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So are you saying that people whose dogs have been hit by cars are irresponsible? I don’t believe this to be a fair statement! I have a Siberian husky pup he is 10 months old and weights almost 70 lbs. I have two sons ages 2 and 4. I went to the car to put my youngest son in his car seat while my older son waited in the foyer until I retuned to get him. (Well that is what he was supposed to do. My husband was getting ready in the next room. Huskies are born to run that is what they are. You give Buzz the chance and he bolts ears down full boar. A husky can run for 50 miles before having to stop. You should never, ever punish an animal for doing something it was born to do. Especially a sled dog. Well as I was putting my son in the car and I heard mommy coming from behind me I turned and before I could yell shut the door and start towards him the dog had push passed my son and was hit by a minivan (speeding by about 10 miles per hour admittedly.) So I am sorry to say that it is not always due to say that ACCIDENTS happen and some times a very large puppy gets carried away. Luckily Buzz was not injured although this was extremely traumatic for my son to see! I am offended by the implication.

well i am offended by the fact that if you know you know your dog will bolt out the door given the opportunity, you didnt put the door in a more secured area if the door would open. perhaps a little more supervision or a gated area in your house would be more aapropriate given your dog likes to run out of the front of the house. im sick of people never taking responsibilty for their own mistakes. if your child was able to run out of the front door, would you leave him/her unsupervised or in an ungated area. (although it sounds like no one was watching your child either who was in the foyer and got out on his own. why is it someones else fault? next time, be a better pet owner and secure your dogs safety. forget your dog, secure your childs safety, because next time it could be them running into the street. what about the person who hit your dog? maybe they were traumatized also, or their children had to hear/feel the dog hit their car!

You are wrong!!!! Accidents happen!!!!

Unfortunately accidents do happen, but many, like the one above, are senseless and preventable, as are many fatal traffic accidents. If you know your dog is runner, you should account for that and gate him so he can't escape. I'm glad your dog is alive; hopefully you learned something from the experience. That being said, I am not judging anybody. People make mistakes.

Well my Seven (dog) just got hit by a car an hour ago. I am at fault, being irresponsible. But no matter whose fault, it still hurts just the same.

I agree that sometimes accidents just happen. But my 7 month old dog got hit by a car this morning. Scared the crap out of me. He's perfectly fine beyond some scratches, but he was in shock for about 2 hours afterwards. I know it was my fault too. In Hawaii Kolohe always stayed in the yard but in the 2 weeks since we've moved to Alaska Kolohe has been wandering off our property. But when I left him outside for 3 minutes to grab my stuff to leave I thought it'd be too short of an amount of time for him to get in trouble (our yard is very large, he must have bolted for the road the second I left).

But I have to give you props for stopping. The car that hit my dog kept right on going.

My dog got hit by a car too. My dog is a mix between a lab and a border collie, extremely hiper, and loves to run around. Luckily, she seems to be doing good. The neighbor that hit her actually saw her and tried to brake. I agree, it is the owner's fault, no matter what happens! Someone said it could be an accident, but if we (the owners)care about our pets, we should think about all the "accidents" that could happen and prevent them... My dog is a mix between a lab and a border collie, extremely hiper, loves to run around

My dog got hit by a car today. She was on a walk, on a leash. She is a husky lab mix and she somehow broke off her leash. Is this my fault that her leash broke? She is ok right now. Finally got her to a vet and no fractures or broken bones just very sore. If everyone could send her good thoughts I am watching to make sure that she doesn't get worse. However, I wanted to post this so you'd know that some times this happens and the dog was on a leash! She wasn't left alone outside or even with a door open.

My dog got hit by a car today. She was on a walk, on a leash. She is a husky lab mix and she somehow broke off her leash. Is this my fault that her leash broke? She is ok right now. Finally got her to a vet and no fractures or broken bones just very sore. If everyone could send her good thoughts I am watching to make sure that she doesn't get worse. However, I wanted to post this so you'd know that some times this happens and the dog was on a leash! She wasn't left alone outside or even with a door open.

If your dog runs into the street and gets hit by a car how can it be anyone's fault other than the dog owner's? It is YOUR responsibility to keep the dog on a leash, in the house, etc. I like animals as much as the next person, but I I also think animal owners act as if the world needs to look out for their pets. If you want an animal you need to be up to the responsibility. Keep the dog on a leash, get it properly trained, pick up after it, etc. And by the way, I hate to say this but a dog is still just an animal and ALOT worse things happen in the world than dogs getting hit by cars.

My dog was hit yesterday, my daughter left the dog pen gate open by accident. Is this her fault the gate didn't latch, and is it right to point fingers? If a child runs out onto the street and gets hit is it the Parents fault, should the child be leashed? Anyone who has a child or pet knows that there is that split second when the worst could happen, even under the best supervision.

Most of us live in cities, cities are for HUMANS. You want an animal pet, move to the country side, get a yard 1Km long, and you can keep your dog inside. Pet owners should be liable for ANY kind of damages caused by their pet, including scaring people by barking/biting or jumping in front of a car and dieing while denting/benting/breaking the car.

