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If I was the police, I'd most definitely make the violator sit in the car long enough to get hot, sweaty and miserable.
Sadly, if a person is THIS STUPID to start with they will likely lock a dog in a hot car again. Probably an a*shat like that would leave their child in the car too!
KUDOS to the officer?? So what if you're pulled over for speeding? Should the cop be allowed to punish you any way they see fit?
Question for the pet parents here:
Do you know who Donte Stallworth is? Of course you don't. He's a former NFL player who killed a man.
However, of course you all know who Michael Vick is- don't you.
Huge difference between a dog and a child. Not defending the lady because it was wrong, but you coming on here saying "what if it was a child?" is just silly. It wasn't a child, it was a dog. Why not say, "what if it was bigfoot, or the last unicorn in existence or 1000 degrees outside?" sheesh
The hell are you babbling about? I wasn't defending her actions either, I was simply giving the hypothetical that it COULD HAVE been a child in place of the dog and things could've been much worse. Ok it wasn't a child, you want a cookie?
KUDOS to the officer?? So what if you're pulled over for speeding? Should the cop be allowed to punish you any way they see fit?
Question for the pet parents here:
Do you know who Donte Stallworth is? Of course you don't. He's a former NFL player who killed a man.
However, of course you all know who Michael Vick is- don't you.
Go figure.....
There are people in this forum who've already said if they had to choose between saving a baby or their dog in a fire or flood they'd choose their dog. You can't reason with some pet owners.
There are people in this forum who've already said if they had to choose between saving a baby or their dog in a fire or flood they'd choose their dog. You can't reason with some pet owners.
I was wondering about just that sort of hypothetical. Some people on here truly do value the lives of random animals over those of their fellow human being. That's just messed up.
Folks, you are getting riled up over a DOG. Please, take a step back from your computer, and think about what you're writing.
What's wrong with that? Better than lame citations that nobody cares about, or throwing people in jail and wasting taxpayers' money. Make them do 100 push-ups or something for crimes of stupidity such as this one.
Thank heaven the little dog is ok. Could've been much worse.
Exactly. What does a ticket teach the owner? Nothing.
Exactly. What does a ticket teach the owner? Nothing.
Unfortunately, it teaches them to hate cops. Give a warning and a lesson, chances are the person will learn from their mistake and not do it again knowing next time they will lose money out of their pocket.
Eh, I take my dog with me a lot. I could have to make a stop at a non-dog friendly store on the way to a dog-friendly store. Like a PP said, I can lock the car (w/ AC) and run into a store. I really try to avoid it, though, because there are a lot of over-zealous wanna-be good samaritans. That's the type that will call the cops or bust a car window without taking an accurate assessment of the situation. I haven't had this happen, but I've heard many stories.
This happens up hear in Seattle all the time. As someone that is originally from South Texas, I always laugh when some ignorant woman calls the cops because they see a dog in a car with the windows cracked when it's 65 degrees out. My brother in law is a cop up here, and he says they get calls all the time on mild spring and fall days. He says it's not uncommon to for people to call the police when they see a dog in a car that's not even panting.
Meh, Seattle...........what are you going to do lol
I was wondering about just that sort of hypothetical. Some people on here truly do value the lives of random animals over those of their fellow human being. That's just messed up.
Folks, you are getting riled up over a DOG. Please, take a step back from your computer, and think about what you're writing.
Oh, the common argument comes at last....."It's just a DOG". Yeah, the dog should have just put up with it and gotten a heat stroke until the stupid owner decided to come back. The cop measured the temp in the car and it was 114 degrees. He tried to educate the owner about the dangers, and all she kept saying was, it was ok, the dog was fine, it wasn't too hot.
So he had her sit in the just fine not too hot car while he wrote a ticket. For all you considering this was abusive behavior to the woman, why don't you consider it was abuse for the dog?
It seems to me in America cops and judges too take it on a personal level when sentence/fine people
they behave like they were the parents and people were their sons/daughters
I smell sooner or later someone will reinstate even spanking in public
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