truthaboutpetfood

I live in Florida; it’s hot here in the summer.  Yesterday while on some errands, in a Walgreens parking lot I found a van with a dog inside – in the middle of the day.  The windows were open – but c’mon – it’s August!  I hung around for ten minutes or so, walked back into the Walgreens and asked around – no one seemed to know whose van and whose dog it was.  Long story short, the owner came out and the dog was fine. 

My dogs want to ‘go’ with me every time I leave the house too.  But it’s summer, and unless I’m just going to the drive through at the bank they have to stay home.  Yes, it makes them sad when I leave without them but again I have to repeat this…it’s summer.   

Many years ago I worked with another trainer who had a great saying…’Being a parent and a pet parent – isn’t a popularity contest’.  In other words sometimes you have to do things that does NOT make your pet happy.  But you just gotta do it.  Sometimes you have to leave them at home even though they look sad.  

Don’t take your pet in the car with you in the hot summer or cold winter.  Leave them at home.  Keep remembering it’s not a popularity contest – it’s about what is best for them, not how much they like you. 

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