RIP K9 Jag - Page 3

Yes Jackie;  we women do ALWAYS take care of everything don't we;  wished it would rub off on the opposite sex.  JMO  Nan  all but what's important.

Sorry to derail;  RIP fine boy you deserved better. 

Now, now, nans--if 'we women do ALWAYS take care of everything', there wouldn't be children left to roast in hot cars by their mother, aunt, babysitter; there wouldn't be dogs left to roast in hot cars by women who are their handlers, owners and/or breeders [see this thread--http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/bulletins.read?mnr=322955 ].

The fact is that negligence isn't dependant on the Y chromosome.  It's founded in arrogance, self-interest and a disregard for consequences.

RIP to ALL those who have died before their time because of the thoughtlessness of the one who was supposed to protect and care for them, regardless of species.  You ALL deserved better.

Hexe, I don't want to hear about more of this bullshit;  I want to KNOW HOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO FIX THIS.  PLEASE, PLEASE PROTECT YOUR DOGS.

And that is why I think it  could be  a MODERN PROBLEM, electronic distraction on a level where our current idea of what we can maintain is cracking!  And it is absolutely wrong. It is horrific. But does it serve society to incarcerate the quilty? I don't think so, not if they are a human with a conscience. I don't know what the penatly should be, but I would bet for sure, the one thing they will never, ever do again, is forget about leaving a helpless being in a death trap of a stifling hot car. 

People have to step up and take personal responsibility. "Emotional distress" and all that other crap shouldn't be a get-out-of-jail-free ticket. There is a way to ensure that things like this don't happen, or at least happen far more rarely than they do. As I said, for me, it's autopilot. I check and double and triple- check just in case. I do it so often it's subconsicous. I remember getting a shocking phone call and having to leave the house immediately. I panicked halfway there because I had forgotten to lock the dogs up before I left. I called my bf, frantic, telling him what had happened and that I forgot the dogs and couldn't remember where I had left any of them. He was minutes away and called me when he got home- they were all exactly where they were supposed to be, as if I'd left to go to the grocery store instead of an emergency in a complete panic. My point is not that I'm better or more competent or whatever someone will try and twist it into. My point is merely that I have a lot of dogs and a lot of distractions and have decided that those dogs are SO important that regardless of my conscious thoughts, my subconscious is thinking about them and makes sure they are ok in any situation. I had absolutely no memory of going through my routine, but I'd done it, exactly as I always do it, right down to my crazy little overkill details.

Half the time, I can't convince myself to relax, or decide it's just not worth the 1/1000 chance something is wrong or I forgot something safety-related, so I drive home and check and never once have I actually forgotten any of it; I just don't think about when I do it so it doesn't register.  Hmmm...I sound a bit OCD, LOL. This is the only thing I'm like that about, thankfully;-) I'd rather check 3 times unnecessarily than live with the guilt that I killed my dog or my child because my brain wasn't properly trained to take care of them. You CAN train yourself to act under pressure. 

nans, beetree, on that I think we all agree:  someone needs to figure out how to use technology to prevent this from happening.  Back in the Pre-Cambrian period when I learned to drive, we were taught to always look behind us when backing up, and if we thought the coast was clear, we should still back up S-L-O-W-L-Y just in case someone or something had been in our 'blind spot'...now, more and more vehicles are coming out with back-up cameras, to show the driver what's behind them and in the periphery, as standard equipment.  I'm no mechanical or computer engineer, so it's doubtful that I could come up with a way to prevent future deaths from heatstroke inside a parked vehicle, but still even I've been able to imagine a few possibilities that might work...

Jenni, I can relate. There are times when having OCD can be beneficial.

How about a motion detector that comes on when the vehicle interior reaches a certain temperature, ceiling mounted, with an alarm that goes off the way a car alarm does, including a noise or vibration from the key fob to alert the driver. We're a lot of intelligent folks, does anyone hold a degree in engineering or design, anyone else work somewhere that might be able to assemble such a devise? You know, instead of just bemoaning the fact, doing something? Just sayin' !! jackie harris

We have cars that can park themselves, why not? Maybe if it senses movement in the vehicle, it could start it & turn on the a/c? Sounds far fetched, but I never thought I'd see a car park itself, either! jackie harris

  HE is a paid officer of the LAW who took an animal under his CHARGE to care for, work and use in the line of DUTY..

 WILL he forget to bring his GUN the next time?   DID he forget to put gas in the Patrol Car...WILL he forget how to work the next crime scene ?

 Sorry but I have no compassion for this one either.

  Dogs cannot talk nor dial 911..IF they could he would be ALIVE TODAY..
 
  RIP JEG

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beetree, I do understand where you're coming from, but this is akin to the teenager who murders his parents, then begs the court for mercy because he's an orphan. 

Wonder if there's a way to have some kind of sensors that would detect both the outside heat index (which takes into account both temp & humidity) AND carbon dioxide, which would be generated by the respiration of whatever creature was left in the vehicle, and which would sound an alarm WELL before the interior air temperature in the vehicle reached a level where it would began to cause heat exhaustion (you'd want to have an alert sound prior to the point where the person or animal was in critical danger)?