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Hit my neighbor's dog today UPDATE!!

guns-n-painthorses
A real nice red healer. Hit her on the road today. Rolled her right under the truck. I stopped and got out and there she was lying in the road whimpering. My heart sank. Sure enough, get up to her and she's got a huge gash on her chest, hair everywhere. She looked up to me and whimpered so I couldn't just leave her in the road. So I very carefully picked her up and laid her on the flatbed of my truck. Lo and behold she jumped right up on all fours and started walking around on the bed of the truck like, "OK, I'm ready to go to work". Took her to the vet, she will be OK, but is going to be a real sore dog for a week or so. Lots and lots of stitches.

Thank God!

I told the vet I would pay all cost even though it's not my dog. He was quite suprised.


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Update


Well I met the vet and the dog's owner at the vet clinic this morning. Nothing but good news! The dog is doing just fine, up and running around, but she sure looks funny with all them steel stitches and tubes hanging out of her chest. What a sweet dog, happy to see everyone. And I split th bill 50/50 with the owner. He is going to take her home and make a spot for her in the house untill she heals up.

Thanks to all for the support.


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  • fishermanben
    You're a good man.

    The person that hit my dog left him to die by himself in a ditch.[:(]

    Ben
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  • Queen of Swords
    Lucky for you!
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  • Marc1301
    Like before,.....you are a good guy, and a man![;)]
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  • Jacob2008
    Good man, you are.

    I cant stand that. I hate pets getting hurt.. Shows you care to pay the vet bill.
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  • jwb267
    you are one hell of a human being. it's not even my dog, but i thank you for what you did[:)][:)]
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  • fishkiller41
    Yeah,, that's what real people do... Good goin' Hope the pup comes out in good shape. This country could use a billion or so like you..
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  • Dakota308
    quote:Originally posted by fishermanben
    You're a good man.

    The person that hit my dog left him to die by himself in a ditch.[:(]

    Ben


    some people will be hit hard by karma one day[V]
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  • Captplaid
    Red Heelers are good looking dogs but heelers are prone to chase cars.
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  • tatercats
    you are a good man
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  • mike_02
    guns-n-painthorses

    Good for you...The animal receives the care it needs immediately...What is the owner doing to prevent a repeat?????

    Mike
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  • guns-n-painthorses
    Thanks to all.

    The dog just made a mistake. She does not chase cars, I think the dogs across the road from where this dog lives were stirring the pot and she just didn't see me coming. As far as preventing it from happening again, well what do you do? She's a farm dog used to guarding the place and working cattle. Vet just called and said she's gonna be OK. Pisses me off that the vet had to call the owners and tell them how she is, as they never called to check on her. And I know this guy very well so I don't understand. Anyway, the vet says the dog is going to need some care for awhile so I'm thinking that we will take care of her untill she's healed up. It's the least I can do, not for them, but for the dog.

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  • ljwrench
    Not too many people in this world that would do what you did. Good job.
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  • dheffley
    quote:Originally posted by guns-n-painthorses
    I told the vet I would pay all cost even though it's not my dog. He was quite suprised.

    You're a good man, and I'm not surprised![;)]
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  • needmyguns
    THANKS FOR PEOPLE LIKE YOU[:)][:)]
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  • Permanently deleted user
    guns-n-painthorses....

    You are a very special person...thank you..
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  • dongizmo
    GnP,
    Your a good man!
    Don
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  • BT3
    Good deed. Most probaly wouldn't mess with it especially if they were in a hurry ![:D]
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  • ElMuertoMonkey
    You're a stand up guy for taking responsibility for the accident. Lots of folks in this "it's not my fault" world would have run off and pretended nothing happened.

