by LauraLoo
A follow-up to the “fake baby” left in a hot car. Now it’s a real dog left in what appears to be a seriously underventilated hot car. ABC’s John Quiñones asks the question,“What Would You Do?”
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I would speed up global warming, which would increase ocean levels and create larger tides, which would draw the moon into the earth on the other side of the world, making a large earthquake which would free the dog from the car.
This makes me so mad. I would absolutely call the cops. And if he came back, I’d get his license plate so that he could be held accountable. To be honest, I would break the window too if the situation seemed bad enough. I don’t get how people walk by. Even with the baby, people were so hesitant to actually do anything. We’ve become paralyzed by our fear of not minding our own business. Even in life and death situations.
CT, excellent suggestion about calling the cops.
call the cops
If I were Nick from New Mexico, I would break out the…. relish, cheese, onions, chili and buns. [Before you get all indignant seach the Rush Limbaugh achives for Nick.]
Break out a side window and leave the next move up the dog.
I would speed up global warming, which would increase ocean levels and create larger tides, which would draw the moon into the earth on the other side of the world, making a large earthquake which would free the dog from the car.
Haha!! :D
Strange…. at 1:51 p.m. today there was an earthquake in Virginia, and we felt it all the way up here in upstate NY…
I can’t imagine walking past a car with an animal or kid locked inside. :(
Doug’s a prophet. @_@
Doug, LOL. :D
If only everyone had as much compassion for human beings growing in the womb as they do for infants and dogs in cars as these people did.
Can’t play the link on my cell, but for me it would greatly depend. Dog’s locked in cars are not always the owner’s fault or issue, and there are risks getting the police or animal control involved. If I’m in a mall parking lot I would go inside and get them to make an announcement over the intercom, if no one came to remedy the situation promtly, then I may call the police. Likewise if I was in an apartment parkinglot or streetside parking I would start knocking on doors to see if someone knew whose car it was or recognized the animals. If I was in say a park and rise lot, where ppl leave their cars to take a bus, i’d call the cops and break the window if necessary (dog was showing signs of discomfort).
There are two personal experiences I want to share briefly to put my answers in context. When I was about 6 we went on vacation and left our house with a house sitter who brought along her little dog, who she insisted would be fine with our two big dogs (who were very friendly). Her little yapper dog was apparently stressed out by the big dogs, however, (wouldn’t stop running around and barking) so she locked our dogs in my dad’s very expensive restored race car/muscle car and called the pound to come pick them up. So, two beloved family pets who we thought were well taken car of (she did not call us), were locked in a hot car, windows up, and picked up by the pound. My grandma found out, called the pound and told them they were not strays or abandoned, and that my parents would pay any fees or costs and begged them to just hold on to them until we got back. When we got back from the vacation my dad immediately called the pound. They had euthanized our dogs as abandoned that morning.
In high school
Bleepidy bleep cell phone… in high school I was at the races, very hot summer day, no shade, and the announcer comes over the intercom and says there is a dog in a car with the windows rolled up and then proceeded to royally chew out whoever the owner was and made it clear they needed to correct it immediately if they didn’t want the cops to be called, themselves locked in a hot car to wait for said cops, and banned from the track. The chewing out got a standing ovation from the crowd while whoever’s dog/car it was slunk off to fix the issue. And I bet it wasn’t a mistake he made again.
Jespren, I am sorry about your family’s dogs. That is so sad. :(
Thanks Jack, it was a very heartbbreaking thing and one of the only times I saw my dad cry. Claude and Tessie were such good dogs, it was a serious tragedy. And I know cases like that are certainly in the minority. But I am aware that anytime you see a stray dog, one that appears abandoned, or one in a car, it might be that way because its AND its owner are a victim of circumstance. I would much rather check and make sure some neighbor doesn’t tell me ‘oh! How did that dog get in the car? That family isn’t even home, I know where they hide their spare key, I’ll take car of their animal until they get back’ than assume the (far more likely senario) that the owner is neglecting or abusing the animal and run the chance of being wrong. I wouldn’t leave a dog to die in a car, but nor would I assume the dog needs to be rescued from both car and owner, which is likely to happen if the cops get called and the pound gets involved. I have heard of several other instances where a seemingly reputable house/dog sitter was responsible for the neglegent death or severe injury of a family pet or turned them into the pound as strays, so it does happen.