If you hit an animal on a forest road, yes, that is the drivers fault. But if you hit an animal in a city or on a highway... The pet owner should be sued for every bit of damage (physical or emotional)caused by not taking care of the useless pet.

As for childs, I'm sure there are laws that treat this aspect.

My dog was hit by a car today. It was on a cul de sac where there is rarely traffic and I let him off the leash so he has a chance to run once in a while, as he is an apartment dog without a yard to play in.

Long story short, it is TOTALLY MY fault, the guilt is overwhelming. Dogs do not have the ability to understand a human world. I will NEVER allow my dogs off the leash again. It was a horrible, horrible way to learn a lesson that I should have known better.

who cares who's at fault. the primary concern should be your pets care and how to keep this from happening again.it's impossible to watch anyone 100% of the time.

My dog was hit by a car today, around 10pm. It was TOTALLY my fault, as I thought it is night time, nobody is around, and I should let her run for 5 minutes. Unfortunatelly, a car came and hit her. I was screaming so bad, that my poor dog, after she was hit, looked at me in shock and ran away... She had one of her paws hurt... It is past 3 in the morning and I couldn't find her. I was looking in all the bushes around the house, everywhere... I don't know how bad she is hurt. This makes me suffer so much. I don't know if she will ever come back.. If somebody had a similar experience, please write me about it... I don't know what to do. I am desperate... One thing is for sure: If I ever see her again, I will make sure she will be on the leash all the time when she is out...

Coralia, so sorry to hear about it. Maybe your dog ran away from your site cos you were screaming so bad, that the poor dog were afraid of being hit again...and this time by you, for running into a car. Dogs might not read our emotions very well when in shock and your dog was completely in shock and in pain thats for sure. My 10 month female husky dog was hit by a car this morning. It all happened so fast and of course cos I let her do her business without the leash as usual. But today, it was different as she decided to play with the another dog. Lucky me that nothing happen to her other than few scraps. But it is for sure a lesson as I actually felt so stupid after all my neighbors called my house to know whats happened with my dog to tell them that I left her without her leash. It just took a second!

Coralia, I do hope your dog returns. She is probably hidden somewhere as she is afraid of cars already. My dog came right back into my arms and I grabbed her. But I know that at the moment we are in shock and do not know what to do or think right. Wait til morning and go looking for her again with some treats. If you cant find her, a search is needed by some rescue cia as she might be thirty and in pain that might prevents her from going back home.

Good luck...Warm regards...and never again without leash....for us all!

Not too be mean! But please don't let your dogs out without leashes! I hit a dog this afternoon, she came flying out of no-where! Thanksfully her owner was around, and immediately took to the Vet, but I still feel like shit, because I hit a dog.

I used to own a dog, Lassie got sick and died, I never knew why but I was really young. After that I never had another dog in fear of repeating history.

Anyway, I had to say that I have experience about losing a dog. Today, Saturday November 3, 2007, after 30 yrs, I had encountered a similar situation as Cindy and Dan.

I was driving with my family, and after turning to a street I saw that there was an oncoming crosswalk. I was driving with caution as I approached the crosswalk (even though the yield sign was erected for the opposite side of the crosswalk).

It all happened in a split second. In my right a I saw a dog hopping, and a car yielded. As I went past the middle of the crosswalk, the dog suddenly sprang up and charged in front of me as if my car was invisible.

I swerved and tried to veer away but the dog slammed onto my car. I parked on the side to see if I ran him over. The dog seemed to be alright and was running back to it's owner as I noticed the damage to my car, a crack on the inside of the front right fender wheel well.

I was looking at the owner, it was a 'big' kid. I told him that his dog just hit me and he was being defensive saying 'You almost killed my dog...' and 'I can't pay for that'.

I had a witness to the whole situation, it was the car that yielded on the crosswalk. I don't mean to be selfish but I was asking for insurance from the owners' parents who came 10-15 minutes after the incident. They seem to not care at all about taking care of the dog (taking it to the Vet), or entertaining my request for information regarding insurance coverage.

The father just treated it as a minor thing he said and I quote "...it's just like hitting a deer". I couldn't believe how ignorant this person is but he seemed to not care about his dog OR others, especially me; a victim of his and his sons' lack of sense of responsibility and owning up a to their mistake.

I need to know who can help, how do I know that the dog is in safe hands. Even my witness on the crosswalk realized how uneducated and ignorant they looked and sounded from their tone and speech.

How do I get the dog safely out of their hands. Who do I contact?

I left the scene and none of them seemed concerned about their dog, their might have been internal damage to the dog, who knows?

Notice how I haven't even mentioned what I have to go through to get my car fixed....and I have 2 young children.

My dog was hit by a semi-truck. I received the call from the trucker he told me where he was and I went there not knowing what to expect. On the scene I saw a two trailered Kenworth parked on the side of the highway a small man climbed out, "I accidentally hit your dog, I couldn't stop I was going about sixty but the brakes just don't stop thirty tons of weight that fast," he said. "I only looked at the tag, she could be unconscious." I walked around the other side of the truck, Maxine lay in the foot deep of February snow with her head down in it. I walked slowly to her side thinking that she was unconscious. I reached down pulled back her head looked at her face and I knew. Her facial expressions had gone blank there was no reaction in her pupils there was blood coming from her mouth, I knew it was a bad situation and that she was dead, I was just shocked to see her dead in my hands. I picked her up, nodded to the trucker and put her in the back of my jeep, covering her with my emergency wool blanket I kept in case I broke down in a blizzard. Maxine will always be remembered as a true friend and family member, Rest in Peace 2005-2007.

