Have you ever heard of that expression, “It’s so hot you could fry an egg?” Well, if you can cook an egg in that kind of heat, imagine what effect it will have on your dog.
The effect can be extremely dangerous and even deadly.
Each year, there are many dogs that suffer from heat stroke and even die because they are left in the car. Even if you think you’re “just going to be a minute,” that time you spend running a short errand could end up killing or seriously injuring your dog.
Even if the climate seems mild outside the car, inside your car can be a whole different story.
Not only is the interior of your car hotter than it is outside, but that temperature and rise rapidly.
“Even on a relatively cool day, the temperature inside a parked car can quickly spike to life-threatening levels if the sun is out, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found,” a press release from Stamford Medicine says. “They hope their findings will put to rest the misconception that a parked car can be a safe place for a child or pet in mild weather.”
Even when it is just 78-degrees outside, the interior of your car can heat up to 100 to 120 degrees in just a few short minutes.
If it’s 90 degrees out, then that temperature can get as high as 160 degrees in 10 minutes, according to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals).
Being left in this type of heat can cause brain damage in dogs or even death within 15 minutes. This is because dogs are basically wearing a fur coat. They don’t have the ability to roll down the windows and can only cool themselves by panting and sweating through their paw pads.
Animals can sustain brain damage or even die from heatstroke in just 15 minutes. Beating the heat is extra tough for dogs because they can only cool themselves by panting and by sweating through their paw pads.
This is why you should NEVER leave your pet in a parked car when it’s hotter than 70 degrees out, not even if you have the windows rolled down, if your car is in the shade, or if you’ll just be gone for a minute.
To illustrate this point, Imgur user cantspellhealthcarewithoutthc posted a series of photos showing how you can literally fry an egg in your car on a hot day. The cracked egg looked like this in just two hours after the temperature rose to 122°F
PETA says you should call the authorities and take down the car’s information if you do see a dog left in a car. And make sure you don’t leave the scene until the situation is resolved.
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