Pets, Hot Weather & Cars Don’t Mix!!!

Another heat wave is here, and with it comes the responsibility of making sure the people we love are safe and cool.  Making sure our pets are cool and safe is also very important.  At one time or another, we have all walked through a parking lot and have seen a dog locked in a car.  It’s a fact that the inside of a car on a sunny day can be 20 or perhaps 30 degrees hotter than the temperature outside.  So a beautiful 80 degree day can produce temperatures of 100 degrees or more inside the car.  According to the Humane Society it only takes 15 minutes, under those conditions, for brain damage to occur.   

So the bottom line here is: DO NOT LOCK YOUR PET IN THE CAR!