Dogs Who Are Smarter Than Their Owners: Hot Car Edition

Last month, a Pennsylvania woman took Max, her 11-year-old chocolate lab, with her to run an errand. She says he’s like a member of the family. When she returned home that day, she forget her family member in the car. I have personally never met a labrador retriever who you could just forget was in the car with you, but Max’s owner went inside and started cleaning.

About an hour later, she heard a car horn. She went outside, looked around and didn’t see anyone. So, she went back to her chores. The honking started up again and this time she noticed Max sitting in the driver’s seat of her car.

She rescued her panting dog from the car, brought him inside and tried to cool him down with water and cold, wet rags. I wonder if Max told her to do that, too. The vet who ended up seeing him said, “Max saved his own life by honking the horn to get himself out of a very, very overheated car.” Read the rest of this entry »