My other dog Jack was luckier than Maxine he was the first dog I owned hit by a car three times first fractured paw, second nothing but a limp for a few days, third his right eye popped out was the last time, I remember taking him to the vet going down Main Street this yapping dog sticking his head out the window with his eye sticking a foot out of his head! Gosh I had a lot of people staring at us. He never got hit since. One other time he broke off his chain and it wrapped around the axle of dad's truck pulling him across the driveway dragging him across the gravel and pavement, no scratches he got up and wanted off the chain bad! He is 12 now the dumbest dog I've ever owned outlived Sasha and Maxine both were hit by vehicles. He might even outlive my bird dog Buddy a Chocolate Lab likes to wander off and piss on everyone's gardens and bushes in town hasn't missed one yet considering how long he is gone at times. I get on his butt bad every time he comes home for pulling a stunt that killed the two dogs that I owned previously both were young Maxine was 2 Sasha was 5. Buddy's only four I wish I could break him of it but I just can't leave him tied up all the time that makes a dog go stupid because he is not being socialized well, thats why dogs sit outside and bark all day because they are either penned up or chained up with nobody to care about them. I honestly don't believe that people spend a lot of money on a dog bring him home pen or chain him up and never spend time with him. A dog is never bad it's the owner that won't devote any time to him. Those type of people should be fined I think that doing that to a dog should be considered abuse!

my dog got hit by a minivan yesterday,he always stayed in the garden but,he saw a cat and ran after it.it was my fault that i didnt have him on a leash but why are cats allowed to roam around everywhere?he never got hurt,but was a little bit shook up.

hey i got a pitt/boxer dog. I live in the country with 5acres of land. I also have a underground fence to keep all my dogs in the yard. But i guess my dog got smart and ran through it and left our property. I know i should have had her trained up but like everybody else u say that this will never happen to you. Well i dont know what kind of car hit her but i know she got hit. All her nails are ripped out cuts on her fact and all skinned up. I fell terriabel. But what really pisses me off that is somebody can hit a dam animal and not even try to find out who the owners are so that they can seek help for their animal. thats fucked up. I know that its is my fault and i have learned my lesson and i hope that she does make it. But people if u hit an animal try to find out who the owner is ok please.

I don't think that was a car that hit your dog Andrew dogs being hit by cars don't usually have scratches, living in the country the dog probably got into a critter of some kind like a badger if the dog is skinned up badgers are very dangerous, I shot one and its claws were 3 inches long long enough to rip the thought out of a grizzly bear. I've seen dogs who tangled into badgers they were lucky if they lived the way some of them looked. The dogs that I've owned that were hit by vehicles had no scratches even Maxine hers was the worst. I do agree that people that hit dogs should try and find the owner an confess like the trucker that hit Maxine doing his job stopping and calling me and then waiting until I got there. People who own dogs should put ID tags on them, all of my dogs have always had them. It stays with you for a long time when you don't confess to doing something by accident and not saying anything.

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uhh... ya.. i thisnk it is the persons fault because theya re dumb to let the dogs run out in the yard without a leash on

My dog got hit about 3 hours ago and I'm sorry, but it was not my fault! I have a 3 year old black lab and a 8 month old Pointer. I let them out in our fenced in back yard to run and play, but not for long periods of time. Somehow both got out and the 8 month old got hit. I went out after about 20 minutes and called for them to come in and they didn't come! My 3 year old dog came running up the driveway barking and yelping so I knew something had happened. The neighbors who saw the accident were helping me look for her and we finally found her curled up in a ball in a corner next to the house and fence of our house under a bush. She has a leg that is broken in 3 places and still drug herself back to her home. I don't believe all owners are responsible if a dog finds a way out of a securely fenced in yard. It's not like we leave our dogs out all day and night, they love to be inside and we have to force them to go outside and play and run.

My Golden Ret just got hit by a car. He escaped from his enclosure and we had just put him out. He was hit real bad, no one bothered to stop. Shame on them. I heard him barking very strangely and went to see him squatting in the yard. An hour later he was at the vet. I sure hope he makes it. My kids were bawling, I feel so bad, but he was in a totally enclosed area.

