Police dogs again are extremely well looked after, cared for and do not spend all days been driven round, there are strict rules regarding the well-being of police dogs more so than any other career pet and the amount of time they are travelling around is limited, those that cannot adapt or don't have the right temperament to the lifestyle they are been trained to are not chosen from an early stage, the difference with household pets is you usually pick ones for looks, breed, appeal etc and you don't tend to have a option of swapping it if it hasn't got the correct temperament when you find it struggles to fit your routine.
I wasn't commenting on having a dog in a car I was making a point of leaving it in one for several hours while you toot off and do some work then the misguided thinking that leaving the window open a crack will suffice, I am not talking 5, 10, 15mins here I am talking hour+.
I am not directly responding to HDD's opening post but to the ongoing conversation, this is not any kind of attack on HDD's choice here, but hopefully he will read all the discussion and see both sides of the argument to get a balanced view and what is and isn't regarded as acceptable.
As for my bacon butty comment although said in a jovial context, we live in a society that eats farmed pig products, if you choose to have a pig as a pet then it comes with the understanding you will be surrounding by shops etc selling food made from what you class as a pet and people talking openly about it, so I really can't see anyone taking offense at it; well possibly the vegans :smartass: