[AZLiberty]

Sad stuff happens. Sounds like the officer worked an extra shift, was too tired to remember the presence of the dog (who was probably sleeping in the back seat after his extra shift), and fell into bed.

[txroadkill]

No excuse. I was a K-9 officer for 3 years, my dogs were my partners, my friends and part of my family. They are not like pets. I know that there are people out there that are closer to their pets than their own children, but with a K-9 partner the relationship is even closer than that. I have never known a K-9 handler that didn't feel the same way.

I am completely beside myself, I do not understand how this could happen, I would put it in the same category as a cop falling asleep and letting his partner get shot.

[yorkie]

Sorry, AZ. I don’t buy it. Didn’t he *think* of walking the dog? *Feeding* the dog? Putting the dog in it’s *bed*? For an entire weekend - this dog - who I believe was in his charge, was left to come to a boiling point (or above) in a car in his driveway.

As an earlier poster suggested - that dog was an officer. It was his *partner*. How can that be forgotten?

[twonie]

Spare me your explanations, please.

[Cyber Liberty]

Wasn’t Lovejoy in some other trouble last year?