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38. I leave my dog in the truck with the engine running, the doors locked and the air on.

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:05 PM

Jun 2014

Even then, I will only do it for a few minutes. There is always a risk of the engine or a/c failing. There was a story a couple years ago where some cop left his dog in the patrol car while he went and worked his second job. The a/c or engine quit and the dog died.

A couple years ago I had a woman chase me, with the store manager in tow, out to my truck in the parking lot after picking up a prescription for a friend.

I had noticed her acting a bit frantic looking for a manager as I was checking out. Then I realized she was after me. Yikes. I apologized for scaring her. She said she runs a rescue.

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A Veterinarian Locked Himself In A Hot Car For 30 Minutes. [View all] G_j Jun 2014 OP

I don't even PasadenaTrudy Jun 2014 #1

Same here. TeamPooka Jun 2014 #2

Ditto. Me neither. RebelOne Jun 2014 #16

No A/C? former9thward Jun 2014 #3

Yes, but PasadenaTrudy Jun 2014 #5

I Put The Top Down And We Take Rides, but. . . ProfessorGAC Jun 2014 #12

I used to do that PasadenaTrudy Jun 2014 #20

Animals AND children... Frustratedlady Jun 2014 #4

there should be the technology Skittles Jun 2014 #6

Many alarms already have a motion sensor. MindPilot Jun 2014 #11

It is unbelievable MissDeeds Jun 2014 #8

I almost did it a couple weeks ago...scared the hell out of me. MindPilot Jun 2014 #10

I thought the same thing, until I read an in-depth article about it Skittles Jun 2014 #18

"fatal distraction" fishwax Jun 2014 #37

yes Skittles Jun 2014 #42

I locked myself in the band van for 30 minutes once. Took the drummer that long to get me out. bluesbassman Jun 2014 #7

I called the cops a couple of years ago murielm99 Jun 2014 #9

Thank goodness for people like you MissDeeds Jun 2014 #13

And watch out for cats. The sneaky bastards will jump in when your not looking. rhett o rick Jun 2014 #14

I have the number to my local animal shelter programmed LeftofObama Jun 2014 #15

Do they respond? BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #19

Yes. I've only had to use it one time though. LeftofObama Jun 2014 #23

Thanks BrotherIvan Jun 2014 #25

k and r dembotoz Jun 2014 #17

The other day when I left the store I saw a man leave his dog csziggy Jun 2014 #21

I leave my dog in the truck with the engine running, the doors locked and the air on. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #38

I'm not sure I would have left either of our dogs in a vehicle csziggy Jun 2014 #40

I've never seen a story hfojvt Jun 2014 #22

What a sick reply. Kermitt Gribble Jun 2014 #24

people are always allowed to speak hfojvt Jun 2014 #28

..over 99.9% of dog owners know what they are doing and keep their dogs safe? G_j Jun 2014 #29

see post 22 hfojvt Jun 2014 #31

I hope you are not... 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #26

and I hope hfojvt Jun 2014 #32

Saving one... 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #36

and harrassing one dog owner does not change the world either hfojvt Jun 2014 #44

stop the presses G_j Jun 2014 #39

it's not a simple warning hfojvt Jun 2014 #45

"One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic." - Josef Stalin. Great minds think alike, eh? REP Jun 2014 #27

sorry about the source hfojvt Jun 2014 #30

"Ruin the lives of 83 million dogs..." Now that's a statistic! REP Jun 2014 #33

ah hfojvt Jun 2014 #34

Don't worry; if I see something bad happening to you REP Jun 2014 #35

except the main bad thing that happens to me hfojvt Jun 2014 #46

A whopping 44 children died in hot cars last year LadyHawkAZ Jun 2014 #41

kind of a stupid law hfojvt Jun 2014 #43