2 police dogs die in hot car

hethmar

What fantastic pictures, beautiful boy.

I do hope the handler loses his job over this. Anyone in civi life would be prosecuted.


My boys have both come in from the garden and are lying on my bed with the windows wide open blowing a breeze over them

rev_henry

I WANT YOUR DOG TORBY. And really good photos I might add.
This is utterly pathetic and hypocritical on the part of the police. Is this not the very same police force who's job it is to break into cars containing unattended cars on hot days and get them out? And then consider putting owners details to the CPS for prosecution??? Really beggars belief.

LeeSouthEast

rev_henry wrote: »

Is this not the very same police force who's job it is to break into cars containing unattended cars on hot days and get them out?

Would you prefer they did not in future? Just in case, heaven forbid, they get accused of being 'hypocritical' ?

rev_henry

LeeSouthEast wrote: »

Would you prefer they did not in future? Just in case, heaven forbid, they get accused of being 'hypocritical' ?

Oh nono not at all. I was just pointing out that its unacceptable for this kind of thing to happen when its the police's job (amongst other things) to prevent it from happening to 'civilian' dogs.

Torby

thanks for your kind words...he's just over 5 yrs old now...

donnac2558

Sack him! He was off duty handler but took the dogs with him whilst calling into station. Of course he should have brought them in with him.

Lets see how the RSPCA handle this one.

picklepick

Obviously the problem is that there is nowhere to take the dogs out of the vans when the officer is at the station or wherever. If it was even a van that they were left in, it may have been some other vehicle. Its simply not acceptable for an animal to be left in a car or van for whatever reason. Even if the van is air conditioned, suppose it malfunctions as may be the case here? What then?

As for them not being house-trained why arent they?! What happens to them when they're no longer fit for service? I'm sure most will retire to homes so it makes sense to have them all house trained as part of their initial training.

This is going off topic a little. My main reason for posting this was to bring it to the attention of dog owners who may be tempted to leave fido in the car while they just pop in the shop for a sec or whatever the scenario is. It was not to have a dig at the methods empolyed by the police in dog transportation!

LeeSouthEast

Why? I don't know. Most (that I know of) retire with their old handlers. The handler gets a new dog, and the dog enjoys its pension.

lisawood78

With a non house trained dog?
Fun

Errata

lisawood78 wrote: »

With a non house trained dog?
Fun

Police dogs are trained to evacuate and urinate on command.