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Know any Californians visiting Beacon Hill who are wondering where their dog went?
By adamg on Tue, 08/23/2016 - 3:16pm
Jason reports Boston firefighters and Animal Control teamed up to remove a Corgi stuck in a car on Irving Street with its windows cranked down about six inches and its alarm not shutting off around 3 p.m. Dog-less Californians can retrieve their pet at the city animal shelter in Roslindale.
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Beacon Hill To Rozzie - oh the horror
I am sure Ainsley and Brody will love their visit to Mahler Road in Roslindale. But officer, our beloved Corgi was only trapped in our BMW for like three hours while we took an amaaayzing post-kayaking pilates class. "A trip to Roslindale? Don't we have staff that will take care of that?"
of course
Of course these jerks needed a designer dog.
Corgis are beautiful dogs,
Corgis are beautiful dogs, they are not "designer dogs".
Anyone know if the owner claimed the dog yet? Update?
As a former Corgi owner
As a former Corgi owner (passed 08/2011), Corgis are not designer dogs, they are working dogs and used as herders on farms. They really are great at herding and ratting
huh?
I'm saying they're purchased from breeders. Beautiful or not, they fit the owner's vision of a perfect dog while there are plenty of great dogs sitting in kill shelters that could use a good home. I doubt Chad and Muffy would ever consider a *gasp* used dog.
What percentage of corgi owners use them to herd anything or clear rats out of their property?
You can get a Corgi rescue.
You can get a Corgi rescue. I belong to a local Corgi group and did belong to a National/International one. If your really interested in a rescue Corgi, they are out there.
I lost my corgi 9/13 at the
I lost my corgi 9/13 at the age of 9+ (hemangiosarcoma). I have a couple of other dogs right now and they are wonderful. But, if I am ever able to take in another dog I will consider a corgi rescue.
Oh and yes, my Corgi was very
Oh and yes, my Corgi was very useful when we had a mouse problem. We also had another problem in our yard when the town was digging up old water pipes. He did a great job in our yard.
Pure bred dogs
Steeve - you never know where people get dogs until you ask them directly. My two pure bred basenjis were 1) a rescue and 2) a rehoming. There are many breed specific rescue groups in addition to the amazing shelters that do the yeoman work of caring for the unwanted (until they are wanted, hopefully).
As for Corgis, may you should ask the Queen of England if her corgis herd or clear rats? :)
Smart corgi
Triggered the alarm, to be brought to somewhere with AC and water? :)
A self-centered jerk with a BMW?
No way!
It's the budget BMW (read:
It's the budget BMW (read: cheapest you can get). Quite popular in Montreal, from what I've observed. Maybe it's OK to leave your dog in the car in California if the windows are rolled down?
CA Law
http://www.shouselaw.com/animal-unattended.html
CA law penalties?
Thanks for this post Felicity.
Do you happen to know the penalties?
Any dog owning apologists care to comment?
I get there are loving and law-abiding owners out there but the scofflaws are out of control. You need to police your own.
I whole-heartedly support raising fees and fines and increasing enforcement on scofflaws to the point where proper enforcement of all these laws is financed by the pet owners.
This was probably someone's "baby" to precious to leave in a kennel or anywhere else. Abhorrent owner behavior and far from uncommon.
Penalties in CA
Unless you are all vegetarian...
...stop complaining because you are hypocrites.
The animals you eat get treated far worse than that.
- The Original SoBo Vegan Yuppie
I agree but at least this
I agree but at least this November we can make a difference, albeit locally.
Yes, I see your point. Since
Yes, I see your point. Since we haven't stood up for food animals, we definitely shouldn't start now with a corgi. For the sake of consistency, let's eat this dog.
I'm surprised no one noticed
I'm surprised no one noticed this. The daytime running lights are on. New German card (and recently some American) have the auto start/stop feature which turns off the engine when you come to a stop. It does this regardless of climate control settings. As soon as you lift your foot off the brake the engine comes back on. The day time running lights can ONLY be on if the key is in the ignition (or keyless) is set to ON and the parking brake is off. My guess is someone with keyless ignition put it in park with the AC running and left the car. The engine turned off as it's designed to do. And it would appear off to anyone walking and would be impossible to drive away because the "key" is with the driver who walked away from the car. The climate control will continue to blow air off the battery but yes, it does begin to warm up.
Not understanding how the auto start/stop feature works could easily lead to this problem. The daytime running lights being on confirm this is what happened. The dog still needed to be extricated but I wouldn't call the drivers ignoramuses
Unless ...
The lights were on because of the alarm that kept going off? Lots of car alarms also have a feature that turns on the lights or flashes them. If the windows were down six inches then it's very possible that the car was off and no a/c.
Alarm Lights
The post says the alarm was going off. The photo was probably taken as the lights were flashing from the alarm.
I would
I mean, the frickin' BMW logo is right there in the picture.
CAR ALARM
The car alarm was going off, which makes the lights flash, I don't believe the car was running. If they left the A/C running for climate control, then opening the windows is counter-productive.
Can there be situations where you can leave an animal for say 5 minutes, sure. But I firmly believe if there has been enough time for 1) a stranger to notice the problem, 2) care enough to call the police, 3) for the police to respond to the call and take the dog without ever coming into contact with the owners, then no matter what the situation was, the dog was left for too long regardless of a/c, cracked windows etc.
No, 5 minutes is too long.
No, 5 minutes is too long. There is absolutely no reason to leave your dog in the car because during the hot weather, there's not reason you should be taking your dog out for "joy" rides if you going to leave it in the car.
Who in this day and age doesn't know about leaving kids and dogs in hot cars? I wonder if there's something the cops can charge these people with?
I think you're right.
Here's a chart from the American Veterinary Medical Association:
Estimated Vehicle Interior Air Temperature v. Elapsed Time
https://www.avma.org/public/PetCare/Pages/pets-in-vehicles.aspx
Tl/Dr; Outside temp of 85F can turn car interior to 104F in 10 minutes
It also says "that cracking the windows has very little effect on the temperature rise inside the vehicle."
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pets in cars
That article from Pediatrics had windows "cracked" only 1.5". Note the window shape of that BMW. Estimating the area of the window, I would say those windows are closer to being open, than being cracked.
the car was in the shade and
the car was in the shade and if the windows were any more open the dog would have jumped out. Greater danger for the dog: being left in the shelter too long.
Go sit in a car with the
Go sit in a car with the windows cracked on an 80 degree plus day. do it for 10 minutes - but you have to wear a fur coat while doing it.
let us know how it goes.
I have. It was comfortable.
I have. It was comfortable. Wearing what I usually wear. Would it have been better if the dog was recently groomed?
Was it hot in the car?
That car is parked in the shade and the windows look wide enough open to allow for heat to diffuse naturally.
Multiple car windows opened 6
Multiple car windows opened 6" or more, parked in shade. Someone tell me what is the issue other than overreaction?
The Issues
1. that still may not be enough
2. alarm going off over and over, nobody around to answer for it
3. owners could not be located
Like I said above, try it
Like I said above, try it wearing a fur coat - just like this car was.
You'll start heating up in less than 10 minutes.
I mean, I really wonder why we even need to have this conversation? I can't f'n believe it.
Cars in fur coats, that's
Cars in fur coats, that's quite a visual!
There's "I can't f'n believe the driver did something this stupid to the dog" and then there's "car parked in the shade with the windows rolled down so maybe it wasn't THAT bad" driver mistake. This case obviously falls in the latter category.
In the grand scheme of things I find it despicable that people get so worked up about a stupid dog and yet when pedestrians are run over or humans are otherwise harmed it's no big deal.