This cute Brittany spaniel was in an otherwise vacant car next to mine as I pulled into a parking space on Thursday. Once parked, I put down my window and said, “Hello, there!” She calmly looked me over and then ignored me as any unaccompanied small female should when a strange old man accosts her.
I was struck by the fact that she easily could have leapt out of the fully-open car window, but she didn’t, nor did she get agitated by my closeness. She apparently was comfortable with people, well-trained, and told to “Stay.”
The windows in her car apparently were left open because it was warm. You have to be careful not to close a pet in a confined space during the summer.
(Images taken in Blue Hill, Maine, on June 26, 2025; stated sex and breed were guesses.)