14 Show Dogs Die of Heat Stroke
What an unfortunate accident! It doesn't take much time for an RV or Truck to heat up with a power failure or an air conditioner going out. FOURTEEN show dogs die of heat stroke when air conditi...
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Very very sad. Especially for her clients dogs. Not to say that her dogs were not important but just saying.
When I was using handlers for my show dogs "I" would NEVER hire a handler for my dog that was using a box truck.
Yes they have powerful air conditioning units but these handlers usually DO use motels to stay at for the night.Because they are towing the box truck with a truck not an RV. And/or it is a box truck vehicle and again no sleeping quarters.
Leaving the dogs unattended and out in the motel parking lot all night long after they are exercised around 8:00pm and not looked at again until morning.
Has always been my opinion and 'observation' that the dogs are not attended to as often as they should be to my liking when the handler uses a box truck. IMHO I always thought it would be just a matter of time until an accident happened with these box trucks.
I find this one sentence in the police report disturbing.
"The cooling unit was getting power from an extension cord plugged into the side of the hotel where Corral-Morris was staying for the dog show."
In all my dog show travels I have never seen where a motel lets you plug into one of their outside outlets.
Still very sad that these dogs died. :( Trust me AKC and the local kennel club and handlers association WILL be looking into this in depth so it never ever happens again.
When I was using handlers for my show dogs "I" would NEVER hire a handler for my dog that was using a box truck.
Yes they have powerful air conditioning units but these handlers usually DO use motels to stay at for the night.Because they are towing the box truck with a truck not an RV. And/or it is a box truck vehicle and again no sleeping quarters.
Leaving the dogs unattended and out in the motel parking lot all night long after they are exercised around 8:00pm and not looked at again until morning.
Has always been my opinion and 'observation' that the dogs are not attended to as often as they should be to my liking when the handler uses a box truck. IMHO I always thought it would be just a matter of time until an accident happened with these box trucks.
I find this one sentence in the police report disturbing.
"The cooling unit was getting power from an extension cord plugged into the side of the hotel where Corral-Morris was staying for the dog show."
In all my dog show travels I have never seen where a motel lets you plug into one of their outside outlets.
Still very sad that these dogs died. :( Trust me AKC and the local kennel club and handlers association WILL be looking into this in depth so it never ever happens again.
