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This is ridiculous. I live in NY and there are about 3 months a year I have to restrict my dog in the car. Granted, I dont leave my dogs in the car longer than 15 minutes at a time but they love to ride in the car and I will NOT deprive them of that joy because it "bothers" some people. Get over it! Its my dog and if he is not in stress, its really none of your business. I understand where the concern comes from but honestly, we need to get a grip and think rationally about situations.
And nobody has ever said anything negative to me about my dogs in the car, most times people ask if I can let them out to meet them!
No, this is ridiculous. This is a chart of what the inside temperature is inside your car. Read it and learn.
Something none of you posting seem to realize is, in a day where the temp is 60 outside, in the sun, in a vehicle with the windows closed, or even cracked open, the inside temp could well rise to 90 degrees.
Bad idea leaving a pet in any vehicle at any time.
If the inside temp doesn't get them, perhaps a thief would.
Wake up people, either leave the pet at home, or take it with you when you exit the vehicle.
Bob.
Since you live in sunny LA, you must not realize what it's like to live in a cloudy and rainy region of the country. My dog ADORES rides in the car. I'm not changing a thing I do. I've been a dog owner my entire life. After 50 decades, I haven't lost a dog because I'm very cautious about when it's safe and when it's not. There are many factors to take into consideration and temperature is only one of them.
This is ridiculous. I live in NY and there are about 3 months a year I have to restrict my dog in the car. Granted, I dont leave my dogs in the car longer than 15 minutes at a time but they love to ride in the car and I will NOT deprive them of that joy because it "bothers" some people. Get over it! Its my dog and if he is not in stress, its really none of your business. I understand where the concern comes from but honestly, we need to get a grip and think rationally about situations.
And nobody has ever said anything negative to me about my dogs in the car, most times people ask if I can let them out to meet them!
Your reply made me think of a phrase I heard many years ago, and in this case, it certainly applies.
"Those that will not listen must feel".
Over the years I have seen that phrase hold true in many instances, especially having to do with pets.
Something none of you posting seem to realize is, in a day where the temp is 60 outside, in the sun, in a vehicle with the windows closed, or even cracked open, the inside temp could well rise to 90 degrees.
Bad idea leaving a pet in any vehicle at any time.
If the inside temp doesn't get them, perhaps a thief would.
Wake up people, either leave the pet at home, or take it with you when you exit the vehicle.
Bob.
I dunno. If it's 60 degrees outside, and your wife said she'll wait in the car, would you let her?
If a person can wait in a car when it's 60 degrees out, with the windows part-way down, I think a dog would be fine, too.
People get radical about things without thinking things through.
I dunno. If it's 60 degrees outside, and your wife said she'll wait in the car, would you let her?
If a person can wait in a car when it's 60 degrees out, with the windows part-way down, I think a dog would be fine, too.
People get radical about things without thinking things through.
Put her in a fur coat with the windows cracked on a beautiful 60 degree bright sunny day and see what she says. I'll bet she says it was damn awful hot after an hour or so.
I dunno. If it's 60 degrees outside, and your wife said she'll wait in the car, would you let her?
If a person can wait in a car when it's 60 degrees out, with the windows part-way down, I think a dog would be fine, too.
People get radical about things without thinking things through.
What you fail to understand is dogs and humans have different body temperatures.
An average temp for a dog is between 101 and 103.
We humans have an average temp is 98.6.
With the added increase in natural body temp, a dog would react to being in a closed vehicle much quicker than a human, and that heat generated in a closed vehicle would affect the dog much faster than a human simply because the dogs temp is naturally higher.
Bob.
Put her in a fur coat with the windows cracked on a beautiful 60 degree bright sunny day and see what she says. I'll bet she says it was damn awful hot after an hour or so.
And then there are the short-haired wives...
And who leaves their dogs (or wives) waiting in a car for an hour?
Well, then 60 degrees ought to feel downright chilly.
I just simply disagree with you.
We are not talking about outside temperature, but the temperature in a vehicle with the windows closed.
Just because it is 60 degrees outside, in a closed up vehicle, it would probably be closer to 90 degrees, and the dogs natural temperature would rise to unbearable levels at 90 degrees.
Bob.
90 degrees is the cut off for safe temps for dogs. In regions where 90 degrees is the norm for summer temps, outdoor dogs are to be taken indoors when temps go above 90 degrees. Temps 90 and below require shade and water. There's that word shade again.
I'm not advocating people leave their dogs in closed cars or in direct sunlight. You're just not taking into consideration that many of us are fully capable of determining when it's safe to take our dogs and when it's not. You've completely ignored my pointing out that overcast skies make a huge difference. Cracked windows don't keep temperatures down, but leaving all windows 6"-9" down and the sunroof cracked for hotter air to rise through the roof makes a big difference when parked in the shade. Having water available is a necessity.
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