[Dailydrool] Dog locked in car

Mon Jul 13 20:02:25 PDT 2009

Hi all
	I always have that fear, that I will lock my key inside my car and  
now with the dog in it i get really worried.  But since the beginning  
of time I have always rolled down my driver side window, regardless  
of the weather.  My truck thankfully will not auto lock with the keys  
in the engine.  All the American cars I have had come to think of it,  
( I have a Ford now) have auto unlocking doors or doors that would  
not lock from the inside. . Where if the car was in park, key in the  
engine, I lock the door and shut it, the lock unlocks.  I think My  
uncle's Honda is the same way, but I had an Hyundai and it would lock  
the door as soon as it shut. But again anytime I am at the gas  
station my window is open. Then Auto down on the windows now is  
great, I press the button and walk away knowing the window is open.

Now that I am on the subject. My wife and I very seldom go out  
anymore. Since we got The Colonel. Shopping is all but side lined. I  
need to find a place where I can bring the dog in and shop for stuff.  
I understand is that most Home Depots will allow you to bring in your  
dog. Although he does not mind sitting in the truck and watching me,  
pump gas get him food or drinks. I hate leaving him.
	Here in the northeast there is a Million no wait Billion, no more  
then that, There is a Dunkin Doughnuts on every street conner.  But a  
few year ago they changed there coffee and now its yuck. But we have  
a smaller coffee place called Mary Lou's, but they most of the time  
do not have drive thru's so I am force to leave my dog in the car  
wile I get myself a coffee, My wife, whos not with me, a Thin-mint  
Iced Coffee thingy, and something for the dog. although he would just  
like to drink / eat my wife's coffee with the cover full of whip  
cream.  I am always worried about someone stealing my truck, forget  
the truck, take the truck leave dog tied to street sign. Don't get me  
wrong I love my truck but I want the dog more.  I am sure Colonel  
would eat anyone that tried to get him away from me, but I still  
worry. I worry So bad that I stand at the window and watch him. Till  
its my turn.  (I have to open my own doggy coffee shop) But its so  
hard to go out with the dog, I hate internet shopping, I rather go to  
the store and pick up some thing but sometimes I have to leave the  
dog with someone.  Making Madders worse is that The Colonel has a  
very very very hard time being left alone.  He is worse when I leave  
him. Although in the morning he goes with nana because I have to work  
to feed him, I know he hates it. Nor am I too fond of it.  My work  
does not offer dog time in the office:( .  He still freaks out when  
left alone, the last time it was not good. But I will just not go  
shopping and in the summer, I will not leave him in the car. We just  
stay home or find a Bupsitter.  Its the same way going to the conner  
store. I have to make two trips because I will not leave him tied up  
wile I go inside. why can more places accept our dogs like kids.  
Thats a whole different topic.

	OK I will go there, my family goes out to dinner for birthday's and  
holidays, Sunday was my brother's birthday, we go out to dinner at a  
nice restaurant! there is a group of 4 adults, and I kid you not 6  
kids. The kid  are screaming yelling and running amok!! People are  
leaving the restaurant without eating. Its Bad. I looked at my dad  
and said I should have just brought the dog, he better behaved then  
the these animals. Everyone at my table agreed. Colonel could have  
had a shirt and tie and sat quietly, I am not sure how much we would  
have gotten to eat after he would sample all the plates. but still.

Thanks for letting me Rant.
Don't worry I don't really feed my Dog everything he wants. He just  
helps himself.
Drool to All.

George
Colonel "Daddy, can I have some more of mommy's girl-scout thin-mint  
coffee thingy, and all the prime rid is wonderful. Bark"

On Jul 13, 2009, at 9:43 PM, Kathleen Lewis wrote:

> So since everyone’s been talking about dogs locked in cars, I have  
> a story too.  One day last week in very hot Houston, TX, I  
> accidentally locked my keys, purse (which had my phone) and Oswald  
> (my 4 year old basset) in the car I was driving.  Normally I drive  
> my own car which has manual locks, but that day I was driving my  
> soon to be brother-in-law’s Camry which has automatic locks.   
> Oswald and I were going to said BIL’s house to switch cars back.  I  
> got into the car and realized that the gas light was on, and we  
> wouldn’t be able to make it there without stopping to get gas, so  
> since there’s a gas station on the way to the freeway we stopped  
> there.  I got out of the car with my wallet, leaving my purse  
> behind and the keys in the ignition so Oz could listen to the music  
> while I was temporarily out of the car pumping gas.  I wasn’t even  
> planning on going into the gas station because I could just pay  
> with my card at the pump.  As soon as I got out of the car and shut  
> the door I realize that unlike my car, you have to push a button  
> inside the car to open the gas door, so I try to open the door I  
> just shut about 5 seconds before and it was locked, even though I  
> made sure to leave it unlocked when I shut it.  So at that point, I  
> realize that all of my stuff and my poor dog is locked in the car.   
> I proceeded to go into the gas station, where they let me use their  
> phone.  The only number I knew by heart was my fiancee’s so I  
> called him and told him that our dog was locked in the car with the  
> keys.  I don’t have AAA, and didn’t know what to do.  He called his  
> brother, and found out that there was no spare key.  Then he got  
> the insurance information for his brother and fortunately they have  
> roadside assistance, so about 20-30 minutes later both the Fiancee  
> and the roadside assistance people got there and got the car open.   
> Fortunately we were in the shade and the car was still cool inside  
> when I locked the keys in from the air conditioning, but it was  
> still in the 90’s outside, so I was really nervous about what was  
> going to happen to Oz.  I kept talking to him and standing out  
> there with him, so he knew he wasn’t alone.  I was trying to get  
> him to push the unlock button or the window button, but he’s a lazy  
> boy, so he was just sitting there or laying there the whole time  
> and would just look at me like I was crazy for pointing at the  
> buttons.  I found out after the fact that every time you leave your  
> keys in the ignition, the doors automatically lock, that would have  
> probably been good to know before I left the keys in the ignition  
> in the first place.  I’ve learned that anytime I ever want to leave  
> the dog in the car, even for a minute or two, the keys will come  
> with me.
>
>
> Drool to everyone in need!
>
>
>
> Kat and Oswald
>
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