Have any of you ever hit a dog?

[happylabs]

It is sad, but it would be much sadder if he had swerved and you and/or your family were hurt.

I hit a cat one time on my country road. I was devastated and crying. I pulled over and an Amish man came out from his barn. He said...eh it was just an old barn cat. Sad. I cried and cried.

It is tough for me not to swerve when I see any animal on the road.

[Marigold2]

I have been very lucky so far although I have come close to hitting deer and they jumped in front of my car.
I am so sorry that this horrible accident happened to your family. Please give you husband a PT hug and tell him he did the right thing, to have swerved and tried to avoid hitting the dog could have cost you all your lives.

[Taz_Zoee]

Shannon, as I told on Facebook, I was working at the day care and was in the van to go pick up kids from school. My co-worker was behind me in another van (I didn't much care for this co-worker). A black cat came out of nowhere and I didn't even have time to react. Which is probably a good thing since I was in a large van. I cried and cried so hard. When we got to the school the girl from the other van came up to my van and when I got out she just grabbed me and held on to me until I calmed down enough to go get the kids.
On the way back we passed the kitty who was in the middle of the road. I almost started crying again. It was very hard not to.

When I was in high school my sister came to pick me up one night after cheerleading practice (or a game). On the way home we hit a cocker spaniel. We turned around to look for it but couldn't find it. It was near the house of a guy I went to school with. So I asked him if he had a cocker and he said he has four of them. I asked if they were all okay and told him what happened. He said he noticed there was a black oil like streak down the back of the male but he was okay. Whew!

Another time I was with a guy I was dating and it was dark. The car in front of us hit a dog and I saw it go flying. I FREAKED out and was crying hysterically. I think (I can't even remember) the car that hit it stopped, but we kept going. He was not an animal lover. Hmph, that's why I'm not with him now.

Sometimes we just can't help it. I grew up in the country and have seen several accidents because people swerved to miss an animal. Even had a few deaths because people hit a cow or horse. I called 911 one time because as I exited the freeway a big brown horse ran across the road. I followed it because I didn't want it to go onto the freeway. I never did find out if they found him.

Big hugs to you and your family. And just take peace that the pup is not in pain and is playing at the bridge.

[carole]

I am so sorry this happened to you, it must be awful, but you did the right thing, a lady who lived in my street swerved to miss hitting a cat, sadly she lost her life because of it, RIP little pup and try not to feel to bad, it was an accident that could not be helped.

[king2005]

So sorry hear her what happened

I haven't hit a pet yet, but I have run over a couple of HUGE Toronto rats
They made my car bounce as they were THAT big... Even though they are pests I still didn't want to hit them

Many years ago my godfather had a Moose charge his Jeep. The passenger side of eh Jeep hit her head & it removed the front & rear top side of the jeep. If anyone else would have been in it, they would have been killed by her head.

Sadly the Moose didn't Die quickly. My godfather stayed in his Jeep as he knew the moose could kill him & he was forced to listen to her cry & cry & cry.


I've seen several animals hit by cars & they have all been terrible experiences
Poor Beaver & young Deer

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm so sorry to hear this. No, I've never hit a dog but I did hit a duck one night. During certain times of the year ducks start hanging out in the condo complex where I live. I was coming home and it was very dark and a duck must've been trying to cross the street. I was only going about 25 miles an hour at the most and I heard a clunk. I looked back and saw a duck staggering away. The duck seemed to be okay so I kept on going.

[king2005]

So sorry hear her what happened

I haven't hit a pet yet, but I have run over a couple of HUGE Toronto rats
They made my car bounce as they were THAT big... Even though they are pests I still didn't want to hit them

Many years ago my godfather had a Moose charge his Jeep. The passenger side of eh Jeep hit her head & it removed the front & rear top side of the jeep. If anyone else would have been in it, they would have been killed by her head.

Sadly the Moose didn't Die quickly. My godfather stayed in his Jeep as he knew the moose could kill him & he was forced to listen to her cry & cry & cry.


I've seen several animals hit by cars & they have all been terrible experiences
Poor Beaver & young Deer

[MoonandBean]

OMG Shannon, I'm so sorry! I saw this thread yesterday but didn't open it. I thought you meant "hit" as in "slap" and I was like, well, yeah, I've swatted Sunny's butt a couple of times

I am so sorry you and your family had to experience that. I'm glad your husband didn't instintively swerve; he put his family first and that is exactly what he should have done and I'm glad his brain knew it. When my Bean was missing, I was actually hoping to find that he was hit by a car because I know that that death would have been fast and painless. That dog didn't suffer and is now at RB where cars are not allowed

Big hugs to you and your family!!!!!

I was a passenger in a car once and I thought out of the corner of my eye, I saw MY DOGS running down the road (one white; one black; this was when I had Stryker and Sydney). The black dog suddenly ran into the road and we hit it! It was stuck under the car and screaming. I freaked! BUT...I couldn't deal with it. I ran away from the scene for a few seconds. A passerby stopped and told my friend to slowly back up to free the dog. By then, I had come back and watched her back up and the dog (not my Sydney...Thank GOD) got up and ran off. We spent a few hours trying to find it but never did. When I got home, I found my dogs in the house. I still can't believe my reaction though. I had so much regret that I would run away instead of get right under the car and help but I guess I just couldn't deal with it. I hope I would handle emergencies better now that I'm older.

[Catty1]

Haven't yet...my worst nightmare!

A happy story to ease things a bit...years ago, I was driving east out of Vancouver (west, you get wet!) and was just hitting the highway speed. I slowed down quickly as two other cars were stopped in front of me, one in each lane. There was a median, then two lanes of traffic going west - cars were stopped there too.

All waited patiently until a mother Canadian goose and her babies toddled safely across the highway.

boomersooner...there was nothing else anyone could have done. If you feel a need to talk to a pastor, or grief counsellor, think about it. It totally makes sense.

{{{{hugs}}}}