--- title: Dog Left in Car in California Honks Horn: Video description: We should all be this assertive, really canonical: https://time.com/3756225/dog-honks-car-horn/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-24T17:52:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:50.584Z og:title: Dog Angry About Being Left in the Car Takes Matters Into Its Own Paws og:description: We should all be this assertive, really og:url: https://time.com/3756225/dog-honks-car-horn/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dog Angry About Being Left in the Car Takes Matters Into Its Own Paws twitter:description: We should all be this assertive, really twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dog Angry About Being Left in the Car Takes Matters Into Its Own Paws by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 24, 2015 5:52 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 24, 2015 5:52 PM UTC This dog was apparently very unhappy that it was left waiting in a parked car in the town of Eureka, Calif., — and decided to show it by simply leaning on the horn. After a few minutes, people started to gather to see who was disturbing the peace on a quiet street. The antsy pup didn’t appear to be distressed or overheated. Of course, this isn’t the first impatient canine to honk the horn while waiting inside a car. Plenty of [other resourceful pups](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/12/dog-honks-horn%5Fn%5F4949206.html) have used this strategy. ### See Adorable Puppies Shaking Their Fur  Annie - 7 weeks, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Carli Davidson  Annie - 7 weeks, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Carli Davidson  Koda - 20 weeks, Pomeranian Carli Davidson  Koda - 20 weeks, Pomeranian Carli Davidson  Hans - 12 weeks, Boxer Pit Mix Carli Davidson  Hans - 12 weeks, Boxer Pit Mix Carli Davidson  Cloud - 8 weeks, Shar Pei Carli Davidson  Cloud - 8 weeks, Shar Pei Carli Davidson  Josie - 12 weeks, Boxer Carli Davidson  Josie - 12 weeks, Boxer Carli Davidson  Meatball - 10 weeks, Pit Bull Carli Davidson  Meatball - 10 weeks, Pit Bull Carli Davidson  Vincent - 8 weeks, Dachshund Carli Davidson  Vincent - 8 weeks, Dachshund Carli Davidson ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3756225/dog-honks-car-horn/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3756225/dog-honks-car-horn/"},"headline":"Dog Angry About Being Left in the Car Takes Matters Into Its Own Paws","datePublished":"2015-03-24T17:52:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:50.584Z","description":"We should all be this assertive, really","url":"https://time.com/3756225/dog-honks-car-horn/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3756225/dog-honks-car-horn/","name":"Dog Angry About Being Left in the Car Takes Matters Into Its Own Paws"}}]}] ```