My boy got hurt Riding in the truck!

[Hmbbzmom]

I just read my 1st post on this thread and it sounded kind of rude. Sorry all, that wasn't my intention. Sometimes my typing gets the best of me. Type, Type, type............

[Nerull]

I never took it as being Rude ... now if you swore at me welll that's different lol

I had to go back and reread it to make sure it was rude as well lol

but thanks for saying sorry ... nice to know others not wanting to be rude :)

[moz205]

So sorry to hear about Diesel but happy to hear he is home. Hopefully, he will mend quickly. Hope all take heed of this lesson well learned. Nothing further need be said.

[Hmbbzmom]

Sometimes i get to typing too fast and just rant and rant and rant.........................

[Ravenscrest]

In the city of Vancouver BC Canada it is now illegal to have the dogs in the back of a truck like this

[rottcrazed]

It is also illegal in the City of Calgary, yet I do see people who still do it. Makes me cringe every time ..... I wish there were more bylaw officers around to ticket.

Kristi

[styric]

I would never do it.. I saw an old retriever in the back of a truck on our number 1 highway going about 100 km/ph. They slammed the brakes on hard to not run the red light and the dog slammed into the back of the cab and just lay there not moving and covered in blood.

They blasted off without even looking despite having 4 lanes of traffic honking and swearing at them to look at their dog.

[wizgurl23]

SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO YOUR BOY
I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED ALOT FROM THIS EXPERIENCE
SEEM THAT HE IS COPING A LITTLE BETTER THAN YOU
ITS JUST BEING A CONCERNED PARENT
HOPE THINGS GET BETTER

[mamasboy01]

Originally Posted by Nerull

well everyone I have really bad new about Diesel .. I was heading out for a hike with some friends and I had Diesel in the back of the truck with a long leash on him (I had the leash in my hand in the truck)... and he has been just great in the back of the truck (been in there lots)... so we were passing some dirt bikers on a loggging road when he fell out the other side of the truck ... I threw the leash out of the truck so he wouldn't get run over but he still got hurt .... he's spending the night at the Vets he's got 3 stiches on his leg plus he's favoring that same leg really bad doesn't want to put any weight on it (but he is moving it slighty which is a good sign says the vet) he's also got a minor concushtion ..... I still feel like and he's never going in the back of a truck ever again.... I know it could have been alot worse and I thank god.. that's all the happened to him no broken bones or nothing


His best friend Kaine(German shepard) is really upset over this whole thing he was right there with him and came to the vets as well I know he's hoping for the best as well



I will let everyone know how his progress is tomorrow....

I'm sorry your dog got hurt. I used 2 tell my ex husband never 2 put our my boy Maverick in the back of his truck, but he never would listen. But he never really cared 4 Maverick in the first place b cause I think he was jealous of mine and his relationship. He used 2 take his belt off and act like he was going 2 hit Maverick. He was just a baby then, but now he is soon 2 b 6 years old in May and weighs over 122lbs. I'd like 2 c my x try anything with him now!!!! God bless your dog!!!!!!!!

[ljs0827]

I read this a while ago, and it brought back so many memories of our first rottie dog, Apollo. He was truly a gentle giant, and he is the reason that I love this breed so. My husband and his partner were going out on a job, and I was gone for the weekend. They didn't want Apollo to be alone, so they loaded him up on his favorite blanket in the back of the work truck. Then, in went the tools, and the back cap was closed and latched. At about 60 mph, Apollo got spooked by something, and out he went - over the air compressor and crashed through the cap door. We still don't know what caused it or how he managed it - the strength is unimaginable. We thought we'd done it right. Now, the only way our pets travel is crated or in the backseat of the cab (that we didn't have back then). I read one thread that said traveling with a cap on is okay, and I just wanted to use my story that with this breed and their strength that it is not okay. We all know how they can go through doors and windows - truck caps are usually made cheaper than those. Apollo survived the fall but not the surgery. The vet surgeon thought he threw a clot in his lungs, and he died on the operating table. That was 10 years ago, and I remember him like he was with me yesterday.

[moz205]

How terrible for you and for Apollo. You can never imagine such a thing happening. I am sure it will be something that will always be in your mind.