FSX68
June 28th, 2013, 07:34
I have a neighbor across the street from me that has 3 Lab dogs. The owners both work and so they stake one young lab out side on a chain with a pot of water.
All was well yesterday as the sun rose and cast a bit of shade for this dog under a tree. Later, in the afternoon, as the sun traveled west, the shade went away and so
the poor dog was left in the direct sunlight. It got up to 100 deg with 120 heat index here. I was unaware of the situation till I noticed that dude comes home and is
hovering over a motionless dog. It then dawned on me what had happened. He pick up his little lab and was holding it in a hug and was walking around sobbing in disblief.
I saw his next door neighbor come over to comfort dude. Dude fell to his knees sobing all the while. Then, dude takes his dog to the back area of his yard and lays it down, soon
after, he buried it in his back yard.
I've seen this dog staked out in the same place day after day and when dude and his wife come home he/she would immediately recognize them and jump up and down
and the wife would unhook the dogs chain and it would go in their house. Now with the oppressive heat, I would of thought that dude would of either left his dog in a better
area with constant shade or left him in the house. They have two other dogs that they do leave in their house. I don't know why this one was left out side. :confused:
I can imagine the guilt dude has on making a bad choice on leaving his pet outside considering the hot and humid weather of late.
The irony of it all is that about an hour after dude buried his pet, it got dark and cloudy and cooled down about 20 degrees to about 80 or so and then it rained.
If only the rain and cooler weather had came sooner rather then later.
All was well yesterday as the sun rose and cast a bit of shade for this dog under a tree. Later, in the afternoon, as the sun traveled west, the shade went away and so
the poor dog was left in the direct sunlight. It got up to 100 deg with 120 heat index here. I was unaware of the situation till I noticed that dude comes home and is
hovering over a motionless dog. It then dawned on me what had happened. He pick up his little lab and was holding it in a hug and was walking around sobbing in disblief.
I saw his next door neighbor come over to comfort dude. Dude fell to his knees sobing all the while. Then, dude takes his dog to the back area of his yard and lays it down, soon
after, he buried it in his back yard.
I've seen this dog staked out in the same place day after day and when dude and his wife come home he/she would immediately recognize them and jump up and down
and the wife would unhook the dogs chain and it would go in their house. Now with the oppressive heat, I would of thought that dude would of either left his dog in a better
area with constant shade or left him in the house. They have two other dogs that they do leave in their house. I don't know why this one was left out side. :confused:
I can imagine the guilt dude has on making a bad choice on leaving his pet outside considering the hot and humid weather of late.
The irony of it all is that about an hour after dude buried his pet, it got dark and cloudy and cooled down about 20 degrees to about 80 or so and then it rained.
If only the rain and cooler weather had came sooner rather then later.