With the first extremely hot day in the books this summer, the Putnam County Sheriff's office is offering a seasonal reminder. It’s estimated that hundreds of cats and dogs die each year from being left in hot cars, while even more become seriously ill. Sheriff Robert Langley says some of the common responses they've heard when grieving pet owners return to find their cat or dog has died of heat stroke include that 'they cracked a window', 'it was just a few minutes' and 'it wasn't that hot' among others.