Had A TRULY Sick Feeling Today

txdon · May 18, 2004

Gary, unavoidable accidents happen. What is done after shows the character of a person. You've done good. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

GerardC · May 18, 2004

( All I can say Garry is Thanks for doing the right thing. I don't handle stories like these well.)

DITTO! Either do I. Good man. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif G

JDgreen227 · May 18, 2004

Golfgar4...

BLESS YOU for your caring and concerned attitude and I wish everyone were as unselfish as you are. We lost a family dog to a driver who I saw run over our pet and they never tried to slow or swerve, let alone stop and attempt to aid. The world is full of cold hearted and selfish people and you should be proud of your actions in taking the time to aid one of God's creatures.

In other words...YOU DONE GOOD. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

JimR · May 18, 2004

Garry, You are a true man. Most people could care less and just keep right on going. My hat is off to you today for doing the right thing.

Junkman · May 18, 2004

Gary.. I am proud of you for what you did and didn't do. You did stop and aid and you didn't deny responsibility by running. When I move to MA back in 1973, I had a Weimeraner named Lightning. She was a very street smart dog and was loved by all that knew her. After being here a year or so, I purchased a home on the main road, which was also a state highway with a lot of traffic. Lightning was very astute about cars and always kept her eye on them. I let her out the front door one morning and she went to her usual place near the curb to take her morning dump. As usual, she always faced traffic and kept her eyes on the oncoming cars. I felt that she was always safe because she would never go into the roadway unless I was with her and she was leached. She had been trained this way, plus she also became very street smart because of where we lived previously. A driver that morning, jumped the curb and aimed his car at the dog. She ran back toward the house and he kept driving toward her in an attempt to hit her. Luckily he wasn't able to out maneuver her, but in his attempt, he slammed his car into the large pine tree in the front lawn. I called the police and since I was so angry at him, I didn't offer any first aid for his injuries, even though I was a paramedic with the ambulance squad at the time. (Lightning was the Squad mascot also.) I figured that he could die for all that I cared, and wished that he had. When the police arrived, I explained what had happened because I was standing in the front door watching everything unfold. They ticketed him for "not driving in marked lanes". I wanted them to ticket him for reckless endangerment, but they wouldn't. I insisted that he not be able to just pay the ticket and that a court hearing was required and they did agree to that. At the court hearing, he tried to say that he just lost control. I explained to the judge what had happened and as a result, the man lost his license to drive for 6 months. The reason that I post this is because I know that there are some people that hate dogs and deliberately will try to take their lives. Luckily mine wasn't one of them. Too often dog/car accidents aren't accidents at all, but deliberate acts. I am glad that the people that own that dog won't ever wonder if the dog was hit by accident or by a malicious person. Your caring showed that it was truly an accident that couldn't be avoided.

GerardC · May 19, 2004

( ....Your caring showed that it was truly an accident that couldn't be avoided.)

.....and that there are still decent people in the world /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif. G

Boondox · May 19, 2004

Good for you, Junkman! Few things get me riled as much as cruelty to a loving companion! Grrrrr!

Pete

Boone · May 19, 2004

I had a good feeling yesterday. I came over a small rise in the road and stopped to help a couple day old calf get back into it's pasture.

Golfgar4 · May 19, 2004

Thanks ALL for the nice and supportive comments. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif They are greatly appreciated.

I guess I posted this as a way of helping deal with it. I shudder to think how it would have affected me if Bouncer had been killed.

I guess most of us have similar stories of one kind or another. For those of you that have never had something like this happen, I pray that you will never learn what it is like.

Thanks again guys! It sure is great knowing there is always TBN to fall back on for support, whether it's for information about tractors, or helping a person get through the loss of a loved one (pet or otherwise).

YOU GUYS ARE THE BOMB !! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif