Cartersmum Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I have just seen something awful and I cannot get it out of my head. I was out walking Carter, my Rottweiler in Seven Hills, NSW. I was walking through the reserve when I saw a man on a bike going up the hill with 2 dogs offleash. As we got closer to the road the dog that I thought was with him came running down the hill as we crossed the road to the middle section. This dog (looked like a Staffy/Pit Bull ran across the road to my dog, I tried to find a collar but he wasn't wearing one and there was no owner around. He had a sniff of my dog and then ran across the road again and then got hit by a car. It was awful, he was crying and obviously in pain. The driver stopped and so did a few runners but the dog limped away quite fast (this road is incredibly busy at peak time) I tried to find him and asked a few people down the road but they hadn't seen anything. I feel so awful, I cried my eyes out - he didn't even have a collar to grab him :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*kirty* Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 That is so sad. It would shake me up too. Hopefully he limped home and is now at the vet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poochmad Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 That is so horrible. Poor dog, I hope it's ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosetta Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Poor thing - I hope he got home. That is very upsetting to witness. Maybe you could go to the same place tomorrow to see if the guy on the bike shows up again? The dog may very well have been his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simply Grand Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Oh no, how awful to see You did what you could, I too hope he's made it home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 I live in Seven Hills also, sadly in this suburb there's not alot of dogs with collars, I see so many out roaming. Hopefully he got home ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melzawelza Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Oh how sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smurf1 Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Poor dog, I hope he got home ok. I probably would have called the ranger so that they could keep an eye out for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dame Aussie Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Oh not a nice thing to see. I witnessed a dog get hit by a car when I was little, it was horrible and I can still see it in my head like its happening right in front of me again Hopefully he got home ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 How distressing for you, sorry you couldn't catch him..... My poor daughter when she was about 10 was walking home from school when they found a loose dog, the kids tried to catch it, but it ran on the road and got run over right in front of them. She rang me in histerics. Very distressing all round to witness something like that. Lets hope this boy ran home and got some help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aetherglow Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 This almost identical scene happened to me once, and the driver of the car left it to 17-year-old me to manage my own dog, get the injured dog off the road and try to find the owner. I couldn't find them, and as this was before the era of ubiquitous mobile phones I ended up knocking on someone's door to use their phone to call my mum and we took her to the vet ourselves. The poor girl had to have her leg amputated, but the vet found her owner, who was profusely grateful that we helped her dog and explained that the old collar had broken only that day, and she was actually out shopping for a new one when her dog escaped the yard. I hope this one made it home and is being treated, poor thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pollywaffle Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Oh not a nice thing to see. I witnessed a dog get hit by a car when I was little, it was horrible and I can still see it in my head like its happening right in front of me again Hopefully he got home ok. Ditto...and to this day I can clearly see the event unfold...and that was over 30 years ago... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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