On my way to work this morning, I saw a little white dog, maybe a bichon running in the streets full speed. He ran right in front of me and across the street. This is a busy street! Right off the freeway. There was no cars on the other side, and a lady was trying to get him, I assumed his owner. He ran away from her.
He crossed the street again, and I had my emergency lights on and driving really slow and honking so people would slow down. A few big rig drivers saw him and they slowed down to stop traffic. He ran into the Jack in the Box parking lot, I tried to block him in, but he ran away again.
He tried to cross the street again and he stopped on the island. I was still honking like a madman, and the opposite traffic the left lane a driver saw and slowed down. The next lane the driver did not see. As soon as I saw the car coming fast I screamed and closed my eyes. I heard him scream, but when I opened my eyes he was still alive! The car that hit him just kept going!!! He did make it to the other side of the street. I thought now that he was hurt it would be easier to catch him, no! He was running as fast as ever, probably freaked the hell out! But there was no blood and didn't seem like anything was broken by the way he was moving.
So I busted a u and kept following him. By now one other person was trying to help. He ran down a smaller street and went into one of those loading dock things that big rigs
]'[ park in, and I thought of good he's trapped now I can get him. I had Uni with me, and stupid me thought maybe bringing Uni out would get his attention, but no Uni started barking and probably freaked him out even more! He ran off again! I lost sight of him when I was getting back in my car, but a man on the street saw him and pointed down the street and there I saw him. He stopped for a while and I called out to him, then he took off again. This time he took a left and I couldn't drive down the wrong way on the street. I didn't know what else to do so I called the police. Just as I was on the phone with the dispatcher I saw two cop cars and told him where they were maybe they could help. That's all I could do. I felt so helpless, and I knew for sure that dog was gonna get hit again and next time I'm sure he would be killed!
I am so upset I could not help him. He had no collar on, and now that I think of it, even if the cops did get him, they will probably just turn him into the shelter and if no one claims him they'll most likely put him down! I am so traumatized, I keep visualizing when he got hit over and over again and hearing him scream. I've been on edge all day and every little sound is scaring me.
I've been giving Uni so much more attention today, she knows I am upset. this is the same spot where a few months ago another dog was running loose, but we were able to get him really quick. I think that time the dog may have fell out the window or something, a man called him and he ran right back to him, and thank god he was not hurt. I really hope it was not the same dog, bc they were both small and white with curly hair.