On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:24:06 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 6/12/2021 10:49 AM, US Janet wrote:
>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 10:25:16 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/12/2021 8:35 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> On 2021-06-12 4:40 a.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>>>> On Friday, June 11, 2021 at 6:31:08 PM UTC-4, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I can't recall the last time I saw a dog of any sort in any store.* A
>>>>> local...
>>>>> garden supply, I guess, has a cat.* Since it used to be "Hertler's
>>>>> Feed Store",
>>>>> the tradition may have started by the Hertlers keeping a mouser.* Now
>>>>> it's all yuppified (can we still call it "yuppies" when we've all got
>>>>> gray
>>>>> hair?), but they still have a cat.
>>>>>
>>>>> OTOH, perhaps the people who grocery-shop at 6 or 7 am just aren't
>>>>> the sort to bring their purse dog.* Their appearance suggests they're
>>>>> more
>>>>> likely to leave their rottweiler at home to guard their trailer.
>>>>
>>>> There are a number of non grocery stores around here that are pet
>>>> friendly. One hardware store has a sign saying that they would rather
>>>> you bring your dog into the store than to leave it in the car.
>>>
>>> Of course you shouldn't leave a dog in the car, especially not if it's
>>> the middle of summer and hot outside, even with the windows partly open.
>>> I know most dogs love to take a ride in the car but I'd never have
>>> taken my dog (yes, I had one a long time ago - a little mutt who lived
>>> to be 19 years old) with me when I was going shopping for anything.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I often see dogs tied up outside the grocery store waiting for their
>> human. They are always quiet and no one pays them any attention.
>> I am hopeful that this summer we don't have multiple deaths of
>> children left in cars. How could a person go on living knowing they
>> left their child to die like that?
>> Janet US
>>
>The idea of leaving a child in a car is simply unfathonable to me.
>Truly, I've been hearing PSA's on the radio [I'm paraphrasing but it's
>pretty darn close] "Make sure you check the back seat when you get out
>of the car and lock the doors."
>
>How could anyone possibly *forget* they brought their child with them
>when they went shopping? Strapped in a car seat and car doors locked.
>WTH is wrong with these people?! The PSA says if you notice a child in
>a car unattended and the doors are locked and you can't quickly locate
>the parent use any means necessary *including* breaking a window on the
>oppoosite side to get the child out and into fresh air. And of course
>call 911. And start yelling your head off for help.
>
>How sad is it that the world needs PSA reminders like this? Kind of sucks.
>
>Jill
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Bruce