On Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:19:55 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2021-06-12 10:25 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 6/12/2021 8:35 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>
>
>I have no issues with taking a dog in the car..... in appropriate
>weather conditions. I would never leave my dog in a car with the
>windows open all the way for fear they might escape, and I would not
>leave them in a hot car with the windows, and not with the windows up
>on a sunny summer day. I don't see a problem if it is in the 60s and a
>window can be left part way open.
>
>There have been cases around here where self righteous dicks have
>freaked out and broken car windows to "rescue" dogs that were in no need
>of rescue. In once case, it was about 65 degrees, the windows were open
>half way and the owner was only in the store for 10 minutes.
>
>
>In Toronto a few years back someone left a large dog in the car and was
>checking on it regularly. Some twit came along and smashed the window
>open and called animal control. The guy came out to his car and the
>animal control officer slapped him in cuffs, cuffed him to his car and
>then took off to take the dog to a vet, leaving the owner behind. The
>the self righteous complainers beat him up. As it turned out, the dog
>was fine. The animal control officer ended up in hot water. You can't
>cuff someone and leave them.
Ask them, theyre here. "You can stop saying that now. Thank you."
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Bruce