I just read an article where two dogs died this week in a hot car. The owner thought it was ok because they had cracked the windows and left water. Well, apparently, that didn't work. In this kind of heat, 90+ days,"..... if a dog is left in a parked car, even with the windows open, the temperature in the car can be as high as 160°F! Within minutes, the dog's body temperature can rise rapidly under this condition to over 104°F, when he will start panting heavily. (A dog's normal body temperature is somewhere between 100.5°F and 101.5°F.) If no action is being taken to cool him down, his body temperature can rise to a dangerous level (up to 106°F or higher), when heatstroke occurs and brain damage (sometimes death) may occur rapidly as well."
DON"T let this happen to your pet or to a pet you see in a hot car! Read the entire article so you can recognize the signs of heat stroke. It doesn't only happen in a hot car. Read it here!