My dog Fat Boy was hit last night at 10pm. I was riding a bike and he was running next to me. I tried to switch hands with the leash and he got away. He ran into the street and was hit by a car in his hind legs. He ran away afterwards and the driver stopped after I was screaming at him to stop. I looked for him for 2hours until I couldn't drive anymore from crying and worrying myself sick. I went home at around 12am and went back out at 12:30am. I could not leave him out there all alone. I got home this morning at 2:30 and fell asleep with his mother and at 4am she was crying and barking so I went to look out the front wndow and he was there, waiting for me to open the door with collar and leash still on him. He can barely walk but I hope his legs are just sore and the pads on his feet are torn a little. I called the emergency clinic and they will not see him unless I have money right away. I am waiting until the morning to see if I can get him into a vet that is cheap and has a heart. I don't blame him and I don't blame me as I do everything in my power to make sure my dogs are safe. I have gates on both of my home doors because he tries to run and we go for walks because he jumps the fence. I do not blame the driver because he tried to stop however he was speeding. If he were going the speed limit he could have stopped. This was a freak accident and I hope nobody has to go through this. I just wish there were more hospitals out here with a payment plan so these animals could have the emergency care they need right away. As he is my responsibility I pick his 80lb body up every few hours (and as much as he is heavy I don't care because he is my baby) and carry him to the bush outside to go potty and carry him back in.

I think I might have hit a dog at about 6:30 tonight. I was coming up on a hill in a residential area and there were a bunch of people and kids at the top. At first I thought it was some kind of party, and that the people could be drunk because many of them were in the middle of the road. I slow down to about 5 mph and a small dog runs in front of my car. I easily brake and the owner scoops up the dog. I begin to accelerate and only seconds later a brown and white pit bull springs in front of my headlights. I could not have been going faster than 5 mph, and there is a chance that I might have hit the dog. After I brake, it runs towards the driveway of a house and looks fine to me... even so I stop for a moment and roll down my window to see if anyone is concerned. No one says anything and I decide that the dog was unharmed. I drive down to my destination, my friend's house at the bottom of the hill. As soon as I'm inside and lock the door, we hear banging like someone has been locked outside. When I open the door I see this extremely agitated 40 year old man. "Is that your car?!" Me: "Yes, is there a problem?" "You hit my dog, you #$@&*" The next thing I know I'm shoved against the door and drilled for my driver's license number and name which I readily provide. He jots down my license plate number and storms off. I swear that dog has to be fine. I looked at my bumper and there isn't a dent. My friend riding in the car with me said he didn't even feel anything. Am I liable for this man's dog? It wasn't even on a leash. I would feel bad except that the dog looked fine to me and no one said anything as I stopped and rolled down my window. As the man was walking back to his house (apparently he ran to find me) I asked him if he wanted my phone number and he said no. Unfortunately I jotted down my DL and name for him on one of my bank receipts so I hope he doesn't steal from me as a way to get revenge. Should I be worried about this incident?

Wow if my law gets passed if a cop would have seen you you would have gotten a fine for hitting the animal. I am writing congress for a law that protects animals from this type of cruelity. If a child were in the road and you hit the child you could go to jail for involuntary man slaughter if the child died. So even though in your story the dog didn't die it was still in some sort of pain. My plan is to have a law in which if a cop sees someone hit an animal or someone else sees someone hit an animal and happens to grab there plate number then that person has to pay a $500 fine. so people need to be more cautious.

While having a family party yesturday me and my cousin decide to play football outside. Someone from the inside of the house lets the dog out (8 year old puggle). So the dog is runnign all around and he decides to run across the street. I heard a truck coming and I start running to the street. Too late, I heard my baby puggle make the most horrifying noise you could ever hear, and I knew. My dog died in the car going to the vet. This was only yesterday and the pain is unbearable.

The Puggle was only 8 months not 8 years********

On Saturday night I got home from work at 10:30 and noticed right away when my siberian husky montana didn't greet me at the door.My roommate was sitting on the porch and she said she had just let him back in the house 20 minutes ago. He was no where to be found. I began walking around the neighborhood calling to him and clapping.There is a bad street by my house so I went there first. I asked my roomates to hang out there and watch for him while I looped around the neighborhood but they got in their cars to go looking. A few minutes later while standing at the top of my street I saw him run across the road. I ran as fast as I could towards him, calling his name. I was litterally 30 seconds away from him when I saw 4 cars drive by on the otherwise empty road. I then heard him howling and crying in pain. I was by his side in seconds. I am an EMT and have seen some bad things, but this was by far the worst experience for me ever. I picked him up and my roommate and I got him into the back of her car. He was bleeding badly from his legs. We got him to the vet in minutes but there was nothing they could do for him. My heart is so broken. Montana was my best friend and we hiked and ran together all over. He even climbed to the top of Mount Washington with me. I don't know each day I feel a little better but it's hard to see the future without him. It just helps to talk about it. Thanks for listening.

I am so sad. My 1 year old pet Lhasa Apso, Irie, was my best friend ever. I took excellent care of this dog. We have a fenced in yard and she never got out of the yard before. However, this morning when we woke up, Irie was in the middle of the street. She had been hit by some evil person and they just kept on going. My daughter let her out of her crate to go to the bathroom as usual at about 7:30 in the morning and we woke up at about 10 o'clock and there she was. We don't know how she managed to dig a hole and squeeze out the gate. But we feel terrible. She was a wonderful dog with a great personality. We are deeply saddened by this loss and we will miss our little Irie terribly. So sometimes, accidents do just happen. Luckily there was no blood, which was very unusual. But this was a very traumatic and heartbreaking experience for all of us. We don't want any more pets. It's too sad when you lose them.
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my dog ran in to the side of a truck. the truck was going slow but i dont know if my dog is hurt. he has a bumbover his left eye. what shud i do ?

