07-01-2016, 07:54 PM
Pam wrote:
I have gotten paranoid over the hyper vigilant do gooders who think any dog left alone in a car needs to be rescued and the owner trashed. Without knowing how long the dog has been alone in the car. And they get the dog all excited by approaching the car causing more panting and using that as an excuse that the dog was in distress. Yes, there are some real cases out there, and I'd be one to bust a window if a dog was clearly in distress, but we do have a bunch of people acting needlessly for self serving reasons.
My dog and I travel a lot and cannot potty in the same location so I have to make pit stops. It's safest for me to avoid the hyper vigilant to stop at a rest area. But that is not always possible. Sometimes I have to stop at a food place. Makes me paranoid as heck. I'm afraid every time I run out of the bathroom to my vehicle that someone is going to be out there trying to break into my car.
:agree: Me too! My dog is a registered service dog, so I can take her inside places, but not for brief bathroom stops for me! She's like the sign you see on some cars: smarter than the knuckleheads who'd want to break in and so called free her!