Hi Diane,  we have run into that a lot but I leave it to the 
responsibility of the owner.  We have enough going on to not have to 
police that and in my opinion, folks should know better than to bring a 
dog if they plan to visit a museum:(.

I'm a dog owner so I'm sympathetic but only to a point.  If the dog is 
in a completely enclosed car with no a/c or air then I would call the 
animal control in my city.

Karla


On 2018-07-26 14:44, Diane Hall wrote:
> I'm wondering how other museums handle this kind of situation.
> 
> Today someone tried to come into our museum with a dog (not a service
> animal). We told her that only service animals are permitted in the
> museum. Apparently, she then went and put the dog in her car and left
> it there for over an hour. I was out of the museum at the time but was
> informed that this upset at least two staff members.
> 
> My question is, if this happens again with someone leaving their pet
> in a car in our parking lot, how should we handle it? I hate the
> thought of a poor dog being put at risk by being stuck in a car on a
> hot day. Our museum is small enough that it wouldn't be too difficult
> to locate the owner, I just don't know what, if anything, we could say
> to them.
> 
> Has anyone else run into this before? How did you handle it?
> 
> Diane
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