I am distraught. After quite a few things went haywire and our puppy got hit by a speeder. The speeder felt terrible too- he drove us to the hospital. It was almost my son and my dog in front of my eyes - we were both trying to catch the puppy after my 6 year old forgot to close the gate. The dog will be okay.
I am very sad to see people are so happy to kick others when they are down and tell them how stupid they are and they hope they learned a lesson. What is this world coming to? When talking about how others should know better is so important! Those of you who have never had a series of unfortunate events happen to you and use this to make yourself feel superior- I pray for you and our world. I hope we can all become part of a world where people care for one another more than care to rub mud in someone's face. The first guy who thinks only of his car and thinks children should not be able to play in their own back yard turns my stomach even though I bet those people wished they had put in a fence or a chain - he doesn't know all the facts of that family but he assumes they are stupid and irresponsible because of what happened to his precious car!

weve just lost our little sally through bein hit by a motorhome vehicle, she was with our other dogs in the field playing with their nan. gates all shut as we ave horses as well all hedged with chicken wire threw the hedges. unfortunatly only yesterday she must of seen 2 dogs threw the hedge and obviously found a small rabbit gap as we shouted her as we noticed her at last minuet shed gone threw ova rd and we heard a bang. it was instant but we cant cope. a lady stopped and sed to the driver ave u just killed that f king dog uve just nearly ran me off the rd. i really cant cope with it all she was one of our babies.family funeral was at 8pm last nite with all of us and pets there. im on tranquilizers cant cope

well my dog got hit by a car yesterday. I found out only when i got home. im out in the country!! i live in harrisburg. missouri!!! like the smallest town in america. my dog had followed our car and he got out onto the road. my step=mother saw him and went"oh hes going to get hit by a car" but she didnt do anything about it!!! just let him be out on the road. when she came back my dog was lying in a pool of blood. I agree it IS all her fault! she cud have let him get in the car and rise with us!! or at least turn around and put him back in the house. but she didnt. The person who hit him didnt stick around though!! we dont know who hit our poor dog. our dog suffered for 15 minutes!!! because my dad a left for work to go to columbia and he was halfway there. but he came back. my dog was still half alive. my dog is a chinese-crested papion. He is extremely fast and smart. he will be dearly missed. especially by my 19 year old brother who spent the most time with OG who cried for 2 hours

My dog got hit by a car today, He is a sheperd/husky mix. I had him out with my minpin(who was on a leash) without a leash like I always have, he always stays by my side. He rarely gets 10ft from me. Anyway, today he saw a lab puppy across a busy street and took off across our acre front yard. I ran with my min pin in tow and saw a mazda speeding up the road. I already knew he was going to get hit, i got about 20 ft from him when he was struck in the head and shoulder and flipped about 10 ft in the air.

This is 100% my fault, and I have never witnessed any as horrible as this. He cried so loud and I just sat beside him and rubbed his head. The miracle in all of this is that he had no wounds, not even a piece of fur missing.

He got up and started pouncing around and I took him to the vet to get checked out about 10mins later. I learned a hard lesson today, and I feel in my heart like I let my best friend down. It truly is a miracle that he's OK.

I know this is about dogs but could I post something about a cat? My cat went missing on Sept. 19, and I haven't been able to find him since. I ran an ad in the paper and found out he got hit by a car in his hindquarters on the day he went missing. He did make it to the other side of the road, although limping, and the woman immediately went looking for him but he had taken off. A fairly reliable sighting of him occured 5 days later. I have called every vet, humane society, looked in people's yards, etc. Everywhere. We can't find him anywhere. A vet tech said it was promising that he had survived (if it was him) for 5 days after being hit. I am a wreck, can't sleep, can't eat, can only imagine him being hurt and missing me as much as I miss him.

my cat got into the hood of my car (without my knowledge) he road about a block like that then came down thru the bottom of the car
I immediately stopped and saw him run to the side of the road ...when I went to lok for him he was gone
I've searched the last 12 hours...walked all over- put up signs and fliers, contacted police, clinics, humane society
I'm a mess
could he have survived that? I never let him out except he ran out in the back
any advice please

maybe its me, but I thought yards were meant so your dog and children could run around? The leash is for when they are on walks. My dog was hit recently, she was in the yard and my friend was over, I went to go get the cat in the drive way and shut the gate behind me, because I have a husky who likes to run, my friend shortly after followed me to the drive way without locking the gate, the ran out and was hit, this is considered our fualt and now I have to pay for the damages becuase the owner did not have collision, now this wasn't my fault and im paying, how about you consider what an accident is, and yes they happen but do not yell at us for, we are not responsible, for a dogs actions, just like children run away and into the street after a ball, sometimes we jsut don't have time to react, beleive me I feel the guilt, a dog going for a cat is natural, training will not solve that issue

My little Jack Russell got hit a couple days ago, and miraculously survived. All you jerks who are saying that the owner is at fault?? As much as you try to take care of your dog there is always a chance that, unwatched even for a split second, a dog could take off and end up in the street. I'd like to see you people try to catch a running Jack Russell!!! "Christian" who posted in September, 2007 is just a moron. Owners should be held liable for their dog barking at someone??? If someone doesn't like dogs, I find it speaks a lot to their character.

