or donation)
100_2607-1.jpg picture by LSineri - Photobucket

100_2606.jpg picture by LSineri - Photobucket

well my neighbor left his chihuahua paco in this room (in his house) and went to the store for about an hour it was 85 degrees outside i know he left water out for the little guy because he loves him to death but when he got home he found Paco laying in his dog house nearly dead from the heat my 16 year old was walking our dogs when he got home and started yelling she brought our dogs home and went with him to the emergency vet because she knew wear it was and he was not sure
that was a week ago tomorrow and Paco was in the hospital for 5 days while he did live they are not sure if he has permanent brain damage from the heat
im sure some of you have breezeways and sun porches that you leave your babies on all the time just please be careful and make sure your dog is not to hot one way to roughly judge is to sit out wear you are leaving your dog for an hour wearing a long sleeved cotton shirt to see about how hot they are getting.

How scary. I hope Paco can make a full recovery. It is a great reminder going into the summer season.

Poor baby, I think sometimes we forget that it can get hot inside too. Thank you for the reminder.

Oh my gosh! How scary! Thanks for the reminder!

Oh no that is sad. Will say prayers for Paco.

oh poor baby. Hope that he will recover. Thank you for sharing this. Depending on the weather, I leave the access to my sunroom open for them during the day. Fortunately the doors are heavy so there is no chance that they would close by accident.

That is great advice. I think most of us think about not leaving them in our cars but not the porch. These little guys just cannot take it.

poor little one...my boys get locked in our kitchen area, but the AC is on when it's above 70 outside...and the heat is on when it's below 70. Haha, we are spoiled, but we know the temp will always be safe for us and our furbutts!

im glad i could help remind everyone heat is a very dangerous thing. Gatsby and i went over to see Paco and i have to say he is not the same as he was but he was playful and responsive so hopefully with time he will recover fully i am putting a air conditioner in the wall of my breezeway and shutting the windows because it really is a nice place to leave the critters when im away
but first i need to get the kids to clean it up good thing school is out and tomorrow is saterday

Thanks for the reminder and I hope and pray Paco recovers fully! I have a sunroom that gets quite hot, but I never leave the dogs out there. If I did, Faith would dig in all the plants. LOL

Great thread to remind us all what heat can do to an animal. On tonight's news, there were warnings about leaving pets in cars in the heat, and that they will break into the car to save an animal in distress and also fine the owners. I hope lots of people saw that!

i to hope a lot of people saw it. last year a woman went to a walmart and broke aout 7 car windows because people had hot dogs in the car and she was not fined for the damaged windows.