neacsu
07-19-2006, 09:17 AM
I just spread the ashes of my first dog today. My parents would never let us get a dog growing up because my mom's dog was hit by a car when she was young and she never wanted us to go through that pain. So what do I do? A year after I moved out, I got a dog. A little min pin named Diesel. Fiesty little guy, but I loved him more than I ever thought I could love anything. I had him for almost 2 years before the tragic day. I had gone away just for a night to make a long drive back home with my husband coming home on leave from the army. Diesel was staying at my friend's house for the night and his grandma made the easy mistake of opening the door to check the mail. Diesel saw the opportunity to be outside and took off. Hours and hours were spent looking for him everywhere and posters and flyers with colour pictures were plastered around the neighbourhood. I was devastated. I called all the local shelters twice a day for a week. I got one tip from a lady saying she saw him get picked up by a van on a street nearby the house he ran out of. So we immediately put up HUGE signs all along that street, but to no avail. A week later I get a call from the SPCA saying they have my dog.....he had been hit by a car and instantly died. I have had a few friends die, a few family members.....this almost felt worse. Maybe it did. The part that pisses me off is he was hit 4 blocks from where he went missing and the person that took him HAD to have seen our many many posters. I guess they just decided they would keep him and save the cash of buying one. Well that decision by them was the main factor of his death. BUT he is gone and I miss him soo much. He will always be remembered. One thing I hope someone out there gets from this rant is that if you find a dog, the least you can do is notify the local shelters saying you found a dog. If you don't hear back, fine keep the dog. Majority of the time, there is someone out there...a family even.....missing that dog very much and looking desperately for them.