XUSNORDIE
Single-Sixer
In certain states even taking those precautions is illegal. My Wife is a retired Animal Control/Cruelty Investigator (was Sheriffs Deputy prior to that).I ALWAYS park in the shade, windows partially down and a full bowl of water for my canine companion; I walk a LONG WAY in the heat to get into the store and do my shopping.
When responding to a "animal in car" call, which was often, they broke the windows out, confiscated the animal, and the owner was charged with cruelty.
One night when she came home, she lost her emotions which she always left at work. She responded to a shopping center where a dog was reported in a car. When she found the car, the dog was laying down on seat, breathing barely, and did not respond. She broke the window and removed the dog. It expired within minutes. The owner arrived extremely irate that the window of their vehicle window was broken and that they left the windows cracked and were only gone a few minutes. During her career she did this countless times. This one just got to her. Maybe because that pup was the spitting image of our own Pit.
People don't realize how quick it can happen to animals and kids left in a vehicle.