Animals left in cars

Why didn't you call the cops this time?

Call the cops on their asses! There's no reason to leave a dog in a hot car as the weather heats up!

Sometimes I leave my dog in my car when it's hot. But I have autostart and I leave it running with the air conditioner on. Don't be too quick to call the cops.

Two years ago I saw a dog riding on the back of a motorcycle (freestanding) going up Lake Ave, I was simultaneously highly amused and a bit horrified. Horrimused?

Amusified.

It already is illegal to have a dog in the back of a truck without having it in a kennel.

Meanwhile back on the hillside I witness child neglect every time I look out my window, my neighbors are mostly
government financed drug dealers and I can not afford a 
car to leave my dog in.

Thanks for posting Piglet. 

I have this guilty feeling because I was at Super One in Lakeside on Friday and saw a lab-looking dog sucking fresh air with his muzzle sticking out a crack of a window. 

It bothered me all weekend. Next time, I will not necessarily call the cops but ask the store to request that the owner report to their car.
The mob will ensue and justice will be served.

I left a dog in the car on a hot day for a couple of minutes once, for what seemed to me like good reasons.  Consequently I'm not one to leap straight for the torches and pitchforks.

I left my dog in the car the other day and it changed all the preset channels on my radio to dog-related radio, which, of course, is broadcast at frequencies that I can't hear. So, I've learned my lesson.

Allow me to chime in two months later to say:

1) Hatcher, that's funny.

2) Here's an interesting story from the Star News out of Elk River:

Woman unlocks door to save dog from heat 

Turns out, it's illegal to unlock someone's car door, even to get a dog out.