Our12.5 year old rescue got killed by a bus on Monday. 😔

Christ, that’s horrifying. So sorry for your loss and the trauma of the whole ordeal.

God that's horrible. Sorry to hear that, and what a great attempt you made at least to be a good loving dog-dad. Sorry, OP!

Fuck, I'm so sorry for him and for you.

Big love to you for trying to give him a good life with the remainder he had left, and I'm sorry you didn't get longer with him (and he with you).

Hugs.

I'm so sorry.

Rabbit Whole Story.

You gave him a good life and a good death. That poor dog might have ended up as roadkill if it hadn't been for you. My condolences, don't grieve, think of the happiness and security you gave him.

((((OP))))

[quote]r7 ...he (obviously in horrible pain) attacked my hand and face.

Well, you'll always have the scars to remember him by.

How does a dog "slip out" of a collar?

EST.

An extremely fucked up one.

fake trauma dumping

I appreciate the supportive comments. Truly thank you. It's bee a really rough week - and I'm not looking for sympathy. just wanted to record this somewhere. I was in the ER this morning with a plastic surgeon addressing the dog bite on my chin and lip. They really did a good job. I've never had stitches before. One thing I did learn - If you ever have a deep skin wound its important to get to the ER and stitched in the first 4-8 hours (or sooner). Mine was 48 hours later and they had to reopen the wounds, clean and stitch me up - it was way more complicated because I waited. Maybe that tidbit will help someone some day when they (or someone they're dealing with) doesn't want to go to the hospital.

[quote]Rabbit Whole Story.

Oh dear.

R5, if you’re going to be a cunt, at least be a grammatically correct one.

I'm so sorry, OP.

Was it a rescue?

I'm so sorry OP

As soon as I hear "rescue" referring to a pet I stop listening.

It's self congratulatory/virtue signaling and often not true.

It was a rescue - and a senior dog (12.5 years old) who had been turned into the same shelter 3 times. Not trying to self-congratulate or virtue signal - fuck off. I was simply conveying that we didn't pick him up from a breeder or pet store. I was driving home from the aiport tonight and noticed his nose prints on windows of my car - it really sucks he's gone. I appreciate the kind thoughts from people who expressed it. It helped me get through the week.

R9, you can't believe what they can slip out of. They're like mice and cockroaches: they seem to be able to distort their body shape to get into spaces and out of harnesses you could have sworn were impossible. Please console yourself about that, OP. Everyone who has walked a dog on a collar and leash has probably had them escape that way at least once. It's just luck if you can get them back before they've run on a road, got in a fight or fallen off something.

I hope you photographed the marks on your car windows :)

I am sorry OP. Losing a pet is so devastating especially while you watch it happen. This is why I wont ever get another dog, I just can't handle the loss.

Reading OP’s post, I think it was suicide… that dog saw the crosstown and his chance for freedom and took it.

I know this whole story is a lie.

I have a real story that is true and more traumatizing. Some nut couple living on an acreage right next to Interstate 70 in O’Fallon MO. 1990 or so. Drove by every day on way to work and they’d be out in their yard trying to train their two boxer dogs to respond to whistles. Real whistles like coaches have. It didn’t work. Driving by one day traffic had come to a standstill because the car in front of me had rolled right over one of them and as the woman part of the couple was trying to drag her off the road by her collar the dog in,pain was biting her whole wrist while the woman was commiserating. Horrifying scene I never forgot. The other Boxer dog was cowering and crying in the ditch. He knew something Very Bad was happening.

Some sap upthread typed "you gave him a good death".

What bothers me is so many people will rush out to rescue a damn dog, get it its shots, fatten it up, invite it into their bed, let it sleep on the couch all damn day.... yet no one will do that for me.

I'm SINGLE, people!

Sorry for your loss OP., but dog culture is truly insane. People try so hard to change the nature of dogs instead of letting them live their lives as intended. Cats are perfect pets to keep in the home. Dogs are simply not meant to be kept as indoor pets.

Good god, this is horrible.

OP- We all end- one way or another.

Your dog had a GREAT later life thanks to your care.

Hang in there and I am so sorry-

I'm so sorry for your loss and accompanying drama, OP. It sounds awful.

PETCO Bogo ends Mon. Snooze and lose OP

I’m so sorry op. You must be in so much pain. You loved him like he deserved to be loved and I hope you can take comfort in that. You didn’t fail him

It's worse than that R24. They fallow the dog around so they can crap wherever they need to and pick it up for him. You will never find love like that. No one picking up your crap. Sorry.

All dog walkers should have their dogs on a leash with back up collars the kind that makes it impossible for a dog to slip out of a leash.

Any dog trainer should be able to show how to do this if you don’t know how

An avoidable error