Oh Angel, please, please don't blame yourself it could happen to anyone. If anyone is to blame it is the person to whom the dog belongs for not properly taking care of it. We all know how much you love dogs and in that situation anyone would panic, I'm sure I would. It's punishment enough to relive something like that in your mind, please try not to keep blaming yourself. It was an accident.
As far as that woman who yelled at you, consider her one of the crazies!
We were leaving for Hawaii the next day and my husband was backing up the car in our yard and he hit our little Doxie, Maggie, we rushed her to the Vet but there was nothing he could do, it was an accident in our own yard. It was horrible, our daughter was so upset. Those things happen, sometimes we have no control over those kind of circumstances. Please, Please, don't blame yourself, It is hard to do but remember it was an ACCIDENT.
Jackie

[ July 12, 2001: Message edited by: jackiesdaisy1935 ]