OK - this really bothers me... whether it's pets or kids. In the parking lot of the local hypermart (Meijer), car next to me has a big dog in it. Looks like a pit or pit mix. Brindle and white. Now, it is 90 degrees outside here in SE Michigan. So the car - sitting on the hot asphalt even with the windows partially down and the moon roof popped up is what... maybe 100 degrees? More??
Hmmm. Do I approach the dog? I take a chance. Man, a big luv-bug!!! Tail wagging, butt wiggling and kissing the air trying to get to me! NO water in the car. Sheesh. And he was panting quite heavily.
So I run inside and get a bottle of water, tear down a paper soft drink-cup so it's small enough for him to get at and give the big lug a cold drink. He laps up about 8 oz, gives me more doggie smooches and then lays down on the back seat.
I left that torn down cup with water in it on the back seat.
I don't know how long the car was there before I arrived but thank goodness it was gone when I went back out 45 min later. I would have called the cops. But then since it was a pit bull, I was concerned something bad might happen to him.
Hmmm. Do I approach the dog? I take a chance. Man, a big luv-bug!!! Tail wagging, butt wiggling and kissing the air trying to get to me! NO water in the car. Sheesh. And he was panting quite heavily.
So I run inside and get a bottle of water, tear down a paper soft drink-cup so it's small enough for him to get at and give the big lug a cold drink. He laps up about 8 oz, gives me more doggie smooches and then lays down on the back seat.
I left that torn down cup with water in it on the back seat.
I don't know how long the car was there before I arrived but thank goodness it was gone when I went back out 45 min later. I would have called the cops. But then since it was a pit bull, I was concerned something bad might happen to him.