The enemy in any unfortunate dog and car incident is the driver who doesn't stop. Whoever hit my dog just kept driving, even though he MUST have seen/felt that he hit a dog. I wish I could run into him in a dark alley...
Which brings me to one of my biggest pet peeves. Why do so many people speed in residential areas?? Are you so important, that you need to get where you're going so quickly? It's one thing to speed on a highway, with nothing around, and quite another to go double the speed limit on residential streets. It could just have easily been a child you hit. Morons.

our dog dipstick passed away on oct 18th at 2pm. He was in our four foot high fenced 1/3 acre yard but gets so excited when he sees a dog out front he tends to jump. Well our 40 pound german shepherd mix jumped over the fence and was hit by a neighbor a few houses down. No I do not consider her at fault as she and her young daughter were traumatized and crying. I came back from vacation last night oct 18th and the dog did not greet me upon arrival. As i saw his collar with rabies tag and id attached on the table, my husband said Dipstick is dead. I can not tell you how horrible we both feel and the only comfort is he died right away on impact. He was a really good smart dog and was even nice to our two cats. We had to take him to be cremated this morning and last night after my husband told me i ran out to the side of the garage to see him lying there dead and cold. I went and got a blanket to cover him. This morning we had our own prayer service and brougnt our 2 cats out on leashes to say our goodbyes. He always waited for ice cubes out of the ice cube maker as a treat so we all had one that we kissed and then put in front of him. He went for his last ride today and it was beautiful out and i will always love him and hope as he was in a group burial that he will be with all the doggies he loved so much. Love you always, Dipper x0x0x0

I don't understand why the topic of everyone's conversation is who's at fault. It is just tragic when any dog gets hit, yours or mine...period. It doesn't really matter if you are the most careful and responsible person in the world, accidents happen...to the best of us. If your dog has ever been hit, don't take the guilt so heavy on your shoulders..just learn your lesson and try to avoid the same mistake. Sad to say that my puppy was hit last night, but worst of all by me. I came home for an hour and after I started my car, I was talking to my son for a few minutes before I backed up. When I did back up however, it was the worst feeling ever. My puppy had been sleeping under my car. She seems to be doing okay but the guilt was horrendous at first. I just put everything into God's hands and prayed continuously for her..

Here is a story from someone who was in car that hit a dog.

My wife and I have been backpacking around europe. Today we are in Slovakia. The day began like any other, with breakfast and the simple pleasure of the anticipation of the new sites we would see that day.

I decided we would go to a mountainous park during the afternoon, then follow it up with a visit to the relaxing hot springs in a town nearby. What could be better than that?

I decided we would take a bus to a town called spisska nova ves, then change to another bus to get to the park. But the first bus stopped so many times on the way to town that I started to regret not finding a taxi.

Then when we got to the town the bus stopped at a small stop, and we had no idea where the bus station was. Noone i tried to ask spoke english, so we decided to flag down a taxi. After two passed on the other side of the street, I was able to flag one down, we negotiated the price, and off we went. I felt good.

As we were driving I realized i only had large bills to pay with, so i showed him this, and he decided to pull over at a news stand so i could get change. But the stand was closed, so we sped off and he said we could get change at the park.

Soon we were on one of those one lane each direction highways so common in the country side. We came up to a slow moving truck that other cars were attempting to go around. Our driver gave it his effort, zooming out into the oncoming traffic lane when he could, and leap frogging cars in front of us until we were in front of the truck. My wife said she was scared, and i agreed with her though i didn't say it.

After this the driver resumed his acceleration. Just then we saw a yellow bus stopped on the oncoming traffic lane, with a few cars backed up behind it. Then I saw a black dog walking in front of the bus, and it trotted out into our lane. Our driver tried to brake, but there was no time. The dog disappeared under the hood of our taxi and there was that ghastly heavy thud. Next thing i heard the dog yelping in the frantic way dogs yelp upon being struck, my wife screamed, the taxi driver exclaimed something in slovak, and we both yelled at him to pull over.

I jumped out of the car with him and walked with him to the dog dreading what I would see. When we arrived at the dog, he was not bleeding, but he was clearly injured as he was trying to do something to try to stand up, but could not. He then turned his head and looked me in the eye. I saw those sad brown eyes and immediately saw the eyes of our own dog.

My wife jumped out of the car and ran up to me and the dog and she was frantic and started to cry.

I tried to go up to the dog but the driver waived me off indicating it was a stray and may be diseased or rabid. The dog had scruffed hair but looked like a sweet dog, but I stayed back. I felt awful for this poor animal just silently laying on the grass pleading for help with its eyes only. I felt so helpless.

the driver went back and retrieved his license plate from the road, then took out a road warning sign from his trunk and placed it on the road, and took the taxi sign off the car and started making phone calls with his cell phone.

He told us he was calling us a new taxi, and asked us for our phone number, in case the police want us to corraborate what happened. As we got into the new taxi i looked back at the dog and he was moving his body. I couldn't tell if he was trying to get up or if it was convulsions, but it was very distressing to see.

