Dog in a car. This is really weird.

[trof]

My buddy has a rental condo at a beach resort.
(Location redacted to protect my buddy)

This week it's rented to three state troopers.
They're working.
Patrolling a nearby interstate highway that's a big drug route.
I went there with him to do some minor maintenance.

As we were leaving the parking lot I asked "Where are the trooper cars?"
"Over there."
Two were unmarked, a sedan and an SUV. One, an American 'sporty' car did have the state trooper logo on the doors.
The hood was open on the SUV.
"What's with that?"
"The engine's running."
"How come?"
"His dog is in it. It's a drug dog."
Holy shit!

"Isn't there anywhere he can keep the dog down here when they're not working?"
"Naw. Has to be a state approved facility and there's nothing like that here. No dogs allowed in the condos."

So the poor dog is 'living' in the car with the AC on and the engine running.
And of course my tax dollars are paying for the gas.
Which is really beside the point, because that's no way to treat a dog.

jeez
If I hadn't seen it, I wouldn't have believed it.

[Fumesucker]

1. And if the engine or the AC quits for whatever reason the dog cooks..

Nice..

[trof]

3. I know. It's crazy.

BTW, the troopers are really muscular guys with shaved heads.
Far be it for me to get down on a guy for his 'hair style', but...
Spooky.

[a la izquierda]

14. A sheriff up here in Ohio just got suspended...

for leaving his K-9 in the car, and the poor dog died.
Or maybe he was fired. I can't remember (and I just asked my husband, and he can't either).

We were friggin' pissed, whatever happened to the human officer.

[appleannie1]

2. What if it ran out of gas or stalled. Bye bye dog.

[brewens]

4. Call your local tv or newspaper and get them out there to check it out.

Maybe a yokel sheriff if you know him. They don't need the dog out there bad enough to put him/her through that. Drug dogs can be unreliable as well. What's that do to the dogs preparedness and training? Get a traumatized dog out there alerting to everything and screwing people over.

[napi21]

5. If I understand it, they've rented the condo for a week.

Sure it wo9uld be better if the dog was permitted inside the condo, but apparently that's a no no. The dog is much better insode the car with the a/c. If this was a months log assignment, I think you'd have a beef, but for a week...the dog will be just fine.

BTW, I've been a volunteer rescuer fgor 20 years, and honestly, I care about and have more respect for many of the rescues I've homed than many people!

[Incitatus]

21. One week, at one condo.

Who knows how many of these trips the dog has to take.

[Honeycombe8]

6. You didn't give your buddy hell for not letting the dog in? He's obviously TRAINED!

After all, a drug dog is not your every day run of the mill dog.

Plus, I don't believe the trooper dept doesn't have facilities to keep the dogs short term. They must.

[trof]

18. Not HIS rule, condo rule.

[Honeycombe8]

20. Oh...I thought he owned the condo. nt

[trof]

25. He does, but condo association makes the rules.

[RedStateLiberal]

7. That's F'd up!

Poor doggie. Bad enough he has to work for a living.

You'd think the condo would make an exception in this case.

[alphafemale]

8. Wait...a K-9 official Police Dog doesn't qualify as Service Animal?

I think someone just doesn't want the dog in their room and shouldn't be in a K-9 unit.

I think they definitely fall under they can damn where they go please as service animals...or law officers.

[KurtNYC]

19. to qualify as a service dog the animal must be paired with an individual who has an ADA condition

and be trained specifically for that condition

[RebelOne]

22. Here in Georgia, the dog would be classified as a canine police officer. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. We had that issue with a K-9 where I live

the cops took the association to court, the association lost.

[alphafemale]

27. Yes. I'm almost certain K-9's the same privileges under law as service animals. nt

[Mutt22]

9. So call

your local tv station or newspaper and see if they have the balls to do a story about it. That is no place to keep a dog, I hope they get him out for exercise besides just the time he's working.

[rgbecker]

10. Already the Romney dog crap is spreading...

Next thing it will be considered normal to torture the poor things.

[sammytko]

11. A san antonio sheriff deputy killed two drug dogs by leaving them in his truck

Your friend is crazy.

He should let the dog stay in the condo!

[ThomThom]

23. or the police should rent a place that allows dogs

I would imagine there are some in the area

[darkangel218]

12. OMG poor dog :(

What I don't get is why rent a condo where dogs are not allowed?? I think its animal abuse, you shouldve reported it to Animal Control.

[Brother Buzz]

13. Seven California Highway Patrol K9 Cruisers were parked at our local pizza joint

All engines were running. Amazing, the heat those vehicles were generating in the parking lot as I cycled past.

[Motown_Johnny]

15. I'm not in favor of this. I am a dog owner who

takes in strays and adopts them out through a local non-profit, BUT......


The back of a full size SUV is something like 3' X 4' or about 12 sq. ft.


Anyone who uses a cage for their dog (I don't, never have and never will) confines them in a very similar space.

This dog's area is air conditioned and odds are it is carpeted with some kind of pad for the dog to lay on.

I'm willing to bet that there are rules about how long it can stay in there without any exercise. These are expensive animals and I must assume that they are reasonably well cared for.


I will say again that I am not in favor of this but I don't think it is cruel either. Many dogs, and cats for that matter, are treated much worse than this.



If you really want to be outraged then take it up with the condo owner and any association he needs to deal with. An animal like that should be an exception to their "no dog" rule.

[Brickbat]

26. We used a dead Land Cruiser as a dog kennel a few times in a pinch.

The dog loved it.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. Why don't they get a kennel and leave him at the station?

It'd be much more humane. German Shepherds need room to run. They're not idle animals.

[catbyte]

17. JESUS CHRIST! What about carbon monoxide poisoning?

That poor dog. He risks his life every single working day and they're keeping him cooped up in a FUCKING CAR?!?