I know this is off topic, but with the warm summer weather, I thought it was worth mentioning. My husband and I took our dogs to the park last week on a beautiful 80+ degree day. As we pulled into the parking lot, we saw that the car next to us had a yellow lab locked in the car with the non tinted windows rolled all the way up. He was already panting heavily. We called animal control and waited 20 minutes for them to show up - we were ready to break the window if he fell unconscious. The AC officers were much more calm than I. They managed to get the owners cell phone number and contact her. She came running to the car saying she wasn't gone long (it was over 25 minutes since we were there!) and her dog was fine. I really don't think she would have come back then if the officers hadn't called her. She had quite a few excuses. The dog drank a bunch of water - that we supplied because the owner didn't have any.

The good news is that the dog was going to be fine and I think the owner was charged (I'm not sure if she ever got it). We eventually got to enjoy our picnic with our dogs. So give your pets a hug and watch out for them (and others) in hot weather.