Arghh! Looks just like my late, beloved Lady. I probably wouldn’t be there in the first place. They don’t call it “not fit for man nor beast ” for nothin’! :)
Doug, this was the first earthquke I ever felt! I was lying down listening to the radio and slightly swayed back and forth for 20-30 seconds. I thought it was from my pulse and my lying-on-my-side position till I heard reports just after.
Being 20 miles north of Philly, my first thought was: “Is N.Y. still there?” :(
Jespren,
That is a heartbreaking story. It’s hard to even read it and I can’t even express what I’m feeling about that house sitter. I’d definitely have to run afoul of the profanity rules to comment on that.
That’s a good point that a lot of dogs are sent to high kill shelters and that has to be a consideration in calling the police. I just feel like I want the people who did it to get what they deserve (the one who locked them in the hot car, not necessarily the owners obviously). I foster dogs, so I’d probably end up going to the shelter and offering to foster the dog until the owner could be contacted, but that’s not practical for everyone, so spending a short time trying to track down the owner is probably worth it. But depending on the situation and the heat, you might not have that long so you have to make a decision whether it’s better to risk a possibly bad situation or leave the dog to die in a definitely bad situation.
I still can’t stop thinking about your dogs. That’s so horrible.
Doug, this was the first earthquke I ever felt! I was lying down listening to the radio and slightly swayed back and forth for 20-30 seconds. I thought it was from my pulse and my lying-on-my-side position till I heard reports just after.
Being 20 miles north of Philly, my first thought was: “Is N.Y. still there?”
Hans – yeah, you wonder… 2nd one for me – was in a more-powerful one in Quebec 15 or 20 years ago – made a TV “walk” the length of a long dresser/table. Had to grab it or else it would’ve been on the floor, but no real building damage or anything.
My wife and I were “in” a tornado once – I think it was April 2003. A Saturday in North Canton, Ohio, a men’s clothing store. We’d gone in on a stormy spring day. While we were there, it got dark outside, and after a while the store manager got on the loudspeaker, saying there was a storm warning, and that it would be best if everybody moved away from the windows.
We did, and in another minute the wind got faster and faster outside. The windows faced south. We never saw any rotating cloud – it just appeared like a west-to-east wind that all of a sudden made it feel like a hurricane – dust and debris flying past the windows. Then there was a funny sound as the windows flexed outward, then shattered – I guess it was the low pressure zone in the middle of the tornado going over the store. Some more wind, and things quieted down, except for some goofy-sounding alarm going off in the back of the store.
The power was still on, and we paid for some stuff, then went out to my pick-up truck. There was a Jeep right beside it with 6 windows, counting the front and rear windshields, and 5 of the 6 were gone. My truck didn’t show any damage. We drove home. No harm, no foul, and wow – we’d been in a tornado.
Monday morning came, and I went out to my truck at 5:00 a.m. to drive to work, 90 miles away. I got in, and when I closed the door, the rear window broke into at least 9,000 pieces. Made for a cold drive.
I’ve see storm clouds twist and spin. In a drier climate, it could’ve gone tornadic. People out west must yawn at our stories. :)
LauraLoo,
This show is starting to wear out it’s welcome! Drudge linked to a report (by a pleased CBS affiliate) that Greenwich, CT was kicking them out.
I must say all these Candid Camera descendants make me wince.
Hans, I know you don’t care for WWYD but others like it (plus me too).
Tell you what, I’ll personally send you a different LB on the days that I do a WWYD, k?
LL :D
LauraLoo,
Thanks, no need! I just usually don’t watch it. But that doesn’t stop me from commenting anyway. :)
Oh, and for me they’re usually “Midnight Snack Breaks” – well, without the snacks. :)