An Ohio woman was shocked this month when an officer cited her for leaving her dog in a hot car but, instead of writing a ticket, the cop forced her to sit inside to see how it feels.

The Strongsville pet owner was inside a Walmart as the dog sat in the parking lot. The officer then had the woman sit inside with the windows up and ignition off.

And this isn't the first time an animal-loving officer has employed the unorthodox punishment.

In the recent Ohio incident, the woman was left 'looking uncomfortable' as she sat in her unventilated Nissan Sentra, but drove away with just a warning and her tail between her legs.

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Unorthodox: A cop ordered a woman in this Ohio shopping center to sit in her hot car this month after officers discovered her dog locked inside her Nissan Sentra as she shopped in Walmart

In Truth or Consequences, New Mexico last June, the pet owner in question wasn't as eager to put the incident behind her.

Shelly Nicholas filed a report against an officer who told her to sit in her car after someone called to report a dog was inside with no ventilation in 90 degree heat.

Nicholas reasoned that she'd only been away ten minutes.

'You can wait in the truck and close the door you know, since it's not that hot,' the officer is heard saying to Nicholas in body camera footage later obtained by KOB.

However, in her report, Nicholas characterizes the officers words as an 'order' and the footage does not show her actually sitting in the hot car as police wrote her a ticket.

Sweating it out: Last year, Shelly Nicholas in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico was told to sit in her hot car after her dog was found locked inside with no ventilation. She filed a report against the officers, but body cam footage later revealed it was more of a request than an order

Declined to do it: Nicholas declined to sit in the the hot car with the door closed in spite of the officer's request

While this may not be a legitimate police practice, officers have reason for concern in these situations, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association.

While Nicholas argued she'd only been gone 10 minutes, the AVMA says that temperatures can rise 20F inside a car in that short amount of time.

In 20 minutes, the temperature can rise by nearly 30 degrees.

Even on a 70F day, writes the AVMA, the interior of a car can reach 110F after one hour.

Even short periods in such heat can cause heat stroke and irreversible organ damage in your dog.