The original driver promised he would make sure he gets help for the injured animal, and the new driver took us to the park.

Finally when we arrived and got alone into the woods I broke down and wept. I knew it wasn't my fault but i also knew that my actions started a chain of events that led to the accident. I felt too guilty to continue on and enjoy my day so after an hour we returned to our driver and asked him to take us to our town and hotel.

I asked him to call the other driver to see what happened. He did this and told me the dog was picked up and driven to an animal hospital. I have no way of knowing if they were telling the truth, but after reading the other stories here of dogs getting hit but surviving, i do feel encouraged.

I too have let my own dog run free at our house and at my parents house. From now on i will not do that anymore.

Hey jackass it wasnt my fault my dog got hit. she died in the when we were taking her to the emergency room about and hour ago! so fuckk you! im not fucking irresposible, you should be fucking glad you didnt kill that dog, cause if you had some kids would been upset and mad as hell and i hope you would feel guilty about it! next time i hope you do kill the dog! It will be all your faultt for being a fucking terrrible driver you asshole.

Yep, accidents happen. My dog Carson got hit last night. He's a big black lab mix and the car was going slow, so everyone is fine, our vet just checked him out and he just has a sore leg. It was a fluke thing that the front door was left open for a second while I took out our recycling and Carson took off. After he got hit he disappeared, we have no idea where he went and we spent all night looking for him. He eventually came home at 3am. I take full responsibility and thank God that nobody was injured in the car and that Carson is going to be fine. Dogs will be dogs, people will be people, accidents happen. Lets all try to be compassionate...

Well I have to go with it is the Adults responsibility. Yes Accidents happen, but that dog is dependent on the adult just as a child is. I do not see many children being hit by cars because parents are buckling in other siblings, kissing or doing anything other than protecting their child. Everyone screams they are part of the family. Then act like it. Now on the other side of the coin, the driver should also take on responsibility as they would if they hit a child. Also take in to account if it was a DEER, who is responsible? I was away this weekend and left my 59 year old mother and 17 year old son to watch my dogs. The husky will run at the opportunity and is never without a leash. The Shepard will not and unless she is to be out for long periods I never leash her. Well my son locked the door and went to bed earlier in the evening, my mother with her broken hip is laying on my couch when she is woke up by a chill. The door although locked apparently did not latch properly and the gust of wind blew the door open, thus allowing my husky to get out. This I do not call irresponsible, neglect or anything other than an unforeseen accident, measures were and are taken and it does happen. He is at the vet currently as we are trying to figure out how to pay for his surgery and to bring him home. The driver is NOT Innocent in this but again, ACCIDENTS DO HAPPEN, why else would we have accidents?????? Now, would my child have gone out of the house?? No, would my Shepard, no, so although I know that the husky will and I have been working on his training, it still did happen. Stop playing the blame game, every one needs to take responsibility, the owner and the driver. See, if the driver swerved to miss the dog and hit a guard rail or ditch, insurance would cover the damage, but instead, he chose to take the safe route avoid an accident and hit the dog, which insurance won't cover. Nice to see that a material replaceable vehicle means more than a dogs life. Or any animal. I will swerve (if able, which from eye witnesses, more than had enough time to get out of the way and could have missed my dog) to miss any animal, including a possum. Guess my ramblings here are a bit much, bottom line is Accidents do happen and everyone is responsible for them but doesn't mean it was because they were irresponsible.

Hi, My husband and I had a beautiful 9 month old border collie named Nieka. My young grandchild and Nieka fell assleep while I was reading to my grandchild in the living room. My brother husband and another friend were visiting down stairs. My loonitick ex sister inlaw came honking her horn and threatening to bash into my brothers car. This was about 9;00 pm. In all the commotion, my brother did not latch the gate correctly and somehow Nieka slipped out the front door without him seeing her. Kyra my grandchild was so afraid because of the commotion but said she saw Nieka had gotten out. Within 2 minutes 4 cars were out looking for her. We had had a professional dog trainer to help us get her to come when called but we hadn't finished her training. She was fast as lightening I know because we clocked her on our 4 wheeler and 25 to 3o miles per hour is fast. I swear if only I would have made a right turn instead of a left we might have saved her from this terrible accident. Needless to say she was three blocks away from home probably on her way back. When I turned the corner I saw flashers on a car and people standing over her, my heart sank. My husband cell # was on her tags so he got the call and was right behind us. I must say the gut renching feelings were horible, I believe she probable ran into the car at full speed. My husband and I both grieved this loss for quite sometime and do still miss her. Being a border collie lovers we finally broke down and got another one. I must say having him in our family has helped quite a bit. He is now 1 and 1/2 years old. We had a dog trainer help pick him out, he's the most wonderful animal. I guess I'm, writing this to say if you loose a pet to a car accident no matter whose at fault it's still a heart renching, guilt driven sort of grief. When we finally got another border collie it was the best thing we could have done. Buddy is still in training, He comes most of the time. When ever he is outside he is still on a leash, even on our seven acre fenced area. We are hoping one day to let him explore the acrege on his own but we still have a lost dog syndrome. So we are very protective, One good training tool is to, teach your dog not to go outside with out you or your permission. I didn't exchange phone numbers with the people that hit Nieka, but I was glad they called and stayed with her untill we got there.

