The 16-year-old dog of the CEO of the Richmond, VA Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), died last week after being left alone for about four hours in a hot car! Everyone knows you never leave a dog in a car for long periods of time…especially on a hot day.
What makes it worse is that she of all people should’ve known better. But there’s actually more to the story.
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TV Judge Judy Pirro has ruled that Precious the 5-legged dog was in a contract to go to a Coney Island animal “freak show” & she ruled in favor of the freak show owner for breach of contract with the dog’s original owner.
The show will air September 8.
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Gibson, the California dog dubbed the tallest in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records, has died after a battle with bone cancer.
The 7-year-old harlequin Great Dane from Grass Valley measured 7 feet, 1 inch when standing on its hinds legs.
He was diagnosed with the disease in April and had his front right leg amputated to prevent its spread. He also underwent chemotherapy as a precaution.
Gibson’s owner, Sandy Hall, learned last week the cancer had spread to his lungs and spine and that no treatment that could save him. Hall decided to euthanize Gibson on Friday.
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A Rottweiler dog has broken the record with the number of puppies she gave birth to. She gave birth to 18 puppies! The record up to her birth was 13.
A recent experiment at Brigham Young University shows that babies as young as 6 months old can interpret a happy dog bark & an aggressive dog bark…even if they’ve had no exposure to dogs at all.
Read more about it here…
Summer, hot temps, cars & dogs do not go together. Many well meaning owners leave their dogs in their cars with the windows cracked when they do errands only to come back & find their dog dead. It happened to a contestant auditioning for the “American Idol” singing talent show. The terrier dog was left in the car in Denver on a 91 degree day. By the time the owner came back, the dog was dead.
Even cracking the windows is not enough to ventilate a hot car where the inside temperature can increase by 30 degrees in just half an hour. And it only takes a matter of 5-10 minutes on a hot day for a dog to wind up organ-damaged or dead.
Please read this story before you think about leaving your dog in your car…
