Wife hit a dog tonight

[pops572]

She is tore up. We are both huge animal lovers, have 2 puppies at home now and have had as many as 4 plus rabbit cat and various other furred friends. Pup came out of a ditch and she was meeting a car she couldnt swerve. Did a little damage to her bumper.

She also had both of our kids in the car (5 and 18 months) so she couldnt stop and find the owners, which is making it worse that she has this image of some child looking for her doggie and waiting fir it to come home. I am stuck at work and cant console her or find the dogs owners.

Just not a good night all around.

[musicman]

That's no fun. :down:   Sorry dude.

[TripleDigitRide]

That's rough. I drive 8-10 hours a day, so I've had my fair share of run-ins with animals. It always sucks, no matter what kind of animal.

[TMF]

Geez man, sorry to hear. My wife would not be handling this well either.

[Fourtyfive]

It is bad but it will pass , sorry bro.

[tnguy]

She is tore up. We are both huge animal lovers, have 2 puppies at home now and have had as many as 4 plus rabbit cat and various other furred friends. Pup came out of a ditch and she was meeting a car she couldnt swerve. Did a little damage to her bumper.

She also had both of our kids in the car (5 and 18 months) so she couldnt stop and find the owners, which is making it worse that she has this image of some child looking for her doggie and waiting fir it to come home. I am stuck at work and cant console her or find the dogs owners.

Just not a good night all around.

Should probably not have swerved anyway. Way too easy to get into a serious wreck that way. And your children were in the car.

It still sticks with me a woman on the news swerved to avoid a small animal (dog or cat or something), lost control, slid sideways into a tree killing her baby in the back seat.

I feel sorry for the dog itself but if the family couldn't keep control of it, it's their own fault (and I speak as someone who has a dog that has got away a couple of times in the past). There's a good chance the dog was just dumped in any case.

Tell her to sleep on it. She'll feel better tomorrow.

[RED333]

Take this with a gran of salt.

I saw my dog get hit, these things happen, no way to avoid it.

Had to take him to the Vet to be put down, that was much harder.

I am sure you told her it was not her fault.

[Guest tdoccrossvilletn]

Should probably not have swerved anyway. Way too easy to get into a serious wreck that way. And your children were in the car.

It still sticks with me a woman on the news swerved to avoid a small animal (dog or cat or something), lost control, slid sideways into a tree killing her baby in the back seat.

I feel sorry for the dog itself but if the family couldn't keep control of it, it's their own fault (and I speak as someone who has a dog that has got away a couple of times in the past). There's a good chance the dog was just dumped in any case.

Tell her to sleep on it. She'll feel better tomorrow.

The only time I serve for an animal is if its a deer.

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[peejman]

My wife is the same way and we're both animal people. Your wife did the right thing. Much as we love critters, the kids are more important.

[pops572]

Thanks guys. She feels better this morning, but wants us to go back this afternoon when I get off to see if we can find the owners and let them know what happened. It's what we would want if it happened to one of ours.
Really kinda messed up her car too. Course she wasnt thinking about that last night.

[Guest tdoccrossvilletn]

Thanks guys. She feels better this morning, but wants us to go back this afternoon when I get off to see if we can find the owners and let them know what happened. It's what we would want if it happened to one of ours.
Really kinda messed up her car too. Course she wasnt thinking about that last night.

Bad idea. They are probably pissed their dog is dead accident or not.

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[pops572]

Well. We went and picked him up, no collar, we knocked on a couple of the close doors(we are rural, so that spread about half mile) no one knew or they werent home. I brought him home and buried him in the field behind our house.

[pops572]

Bad idea. They are probably pissed their dog is dead accident or not.

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I think you would be wrong, as a pet owner I would appreciate kmowing what happened to him and not wondering if he would come back. Call it closure.

[Hozzie]

I think you would be wrong, as a pet owner I would appreciate kmowing what happened to him and not wondering if he would come back. Call it closure.

I completely agree. If it was my dog, I would want to know.

[Guest PapaB]

Your wife did the right thing. Momma has to protect her family first.

 

If the dog accidently got out, I'd feel bad, but not responsible if I couldn't safely avoid hitting it. If the dog was allowed to run free, shame on the owner for not taking care of it. IMHO, if a dog is allowed to run free, the owner is at fault when it gets hit, not the car's driver.

 

If you love your animals, protect them from harm (as much as possible).

 

If you have pets you can no longer care for, give them away to a responsible home or turn them into the local shelter, don't dump them.