Shade for dogs in the back of cars

I do find threads like this interesting. It's like Britain is the centre of the universe and if things are not done in particular ways or in particular weather or whatever, then it has to be wrong (or illegal; that's always one that intrigues me as I don't actually know what is legal or not in the UK so tbh it often sounds like the UK is the strangest place these days lol!) Anyway, just to be clear, there are other countries in the world, a great many are HOT. Not just 20-odd degrees on the occasional day or week, but for literally months and months. If we didn't still go about our business then nothing would be done. Working dogs still work in +40c temperatures, just as they do in -40c temperatures and just because the UK does not have these temperatures doesn't mean that everything that happens in other countries of the world has to stop too because they do have these temps. Obviously people use caution. As I said in my earlier post, no-one has vehicles without a/c and pretty much every vehicle has tinted/blacked out windows over here. There are idiots for sure, but they are the minority thankfully, and I'd think we probably have less people doing silly things like leaving their dogs in their parked vehicles as we all KNOW it's always hot outside in the summer, every summer! And we know just how hot our vehicles get when parked up.

People still walk their dogs over here. And dogs walk on tarmac/concrete sidewalks and roads. My own dogs aren't walked and we don't have tarmac/concrete on our driveways so they are always on grass or A gravel. I find my uncovered wooden deck very hot on my feet when I wander across it to jump in the pool, however my dogs choose to lie there or walk about on it so it obviously doesn't burn their pads or they wouldn't do it. My big white fluffy livestock guardian dogs still run around and patrol the farm, out of choice, I do not make them do anything, they are their own boss. They choose when they want to sleep under the deck to keep cool and they choose when to gallivant around the farm, they also go down to the pond and paddle about in there if they so choose.

I digress, the topic was not about whether people exercise their dogs, or bike with their dogs, but giving their dogs shade in cars. Most of the replies have been sensible replies, most people do consider their dogs in their cars, as evidenced by people saying they check on their dogs in the back of their cars regularly when they are travelling :) So it's all good isn't it? :)
 
My dog travels in the boot, she gets travelled everyday, often at midday, always have all four windows open. Never dead.
 
I agree with Springfeather, but also with the OP! I would choose not to travel my dogs in this heat in the back of a car but if I had to I am sure with pre planning and being sensible they would be fine. When I lived in Australia we drove for 12 hours with our poor dogs (a dobermann x and a kelpie) jemmed between the roof of our (no air con) estate and our belongings. We had to have the heater on as the car kept boiling over and it was true hell on wheels. The dogs panted a lot (so did we) but were fine and suffered no ill effects. It was 45 degrees (outside)when we got to our destination, more in the car.
When we lived there I cycled to the town centre every day, with the dogs, and they used to run ahead of me to a patch of shade and then wait for me to go past. When we got into town they were on leads and seemed to be fine, they never had any sign of burned paws. They are pretty tough.
 
I think a lot of it is what dogs get used to, and over here the blooming weather changes so often its no wonder the poor creatures sometimes struggle. One of Freya's sisters went to live in Spain at 12 weeks old, I was a little worried how she would cope with the heat as she left here last "summer" when it was cold and wet. She was absolutely fine, and very quickly learned where the coolest place to lie was. Her owners had moved to live out there when their previous GSD (a long coat) was 4 years old, he too adapted to the heat quickly, although did tend to take a dip in his owners swimming pool on a regular basis.
 
I just don't think many people care. It is impossible to not know the dangers...so it mostly imo is people putting what they want above the needs of their animals.[/QUOTE]

I would like think and am pretty damm sure this statement is total BoL**** and untrue
 
Sometimes, writing a response on this forum really worries me because people post their reply without reading or indeed, understanding what I've said. I have no problem with Canni x etc, so please don't worry about coming back in the next life as my dog. You would be much loved and exceedingly well looked after with plenty of stimulation!!!!
All I was trying to say is that forcing a dog (BC x) to run on tarmac in this heat seemed cruel, yes I do use that word, because that's how I feel about it, having witnessed the poor dog. Pleased to see that the same didn't happen today. These are extreme weather conditions, and we just have to show some common sense to ensure our pets don't suffer, same as we do in winter...
 
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