Some people just don't get it.
Do NOT leave your dog in your car. Period.
These kinds of stories are becoming all too common, and it frightens me to think that pet owners can be so ignorant of a basic tent: Just as a child can die in a hot car, so can a dog.
In Washington state last week, a woman left her black Labrador Retriever in her car for several hours on a hot day on Bainbridge Island. The outside temperature was between 70 and 80 degrees. Inside her car, with the windows rolled up, police estimated it was at least 110 degrees.
The woman told police later that she had been out with her dog in the morning and returned home about 11 a.m., forgetting that the dog was inside the car. She began looking for her pet and discovered her in the car several hours later. By then, the dog, named Bear, was already dead.
This incident comes on the heels of another dog's death in the area several days earlier. A Pit Bull died when its owners, who were attending a festival, were told that dogs were not allowed inside. They left the dog in their car for two hours, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and when they returned, it had already died from the summer heat.
In both cases, animal control is investigating to determine if charges should be filed against the owners.
I think it's great that pet owners love to bring their dogs with them, but under no circumstances should you ever leave your dog in the car. Not in the summer, and really, never.
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