thankyou so much for your kind words, it means a lot. Just hoping the vets rings back with some promising news today.

I look like a smack head on the other hand, but hey who cares, ill heal, just hope murphy does as well

Sarah

 

fingers crossed for ye mate

 

Gutted for you, and poor little Murphy.
He's soooooo cute in that pic.

And like many others have said, I'd chip in for his recovery too

Fingers crossed for the l'il fella, and get well soon yourself.

 

Mate that breaks my heart, I have a boxer also.We love them they dont have or at least mine doesnt have any road sense, my front door leads onto a busy road so I totally know where your coming from as he has got out once before..


I hope he makes a full recovery, just a terrible accident dont blame yourself or anyone. fingers crossed for him

ps anyone who knows boxers, well they are the most loveable dogs you could meet, mines is scarded of his own shadow.

Id be happy to chip in with everyone to help

 

Any news today? Hope you get well soon too

 

I cant find the pics they must have been on andrews photobucket but his rottie jim was only young & had to be put in traction looked a right wee soul but if you seen him now you would never tell it took a while tho but worth it.

 

horrible news, dogs/pets are like a part of the family..
i sure he'll get well soon,,

im sure he cant wait to be back home..

x

 

Poor little mite, fingers crossed for a speedy recovery.

 

Fingers Crossed for today.

 

I'll send Ł20 if we get a kitty going

 

Any news on murphy yet sarah ?

 

SO A DOG RUNS OUT ONTO THE ROAD FREELY AND YOU SAY THE DRIVER NEEDS SHOOTING!!!!
hope the dog gets better but in my eyes in no way was the driver @ fault!

 

Agreed, I do hope the dog gets better. But it is 100% the dogs fault.

 

Yeah it's the dogs fault... But the driver must be a right cunt to not stop and offer assistance and help so I can see why feel people so strongly and feel he should be shot.

Benni.

 

Who cares who's fault it is as long as he gets better ! no matter what the driver should have stopped

 

Hope you and Murphy are doing ok today?,

Worrying times all the same!

 

Im glad someone used their brain when reading my replys.

As Benni said, its not the fact the driver hit the dog, its their actions AFTER the incident that got my blood boiling, and made me say what i did.

The LEAST you can do is go and see if the dog is ok and say your awfully sorry etc etc, not just have a peek and shoot off


Hope you get good news today, and let us all know how hes doing

 

Terrible news, hope he makes a quick speedy recovery

 

i keep looking on here to see if any news on him yet

If i hit a dog i would feel so bad and try to help as much as i could.

 

exactly the same.....first thing i would do would be to offer to take the dog to the vets and hope it would be ok.

fingers still crossed for you...

 

sorry to hear this - same thing happened to me - with my 12 yr old Husky- bobo - someone came to look at a car on my drive - now I always open and close gate onto road - guy took car for a test drive - and like a twat - I didnt shut gates straight away but stood nattering on the drive - sods law - someone walking past on otherside of the road witha dog - bobo being him - decides to go over and check it out - when he was smacked by a pick up truck... its the worst noise ever - if you havent heard it. guy stopped and was gutted...broke his back and like you he had a go at me - just shock -as I tried to calm him and pick him up...straight to vets where they did an anal test to see if he had feelings in his back end - but no go and had to put him down there and then..devastateds not the word - I rawed my fooking eyes out in the vets.. and for days after......still never really got over it - as I feel I let him down....

hopefully they can sort him out as they do miracles in them vets..... fingers crossed for you mate...

 

We are back home after a very long day. Got the call to say insurance had agreed to sort out the op, and to transfer him to Bishop Auckland to a proper orthopaedic veterinary hospital.

Then on the way, insurance rang to ask how it happened as underwriter was asking? Then after we had dropped him off on way home, insurance rang back to say they were NOT going to pay for the operation, because it was our fault he got out of the house... in their words " he was not in a secure place" Well obviously any dog that escapes from a house isnt secure, we know that, which is why there was an ACCIDENT.

