Dog hit by car...

[Erin]

So i'm driving along on a back country road yesterday and a little terrier is scampering about on the road.  Of course, I slow way down and watch the dog cross the road.  As I passed the dog, someone came the opposite direction and wasn't slowing down at all...

The dog got hit and I screamed.   I slammed on my brakes and pulled over off the road, and ran across to where it was - while the neighbors just stood in their yard, like, what the heck is that girl doing?  So I'm yelling, a dog got hit!  And I tried to feel for a pulse, but he was way too far gone and just died before I could even get my phone out of my pocket....  Ugh...  Dunno where the driver of the mini-van went, don't care....

I went door to door, and thankfully another lady who rescues dogs out here stopped her car, and stayed with the dog's body until we found the family.  It was a little boy's dog, and I felt horrible for the kid, cause he said he let it play outside and it ran off...  The poor little dog's fleas were migrating to me as fast as they could, as I tried to not let the little boy see exactly what happened to the dog...

All around bad time...  But has this ever happened to you?  Did you have to call 911??  Animal Control?  What's the fastest way to find Emergency Vet services??   I know that the little terrier had a very very slim chance against that mini-van, but I still feel bad that I couldn't save it or take it someplace...

I know where I would take my own dog and who i would call when we're at home - but what about other places??  Ideas?

[Denise & Hunter!!!]

I asked my husband, who is a police officer, and he said definatly calling 911 is totally appropriate. They will either dispatch the local police or the state highway patrol and they all have information on emergency animal services.