Say a doggie prayer tonight...

Oh, what a sad night. My mom, Addie and I came home from Target around 9:15 pm and when we got about a 1/2 mile from the home I saw a dog running northbound on Aspen (major road in BA) - the opposite direction we were travelling. I slowed down and she ran behind me. I saw two cars behind me stop and then headlights and it looked like the doggie got hit. In a split second we had to make a decision. Mom told me to go on, go home, drop Addie off and she would go back and make sure that the doggie was gone or being taken care of.

I get home and Greg is still not home from work. Strange b/c he was supposed to be home by now. I tried calling his cell phone and he wasn't answering. My mom goes, maybe Greg was behind us and stopped to help. So mom stuck around for about 20 minutes and Greg finally called.

Greg indeed stopped. He saw a black SUV hit the dog, pause and drive off. What kind of person does that? The poor doggie was left in the street, in pain, and suffering. Another lady stopped her car in the lane the dog was in so she (I'm just calling her she) wouldn't be hit again. The lady that stopped called the police b/c the dog was in the roadway (Aspen - Southbound). Greg got a blanket out of the car, wrapped the dog up (Collie/Shepard mix) and sat with her while she winced in pain. The cop couldn't believe the dog let Greg do that. Greg sat with this poor animal for nearly 20 minutes waiting for animal control to come. He said that he was able to pet her and hold her and she never growled or winced at him.

When animal control came, Greg gave him our numbers and asked if they would call tomorrow. The lady also waited and her and Greg exchanged numbers. Thank goodness another person stopped to be with Greg. Greg said that the animal control person couldn't get near the dog and she had to be pulled and basically thrown in the back of the truck. SO SAD.

In hindsight Greg wishes now we would have just taken her to an emergency vet but hopefully we will hear something. We decided that we'll do whatever we can financially to help her and will adopt her if needed. Hopefully she's "salvagable" like the cop said.

Greg is just distraught and so sad. He is such a good man. I'm lucky to have a sweet, caring person. I know people think dogs are just dogs but we both have a sweet spot in our hearts for animals.

I'll post what we find out....fingers crossed that it's good news.