So we had to tell vet we cant get operation done, as quite simply cant afford it. It doesnt mean he wont fix, but it does mean hes going to have to spend the next 6 weeks in permanent cage rest, on tramadol painkillers.

Hes still very scared obviously in lots of pain, im also scared of him biting me due to yesterday. So we have to get a muzzle for him until his pain goes, to make me feel at ease and so he cant try to bite me if its sore to get him out of cage.

So basically - hes gotta heal on his own, which will result in arthritis in later age and hes got a bad month ahead of him.

Feel exhausted mentally, and have cancelled the insurance and going elsewhere as i am furious at the ridiculous terms and conditions, the past 24 hours have cost Ł550 I cant believe how bloody expensive the vets are!

Sarah

 

Oh im really sorry to hear there fucking you about, i really hope he makes a speedy recovery on his own.
Cant imagine what he will be like on tramadol, there pretty strong arnt they?

 

Not the reply we were hoping for

Thats seriously screwed up about the insurance, i mean what the hell is it for if their going to wiggle out of any claim you make, mayaswell not have it

 

A dog doesnt kno the green cross code so how can it be the dogs fault??

if the driver wasn't speeding then it was a tragic accident, but for the driver just to drive away then it does show a sign of guilt and makes them out to be a prick

 

Absolute nightmare sarah, poor dog, you and dicko are going to have your work cut out. vets bills are outrageous, but wouldnt you think there would be vets that would want to do it cheap to stop the dog feeling pain, surely not all vets get into it because of the money aspect, surely some do it for the love of animals and to help ease there pain.

 

the vet said its a really big job to repair with a pin to stabilise his pelvis, hence the cost, as it takes a long time to do, but he also said he had his age on his side and because he was so young it should heal nicely with rest.

Im so nervous about getting him in and out of his cage its unreal.

Sarah

 

Wonder if they would of said the same thing if he had jumped the fence, blamed you for the fence.

 

probably

 

Aye i can imagine sarah, once bitten, twice shy for want a better phrase. you will just have to be on your guard, and if he is funny, its only becasue he is in pain, and will be on the defensive as he will think it may hurt him if
you touch him, poor dog.

 

I know Fiddy - just gonna muzzle him for the next few weeks when we are getting him out of his cage - for both our benefits.

Just really do feel for the poor thing, its absolutely horrendous

 

How much does the op cost exactly mate? seriosuly gutted for you man.

Surely the amount of people on here if the were willing could chip in to help this doggy out? 10-20 quid or whatever , anything would help

Insurance! whats the dam point!!!!

this news has put me on a downer man, god knows how yous must be feeling

 

so he can be sorted then?thats brilliant news.have been dreading coming on here incase there was really bad news of he couldnt be fixed.any ideas when the op goes ahead etc?

 

Really really hope the dogs going to be ok

 

pet insurance is absolute horse shit, we had it for our bulldog, he got his eye operated on and they said that any further claims on that eye will not be honoured!! Like having car insurance and after youve had a wing on they'll never do another?? Load of shit, told them where to stick it.
Good news for Murphy, at least hes gonna make it through, albeit through a lot of heart ache for you two I should imagine. Hope the selfish bitch that knocked him over cant sleep cos of it, no morals some people.

 

typical insurance companys, useless fuckers the lot of them, they always find a way from having to pay out

 

the op is a minimum of 2k which we just cant get at the blink of an eye

 

So glad to hear that he will be o.k. even though its going to take alot of time and effort for all of you .
Started reading this thread and must admit to getting more upset and worried as time went on , my thoughts are with you and your family through it all .

 

Hope things work out.

 

Sorry to hear about the insurance company dicking you about

Real shame that you've both come out worse for ware. With regards to not having the op at the vets, is he likely to make a full recovery with proper rest and medication then?

Any more news on the driver? If you can find out who she is perhaps you can write to her and ask her to contribute towards the costs involved in the operation.

Big-Dan.