According to other reports, Max the chocolate lab was left in the car in front of his owner's house! She heard the honking outside her own home and looked outside, but wouldn't one go out and check to see what all the noise was about? Wouldn't someone recognize the sound of her own car horn?  Max was rescued after an hour when she finally went out to unload the packages from her shopping trip. Reports said she gave him some water and cooled him with wet towels before she took him to the vet.  I'm glad to learn that, but after she took Max to the vet, I hope this woman also went to her doctor to get tested for early onset Alzheimer's Disease.  Forgetting about leaving your dog, or your child, in the car is just being way too forgetful. I think people have to stop multi-tasking and pay better attention to what's really important.