Don't think for a minute that dogs can survive in a hot car

"It's 11 a.m., 75 degrees. In the Safeway parking lot, two hairy dogs are panting and pacing in a car with windows cracked about 5 inches. They're hot and unhappy, but not yet in distress, I think. I wait a couple of minutes, then call the humane society. I share the facts, including that one dog has just crammed itself under the steering wheel, evidently to get out of the blazing sunlight..."

USA Today