Would you put your dog in the freezer?

Oh Craig, well said!! Some people just don't think...even bringing along your furry family member in the car...we have seen people leave them in the car while they are chowing down nice and warm in some restaurant. Meanwhile the poor pet is now in a cooled off car....freezing!  We hit the suggest button, because this is important! Thanks for putting it 'out' there. We will re-blog it!

Quite appropriate and timely advice. I let my dog on the back porch this morning. 45 degrees and I still brought him back in after five minutes!

Craig, thanks for your timely blog. I live in Northern Ohio near Lake Erie so our weather is similar to yours. Last night I listened to my neighbors' young dog (a short-haired dog under a year old) barking and howling non-stop for what seemed like hours. It was in the twenties with a stiff wind and snow. The poor puppy had been left outside in the yard with an "invisible fence" while his owners were out somewhere enjoying themselves. You can be sure that wherever they were it was warm and dry.

I'd just decided that I was going to go get him and bring him into my home when the barking stopped-my neighbors must have arrived home and finally brought him inside.

It's hard to believe that people who claim to be dog lovers can be so thoughtless and cruel.

Thank you....I couldn't agree more.  It's great to love your animals and want them to travel with you, but at some point, we have to think about how they are affected. 

Craig, it's the time of year when that doggy door on the garage makes all kinds of sense, even if they don't want their pets in the house.

Craig, the only timeI ever put my dog in the freezer is after he's been cut up by the butcher. To do so while he's still alive would be very cruel.

Craig, Warnings like this are worthwihile both in winter and in summer.  It is easy to forget, in the comfort of our homes, what it is like outside...

Craig, leaving a dog or cat, or any animal outside to fend for  themselves is a crime, in the heat, in the cold. We have domesticated so many animals, and now they depend on us.

Of course my pooch loves the snow, I have a hard time convincing him to come in. But he is well spoiled and well loved, just has lots of fur and is happier in the snow. I never leave him in my car, never leave him outside alone, leave my back porch door ajar for the cats (and the mice too, unfortunately). I am a sucker for animals.

Great advice, and a big thanks to Al & Peggy for reblogging and sending me here! You have my vote. :D

Well done my friend!  This needs to be featured!  Craig, some folks don't think about how cold their pets get outside... breaks my heart to think of our furry ones left outside to fend for themselves both in the winter or summer...

No way!  I was taking care of my roommates dog over the weekend, and it was stormy...  She was sooooo scared, that I let her sleep in my room that night.

Craig, Unfortunately some people would put their dogs in a freezer. The attitude – “it’s a dog – they have a thick coat to keep warm” is just not true. It’s criminal what some people do … too bad just being plain stupid is not an actual crime.

Craig ~ They sure don't make them like they used to. The dogs of the 80's were tough dogly dogs...a towl nailed over the dog house door to keep out the draft and a nice blanket to cuddle with (a.k.a. drag back out of the doghouse and shred all over the yard). Joking aside...I couldn't imagine having an outside dog these days. Today was the first day this week that the mercury broke 32F. When we open the door to let our lab out to potty, she runs back to her crate....wants nothing to do with that crunchy snow!