Editor: I was sitting outside the library and I noticed a dog that had been left in a car. The dog was quite large and was pacing a bit inside the car. I was a few feet away, but I could still clearly see the dog was beginning to pant. A passerby and I went up to the car, and I was just about to put the ice from my soda into the car for the dog when the owner came out of the library.
The woman was quite rude and obnoxious and obviously doesn’t know as much about animal care as she thinks she does. Yes, the car was in the shade, and, yes, the windows were open, but the dog was starting to be in distress. She said she was only in the library for 10 minutes and the dog was panting because he had just gone for a run.
Ten minutes is enough time for the dog to get his breath back, so why was he starting to pant? The time was between 10:30 and 11 a.m. and it was quite warm outside, so why would the woman take the dog for a run and get him all heated up and then leave him in a hot car? I respectfully suggest she speak to a veterinarian about caring for large dogs in the summer heat.
Lisa Finnigan, New Westminster
