14 Show Dogs Die of Heat Stroke

Billinwoodland wrote:
Managing one or two pups like most of us do is quite different then a commercial operation. My dogs would never be left in a situation like that- they would be in the hotel but you're not going to fit 14 dogs in your hotel room. I travel with large birds and a hunting dog in the fall. I have remote temperature sensors and CO sensors in the back of the truck, and the hunting dog travels in the cab with me. I think the lesson that can be learned from this tragedy, for commercial operators like a dog handler, is that remote sensors with the ability to alarm when temperatures are out of normal, should be invested in. If you are in the show circuit with your dogs and have paid handlers caring for your dogs, I would want to know what precautions they take to prevent such a tragedy. I don't mean to be a Monday morning quarterback, but these are lessons that can be learned from this event.