leaving dog in the car
 

I'm really angry still just thinking about it. I went to Target Friday last week after my therapist appointment like I normally do and parked right in the first parking space of the store a car with all the windows down and a older looking dachshund in there walking around. It was over 90 outside! I was sooooooo angry I wanted to just go to the car and pick the dog up and take it but my anxiety kept me from doing it and that made me angry at myself and sad. I got soooo sick to my stomach and I just wanted to cry. If you have to go to the store NEVER EVER leave your dog in the car especially when it is 90 degrees outside! It cruelty even if u say its just for 5 minutes its not safe or fair for the dog.

Thats terrible. I would of left a note (and I have once before) about how cruel people like that are! Or call the Dog Warden and file a complaint.

I cannot believe people do this.

If you go in to the store and tell the people at guest service they will get the AP (Store cops) to go out there, or they will put it over the loud speaker at the store. This really makes the people embarrassed when that happens

I hate when I see this too.. :( Why don't they just leave them at home!?

I think this is awful, I live in Canada, and it's too hot here in the summer to keep a dog in the car, I can only imagine what it's like further south. People are just dumb. I agree with reporting it to the store and having it announced or something like that... it's really cruel for the dogs to be trapped in something like that.

ugh that just makes me sick, people think its ok because there is a cracked window but thats still not enough! i could never leave my baby in the car especially in the summer.

LMAO I did that once also I was so darn mad I was my own loudspeaker when he showed up ;)

There is a show on TV called "What Would You Do" or something like that and they just did a show on a baby left in a car and what people did when they saw it. I didn't see the show, but wish I had. Leaving a dog in a car is the same, IMO, as leaving a baby. Both are helpless to save themselves from that kind of stupidity, neglect or cruelty.

I saw that--think it was Dateline! They did the leaving a dog in the car too and there was one young teenage boy and his brother who stopped and called 911.

My little sister was her own loudspeaker the other day! We were at Dairy Queen and someone had left their little pom in the car. She ranted and raved loudy about how cruel it was in the store.

I hate that as well. not long ago I went to a restaurant with my parents. We parked the car and my Dad said look its a yorkie. I walked over there, and sure enough a little yorkie was sitting in the car with its little tongue hanging out. The windows were down about 1 inch. The car was not running. I called the police, they said go into the restaurant and tell them to make an announcement, so I did. the waitress walked around asking everyone if they had a dog in there car. This women speaks up, its my car and the dog is fine, She went outside comes back in and said it cooler in the car then outside ! at that time it was 100 outside. How is that possible. by this time everyone was walking over and looking out the window and looking at the car and the women. she sits back down to finish eating. finally the waitress said the police are on the way and she got so mad she wrapped up all there food and went out to the car rolled down the windows and drove off.I can not understand why you would take your dog in the car if you know you are going to have to leave it by its self. The sick thing these people were on vacation, so this poor dog had to look forward to this for at least a week. Some people just do not deserve animals.

I would call 911 ASAP without hesitation!!! I would NEVER walk away without making a noise about someone leaving a dog in the car in that kind of heat!

I don't understand why not take the dog with you if you have a small dog. I go to the supermarket, department stores, even restaurants with my dog in her little carrier. No one even knows she's in there - they just think its my bag. I'm sorry............ but you must be a total idiot if you think that the dog is okay on a hot day, in a locked car, with the window down an inch.

This summer here in Cincinnati some idiot left his dog in the car & someone did call 911. The cops came, busted out the window to get the dog & then arrested the man for animal cruelty when he came back!

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I experienced the same thing not so long ago as I made my way to the gym. I arrived and was able to find a decent parking spot near some shade and sure enough there was a beautiful Yorkie inside the car parked next to me. The windows were rolled down about an inch but you could tell the poor little guy was in need of water & fresh air. I made sure to get the Lic. Plates & headed inside to tell the person at the front counter. It wasn't a big gym so the message was heard by all, turns out the owner had been inside for more than an hour. Things like these just sicken me!

I saw on the news that when a man called 911 about a child left in the car, the police told him they are on the way but to break a window (far from child) in the mean time because they don't want the child to wait any longer than necessary. This should apply to dogs as well. I would love to break some people's window and stick them with the bill for replacement!!!

:thumbup: I would too!

Found a video of yorkie rescued from hot car
Animal Cops San Francisco: Dog in Distress : Video : Animal Planet

http://animal.discovery.com/videos/a...d-witters.html

Thats bad! Some people should not be allowed to own dogs. This happened to me.. but i called animal control on them and i left them a note.. it was 90 she had 1 window cracked the dog looked older and like she wasnt going to last.. i told all this to animal control and they rushed someone out there.

i'm right outside of san francisco i'd love to go find those people and give them a piece of my mind!

Please don't get mad at me. This past Monday I had a puppy play date set with a friend that has a choc lab 12 yrs old, schitzu 10 yrs old and she just ended up with a Chiuawa (sp), 10 wks old. I stopped at the med. lab for a drug test for a job. Left my pup in the car, back windows down a little, and sun roof open part of the way, so what heat there would happen to be would rise. I ran in and asked how long, I also mentioned that I had one large glass of water and two cups of coffee waiting to come out. I also mentioned to the lab tech, I had my pup in the car. She got me right in. In and out in 5 to 8 minutes. If it had been 10 I would have left. All was alright. That is not what I normally do.

Everyone knows how hot & humid it gets in S.E. Texas even in early spring. Imagine what a dumba$$ owner faced at our Spring Bark when it was announced that a Lab was locked up in a pickup...yup,police were called,animal control was already there with a booth. The truck was surrounded by very angry rescue people. The Lab spent time in the cool-down pool and got more Frosty paws than he could eat and the idiot left in handcuffs:D:thumbup:

I'm sorry but when I think about this it makes me sick- just a few weeks ago some people left their Maltese in a van while they had a picnic- it was so hot here- the dog died in the van- the man was arrested and charged with animal cruelty. What is wrong with people? I would definitely call 911 if I saw anything like that- NY does not put up with it. Recently I was walking down the street here on a hot summers day and these people thought it was funny that their dogs feet were burning- I yelled " EXCUSE ME YOUR DOGS FEET ARE BURNING" they said" I know" and i said well do something or should i take your shoes off and make you walk barefoot- VERY LOUDLY- I'm sorry but I will always speak up for my furry friends- no matter what :) People don't realize dogs get heatstroke- very easily.

I do feel sorry for people who go on vacations. There is not an easy solution to that one.

I know for a fact that in some states it is illegal to leave your dog in the car.

Shouldn't leave any pet in automoble for "any" reason. If I don't plan on taking mine in w/me then she stays home in AC. Also carry her when walking on anykind of pavement until we reach the store.

Here's a link to the What Would You Do -- Leaving an Animal in the Car

Great video! Thanks for sharing. I can't believe nobody did anything for 3 hours.