Please please please make sure you have your dog restrained in some way when it is in your car before you open the door. If that is not possible then please please please make sure you train your dogs to not jump out of the car until you tell them to.

Today at work a lady was bringing her two dogs in to get their nails cut. When she opened her car door her chihuahua, Chalupa, jumped out and ran across the parking lot onto Bow Trail, a very busy road, and got hit by a car. My co-worker grabbed the keys to my boss's truck and got the lady and the dog inside and took them to the emergency vet but sadly the dog died.

So please just take a minute to get your dogs under voice control or slip a leash on them before you open your car door.