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[tsukiji]

Really??? How do people NOT know that this is a bad, bad thing?????

I think she should be left in the car for a few hours and see how she's turns out.

I really, really, really hope that there is a big enough book to throw at her. A fine would not be even close to enough punishment.

A dog is a living creature, not some object. Stupid frickin people. Really, do people still not know this is a bad thing?

Can you tell this upsets me?

http://sacramento.cb...ies-in-hot-car/

[caligirlz]

Really??? How do people NOT know that this is a bad, bad thing?????

I think she should be left in the car for a few hours and see how she's turns out.

I really, really, really hope that there is a big enough book to throw at her. A fine would not be even close to enough punishment.

A dog is a living creature, not some object. Stupid frickin people. Really, do people still not know this is a bad thing?

Can you tell this upsets me?

http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/07/21/woman-arrested-after-puppy-dies-in-hot-car/

How terrible!

It sounds like she is a very ignorant 21 year old child.

[EAH]

words can't do justice... what a terrible way for a loving and helpless pet to die.
I really hope someone locks her up in a black car on a 95 degree day and cracks the window 2 inches for a good hour or 2. Just to give her an inkling of what she did to that poor dog who was 1/20 of her size and never had a fighting chance.
Ignorant b#tch.

[MrsTuffPaws]

I'm flabbergasted that people do this. I just try to take solace that the pup is freed from a lifetime of living with an ignorant owner.

[Deb aka Resume Lady]

People just don't think.

I was out to lunch with my CASA girl today and as we were leaving the restaurant noticed a dog in the car of a man who had just entered the restaurant. It was quickie food, so I waited two minutes to see if he was getting a to-go order. The dog was already panting at the crack in the window. We went back in the restaurant, only to find the man sitting down to eat his meal.

I asked if he realized that the temps inside the car could skyrocket, creating a very dangerous situation for the dog.

He said, "That's what I told her!" (I'm thinking..... told his wife, who then insisted he take the dog...???)

I asked, "Who is 'her?'" He says, "My dog. I told her it was going to be hot in the car, but she insisted on going."

I had some rather choice words for the man, and told him I was going to call the police. First he said, "Go ahead and call them." But then he quickly and begrudgingly brought his food to an outside table and yelled, "Fine! I'll get her."

His car was parked next to mine. I watched as he opened the door and started to put the leash on the dog. He continued yelling to me: "It's not that hot in here. Why don't you get in and see for yourself?"

What a nut job.

[caligirlz]

I was out to lunch with my CASA girl today and as we were leaving the restaurant noticed a dog in the car of a man who had just entered the restaurant. It was quickie food, so I waited two minutes to see if he was getting a to-go order. The dog was already panting at the crack in the window. We went back in the restaurant, only to find the man sitting down to eat his meal.

I asked if he realized that the temps inside the car could skyrocket, creating a very dangerous situation for the dog.

He said, "That's what I told her!" (I'm thinking..... told his wife, who then insisted he take the dog...???)

I asked, "Who is 'her?'" He says, "My dog. I told her it was going to be hot in the car, but she insisted on going."

And therein lays the problem. Too many people think their dogs are actually human with the same capacity to reason & respond as a human would. They are unable to make the distinction between the dog & themselves. The dog is in charge, not the owner. There's even a whole, very successful, TV show dedicated to this!

[olivia]

Well done! I would have asked for him to get in the car and see for himself how hot it is, tell him to sit inside for one hour with only one window cracked open.

Ignorant people suck and should not be dog owners or animal owners of any kind.

I question his sanity

And too many of these people also have children!!!!

[tgianco]

Well done! I would have asked for him to get in the car and see for himself how hot it is, tell him to sit inside for one hour with only one window cracked open.

Ignorant people suck and should not be dog owners or animal owners of any kind.

I question his sanity

Thanks for stepping in, Deb. I wish it had been me there, but, then again, that would have created a true police situation.

[Harold]

words can't do justice... what a terrible way for a loving and helpless pet to die.
I really hope someone locks her up in a black car on a 95 degree day and cracks the window 2 inches for a good hour or 2. Just to give her an inkling of what she did to that poor dog who was 1/20 of her size and never had a fighting chance.
Ignorant b#tch.

Hey, don't call her a b1tch, that's insulting to the puppy's true mother.

Call her an ignorant witch instead.

[Deb aka Resume Lady]

Same here...I don't talk, I take action. Had I seen him seating down and eating in a restaurant as his dog suffered in the car, the police would have been called, right then and there.

I have no mercy for low life people who mistreat and endanger their pets or children.

That man will do the same thing the next time because he didn't suffer any consequences from this action. Had he been made to face the police and got a ticket, it might make him think twice the next time.

And there WILL be a next time with people like this.

The problem is that by the time the police would have come out the man probably would have been done eating and would have been gone. I didn't feel like making the dog suffer by waiting that out, so I gave him a chance to get the dog out of the car. If I had called the police after he took the dog out of the car, they wouldn't have done anything. I'm all for action, too, but the action I took in this instance was the action necessary to protect the dog. If I had not known who the owner was I would have called the police immediately.

[Deb aka Resume Lady]

I think you're right, Maxine. I don't think this man learned anything or didn't want to learn anything. He's either stupid or cruel, which is exactly what I said to him!

BTW, this didn't happen in Folsom.

[MikeinFolsom]

To the lady that left her dog in the car......put her in the same car for the same amount of time. Just as she looks like she's going to pass out, revive her with fluids. When she starts feeling better, repeat the actions. Again and again and again......