    Glad it all worked out.
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  • elkoholic
    Thanks for stopping. My lab was hit 2 years ago and they just drove away. She now have a plate in her hip.
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  • turtles11756
    take care of that dog she'll never leave your side and may watch your back
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  • Locust Fork
    I hit my neighbor's dog a few yrs back. I felt so very bad. I had him loaded up and ready to go to the vet.....but he died before I even got out of the driveway. Weiner dogs and Ford Escapes should never meet. My neighbor was super sad...but understood I didn't see him there...in my driveway as I was backing up.

    You may just have yourself a new dog when this is over. Especially if the dog takes up with you during the healing process and the owners are not concerned.
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  • sarge_3ad
    Your neighbor sure is acting funny. Maybe they wished the dog would have died? You're a good person.
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  • jpwolf
    Good man, thanks for that!

    I hit dog a few years ago on the highway. He would come out to chase every day that I went that way. I was pulling a trailer that day, wider than the truck. I always remeber to swerve when pulling a trailer and this situation occurs, but for some reason that day, I didn't think about it in time. It was that very last second that I remebered the trailer, and combined with that sinking sick feeling and then "thud".[V] I hit the brakes hard, backed up, ran back but he was gone to dog heaven. I thought, "At least he didn't suffer, you dumbass!" I scooped him up, headed towrds the house. Knocked on the door but noone was home. I thought, "how would I want this to come to me if this was my dog, my situation, and what if there are kids?" I walked out to the corner of the yard on the grass by the driveway so that they would see him when they came in the driveway, and I laid him down crled up, you know, like dogs do. I thought they might get the idea something was wrong if the dog didn't get up and maybe the adult would check it out before letting the kids at him. I didn't know what else to do. I felt like crap for weeks, and still do whenever I go by that house. Them people are never home.
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  • tazzer
    dang I wish there was more folks like you in this old world
    thanks
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  • ObiWan
    Yer a better man than me.

    We have this stupid dog my mother in law got. It's been ran over atleast 4 times. Whenever we pull up out of the driveway to the road this stupid dog runs in front of the car and walks across the road like it's hers.

    One day there was a car coming from the left and the right.....I knew one of 'em had her.

    The car coming from the right nailed the dog and all the wife and I heard was a "thud" as it hit the bumper spoiler of the car doing 30mph. I laughed. It was just so funny because this dog is the stupidest animal I've ever seen. I still wonder if it got thrown ahead or rode the bumper out for awhile.

    When it was clear we pulled out of the driveway and low and behold that little ratmutt dog was running towards our driveway.....survived another hit.

    I think the tard thinks it's a cat. That's atleast 4 lives down that I've witnessed. I'd never take it to a vet...and I've driven over it twice.[:p]

    You can only kick a stupid animal out from under your loud Chevy truck so many times and expect it to have sense to move when the truck is rumbling and moving. Not even 35" tires will kill it.[:0]

    Dogs are stupid. Kinda have the personality of white women.....maybe that's why I have no pity for them.
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  • nord
    There's a little story that goes around from time to time. The short of it being that dogs don't live as long as humans because they already know more about love than most humans will ever learn. God doesn't have to tech them.

    I have little doubt about a dog's ability to love and to teach. Love is unconditional and forgiveness total. Too bad most of us humans aren't able to comprehend.

    Thank you for caring about a fellow traveler here on this earth. It's a comfort to know that there are those who care and have learned this lesson in life.
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  • grdad45
    I'd do that, too, but one of my neighbors has an English Mastiff that came onto my property and killed one of my dogs and chewed the other one up ($220 vet bill). They didn't offer any help or apologies, so we now call their dog "dead dog walking". I'm just waiting to get a shot at him on my property.
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  • rider
    Thanks for the UPDATE, guns.....[:)][:)] I was wondering if you had the kind of neighbor that would split the bill with you or might even insist on paying the whole thing. I've had neighbors that would sue you instead after all you have done. Good going.....[^][^]
    rider
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  • Trader Dave
    You are a WONDERFUL person - God Bless You.
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  • dheffley
    Thanks for the update, and thank you for being one of the few good guys left. My hat's off to you.[;)]
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