I have the afternoon off work, and when I got home a little boy who lives two houses down the street from me was outside playing with a little puppy. We've been seeing this little puppy from our house several times, so I decided I would walk down and ask if I could meet him, etc. Just then the boy's mother drove up into the driveway, and the little boy put the puppy in another car that was sitting on the street in front of their house. He went into their house, then came back out just as I was getting to their driveway. I asked him if I could see his puppy, and he said he had to go. So he got into the vehicle that his mom was driving, and they took off and left the little puppy in the car on the street! It's 100 degrees outside today! The windows were open, but I did NOT feel comfortable AT ALL with this situation, and I promptly called the Humane Society to report it. I went into my house to change out of my work clothes and into my hanging around the house clothes, and when I went back outside the mother's vehicle was back in the driveway. I called the Humane Society back and told them this, but said that I didn't know if the puppy was still in the car or not. They said there were officers on the way. So I went to the house and knocked on the door and asked for the mother when another kid, a girl, answered the door. The mother came to the door and I introduced myself to her, and talked with her briefly about my son, whom she knows. Then I asked if I could see the puppy. She said she'd get her 20-year-old daughter, Melissa, to come out and show it to me.
So Melissa came to the door and headed out to the car to get the puppy! I was with her as the Humane Society officers drove up and she got the puppy out of the vehicle for me. The officers saw her do this. They asked how long the puppy had been in the vehicle. I told them that I was the one who had called them because I was concerned when I saw the owner's little brother put the puppy in the car and then leave. Melissa told them that the puppy is being taken care of properly, and that she leaves him in the car when she's at her Mom's house because her Mom won't let the puppy inside. I heard her tell them that at night she "hangs out" with the puppy in the car. She said they don't sleep in the car, though.
While the Humane Society officers were talking with Melissa, I went back up to the door of the house and asked if the Mom could come out and speak with me. By that time I had informed Melissa that I was the one who had called the Humane Society, and I said I wanted to talk with her Mom about that, too, so that she would know what it was all about. Melissa's response was "Well, she doesn't know they're here, so you don't have to do that." I thought that was a strange comment, and said I thought I needed to let her Mom know what my involvement had been.
The Mom took awhile getting to the door, and by the time she did the Humane Society officers had left, after lecturing Melissa about leaving a pet in a vehicle, whether or not the windows were open. I told the Mom what had transpired, and what my role had been, and she said that they had been very concerned about the dog, and they had talked with Melissa about finding a new home for it because it couldn't be left in the car. She was glad that I had called the Humane Society, even though they had left without the puppy. I told her that I would do the same thing again if I saw the puppy left alone in the car again, and she said that would be fine.
Anyway, I left then to go run some errands, and I called the Humane Society back to tell them of my conversation with Melissa's mother, and to let them know that the dog WAS living in the car, and that Melissa's mother had said they had tried to get Melissa to try to find another home for it, but that she wouldn't listen to their advice, etc. When I got back home from running my errands there weren't any vehicles by that house and I thought maybe Melissa had driven away before the Humane Society had been back again.
I called the Humane Society a few more times after that to try to find out if they got the puppy away from that situation. I finally got the answer I was hoping for. They had gone back and had taken the puppy away from Melissa, and will now try to adopt him out to a responsible pet owner. I don't know if Melissa was fined or not, but she should have been! I know that Melissa's Mom should be very relieved. I just wish she would have called it in herself, as she knew what was going on all along................
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