It's getting HOT! Leave your dog at home. Things you may not have known about dogs and the heat. All dog lovers should read this. 

I would totally call the cops. In fact, one hot day last summer I saw a little poodle in a car at the grocery store and I waited for the owner to come out and told them I was about to call on them. They just rolled their eyes at me, got in their car and sped off quickly.

Would You Call The Police For a Dog?
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This guy confronted the owner of this little pup when he came out of a store. The owner didn't even have the windows cracked on a very hot day. It's against the law in most jurisdictions to leave a pet unattended in a standing or parked vehicle that would lead to hurting an animal.

Would you call the police on someone who left their dog in a hot car? Would you open the door if it was unlocked to help? One man wrote a note and stuck it to the window of a car saying "I took your dog to the police dept. Leaving your dog in a car on a hot day is animal abuse. If you can't care for dogs properly, don't own one." Some states allow people to break in to save a hot pet. North Carolina passed a bill last year allowing people permission to use any "reasonable means" to save an animal from a hot car.

Here are some reasons why that bill isn't such a bad idea after all. Some of these facts surprised me and I thought I would pass it along to you.

-Dogs can only cool off by panting and through the pads in their paws. Therefore they get hotter a lot faster than humans.

-Even on what seems to be a cooler day, cars can be death traps. When it's 72 degrees outside a car's internal temp is 116!!!!!!!

-Sometimes it takes as little as ten mins for the temp to climb to deadly.

-Cracking the windows DOES NOTHING TO HELP. I had no idea on this one. It has little to no effect on a car's internal temp.

SYMPTOMS OF OVERHEATING IN DOGS:

-Panting

-Drooling

-Breathing problems

-Collapsing/loss of consciousness 

-Seizures

If your an animal lover, please pass this along!

Would you call the police on someone who left their dog in a hot car? Report animal neglect or abuse locally by calling 1-207-287-3846 or your local police dept. #nohotpupsincar

 

 

 

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