I would have to agree with the person above who says it is indeed an owners responsibility to ensure the safety of their pet. If this happened to a child the parent would certainly be in trouble for being negligent. We live in a society where it is chic to blame others for our mistakes.

I watched a dog get hit by a car yesterday on a four lane highway with a suicide lane in the center. This road is a major thoroughfare so the average speed of the traffic was about 45 mph. Driving down the road I had to come to a complete stop as two cars in front of me had also come to a sudden halt. I figured an accident had taken place. As I continued to watch I see a dog come out from in front of the first car. They either had just stunned the dog or they managed to avoid hitting it. The next thing I saw was the dog take off running across the suicide lane as fast as he could run. The dog had no chance as a car driving by Hit the front part of the dog's body and sent it flying through the air twirling like a boomerang. The dog continued spinning as it slid across the pavement coming to a stop near my car. The dog was dead by the time he hit the ground and he had no chance at all.

The owner of this dog was responsible by their carelessness to let it run free like that. Sure accidents happen, however I doubt anyone would have been so quick to dismiss responsibility if it had been a child's head that was bounced off the front bumper of a passing car at 45 MPH. The car who hit the dog never stopped and they just kept on going down the road like nothing had happened. This is a sad example society's indifference to the suffering and death in the world around them. To anyone so careless, next time it may be your child's head being smashed in by a bumper instead of your beloved family pet. Own up and just be more responsible. And if you see someone who is careless in this manner, perhaps they are an unworthy steward.

In the neighborhood I grew up in a little girl was killed by a car in exactly the same way when she swerved her bicycle out into the road not realizing the danger. Her parents could have watched her better, the motorist could have also considered the danger when they saw a child near the road. Of all the things that went wrong, blaming someone after the fact will not bring her back. Her name was Laura Rose and I am sure her family still miss her and nothing will take that pain away ever. So if you have a pet or a child you care about then you better be responsible or you may be living the nightmare someday I just wrote about.

I definitely agree with the people who say that the owners of the dog are responsible for keeping their dog on leash and off of the streets and on the property, no matter what it takes. Our dog was hit by a car about 6 weeks ago (Thank G-d he's okay now). He was in the back yard for about 1 hour, when he dug his way under the fence, which we had reinforced, and out into the street.

When we tell the story, people say, "Did you find the person who hit your dog?" The person whose car HE ran under was hysterical, and upset. I always say, the driver didn't do anything wrong; our dog suddenly and unexpectedly ran out into the street.

We are soooo careful but still - the bottom line is that this is a dog's nature. Some dogs nature is to dig and to run into streets; all dogs' nature is to follow a scent. If you have a dog, you need to understand and accept your dog's nature. If your dog was born to run, you need to keep him on a lead at all times. That is your responsibility as a dog OWNER.

Traffic is a human notion and a human creation, not a dog's notion or creation.

Even at night when we walk our dog, we put flashing lights on his collar so that cars can see him. The lead should be strong. Dog owners need to take extra precautions to ensure safety of their pets, and safety of others, and safety on the streets.

When we had the dog in the hospital, a little girl came up to me and asked what happened to him and then asked,"Didn't he look both says?" Most of the people writing these comments are adults, not children.

I posted before but would like to add. I think the original poster is also correct in another way: The same owner who wasn't monitoring his/her children wasn't monitoring his/her dog. The parents (of children) and owners (of the dog) were negligent and irresponsible in both areas to maintain the safety and security of their children and pets.

This happened one hour ago:

I was walking with my 10 year old australian cattle dog on the footpath which was crossing a drive way into a small community. He was off leash and walking 1. 5 meters behind me. A taxi turned into the drive without looking, fortunataly only going about 20-30 and hit my dog. My dog took a big hit, and had the hell scared out of him and ran. I lost it and punched the taxi driver in the head. Not saying that was the right thing to do, but thats what happened. I ran around looking for my dog thinking he had ran away to die.

Thankfully i found him waiting for me at home as if nothing at happened.

Just sharing this story with you all. Whose fault is it? Is it mine for allowing him to walk a few meters behind me, or is it the taxi driver for not looking before turning crossing a side walk to go into a community?

Some will say its my fault, but the truth is, even if he was on a leash this could have happened as the taxi only missed me by half a meter

do you think after a dog gets hit by a car they'll realize it's dangerous to run in the street? my boyfriedns dog got hit by a car a few hours ago, hes okay thank god, but he broke off the leash in the backyard and ran into a busy street

My 2 year old Silky Terrier got hit by a car today and it is totally my fault. On our way back to put her inside the apartment, she was already exited and ran straight toward an open garage. It happen so fast as soon as she hit the one lane road in the complex of course a car comes and smacks her. I just heard the impact and her yelping and running a few feet away. She was in shock but let me pick her back up. The neighbor said he saw it and she just rolled underneath the car. She was ok thank god with only one little scratch on her throat. I took her to the vet and she was a little anxious nut running all around. I will never let her off leash again!