Wow! After my terrible ordeal with Jude on Friday, hearing this story sure makes me mad! When you consider that a pup can get heat exhaustion or heat stroke without much warning anyways, why put them at such risk in a car! Bad people! Bad! Thanks for the warning, Melissa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 1:29 PM Subject: Dogs left in cars in summer
> I was in town today, at the fabric store buying vinyl so the dogs can eat > their bones in the house (irrelevant really). When I came outside there was > a vehicle (Toyota 4 Runner) parked next to mine, windows up, not running, > with a black and tan coonhound in the back in a wire crate. The hood on the > 4 Runner was up so I assumed the owner was in the auto parts store next to > the fabric store. I walked into the auto parts store and asked who was > driving the Toyota 4 Runner. A man just in front of me said it was he. I > told him that he would kill his dog in short time, leaving it in a closed up > vehicle in this weather and he needed to roll down the windows to give the > dog some air. It was close to noon and our heat index was 110 degrees > yesterday. I went back outside, pulled away and waited to see if the man > came outside. When he did, he made no attempt to open the car. His wife > and daughter came out of the fabric store and I assume he told her of my > 'rudeness' and she went over and opened the door to the back seat of the > vehicle. I headed for home, then turned around to make sure the door > continued to remain open. They had opened the window on the back of the 4 > Runner by then, no reason why this could not have been done initially, as > the dog was in a wire crate and could not have gotten out. I can't imagine > a dog living more than 15 minutes in a closed up vehicle sitting in the sun. > > My next move would have been to call the police if the owner had not at > least given the dog some air. > > > Gail Miller > Cynosure Bernese in Arkansas > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
