Thanks. The original news stories said the dog was barely alive, so apparently it did have some ill effects from being in the truck for some length of time.
In October it might not have had too many heat issues, but certainly lack of food and water would be an issue. I wonder why he wouldn't break into the chips bag.
Does anyone have a link to the photos of the truck interior?
Thanks.
The original news reports did say that the dog was barely alive due to starvation, and that it had been living on it's own feces as food. Which was why there was no feces in the truck. However, I am completely perplexed as to how a starving dog would choose it's own feces over, say, a nice bag of chips.
Sure, lots of dogs eat poop.....but not usually when they're hungry and there's an alternate food source. Coprophagia is common, and maybe she was 'cleaning up' her confined area or just a poop eater to start with- but it doesn't explain ignoring a bag of chips. Not to mention the fact that puppies lose weight at a very rapid pace when starved. After a couple of days without food....there would be no more pooping to be had, kwim?
They also overheat very quickly (puppies in particular) and the added stress of being left alone for an extended period of time would likely make her whine/cry/bark etc. Which all rapidly dehydrates a dog.
While I agree that it might have been cool enough that 1st day....it was in the mid to upper 80's the next.
I think most of us know how quickly that will heat up an enclosed vehicle.
Also, as far as I know there are no pics of the dog immediately after being found. Does anyone have any? No mention of it being brought to a vet or anything like that. Just pictures before the disappearence (looks like a healthy little pup.)
What I can't understand is....why would that be lied about?