I probably would have done something similar. I don't know what else you could have done, aside from watching it die slowly and with more pain.

I commend you!!! You did exactly what should have been done!! And 99% of the people do not have the guts to do it. He was dead....you just stopped his suffering. You are the angel......if I am ever cut in half I would hope someone would do the same, although I know they won't////

BTW ten years ago I was run over by an 18wheeler,,right down the middle, nearly died, but they sewed me back together!!! I did go two years before I walked again. I can relate to what the little guy was going through....when the truck stopped he was on top of me....wheels right on my pelvis...and I thought I was dead. hummm now that I think about i am glad some didn't finish me off...but then again I was not cut in half...damm it I am rambling...

You are a saint in my eyes

*HUGS*

I would have cried a lot. but I think you did the right thing. The poor little thing. (I have tears in my eyes reading this :( )

I would have done the same thing and ended his painful experience. I'm so sorry this happened to you, my darling.

Jesus...

I thought my experience was harsh

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I pretty much always carry a knife of some sort in my car. I would have made it quick for the poor dog.

I hope you take comfort in the fact that he was probably just terrified and confused, but not in pain. An injury like that pretty much pushes the victim into shock and one does not feel the pain.

I am sorry you had to go through it. Killing is hard business, even when it is for mercy.

I would hope that I had the courage and good sense to do what you did. Hugs.

In the end you did the right thing. The only other thing you could have done was called an animal hospital and maybe they could have given him a shot or something...but by the time they got to him he may have died anyways. You can't regret your decision. What's done was done. Don't what if yourself...because it won't change anything. Like I said..in the end you did the right thing. The puppy didn't suffer any longer. Try to put yourself in the dogs shoes...what would you have wanted someone to do. Would you have wanted them to call an ambulance...and cause you that extra wait in aganizing pain when you may be dead anyways by the time the ambulance got there..or would you rather someone crush your head with a giant rock?

Bottom line is beyond a shadow of a doubt you did the right thing. Nobody wanted that puppy to die but you helped it's last moments by ending it's sufferring. Please don't second guess yourself for another moment.

i've never came across anything like that but if i did i hope to do what you did. you're compassionate, gentle, merciful... beautiful.

I would hope that I had the presence of mind to do
something similar to what you did, but that does take
courage and a collected mind.
You know the puppy had to see the love in your eyes.
Maybe knowing that will help.

"Hugs"

Im a big cry baby. I couldn't bare to do it - to anything, not unless I am sure, maybe then.

I would have picked him up, put him in my car and drove to the nearest vet.

Oh, God thats so awful that you had to go through that. I'm so sorry. You must remember the poor thing was dying a horrible death and you helped him out of his pain. He had no chance. I'm so very sorry you had to go through it though. :(

I would've killed him. Preferably with a gun if I had one in my car.

I love you for being strong and overcoming your fear and pain to do what you had to do.

I'm so sorry! What a horrible thing to experience! In your place, I honestly don't know what I'd have done. I can only hope that I would have had the presence of mind to end the poor dog's suffering. If it's any consolation, perhaps someone reading this or to whom this story has been otherwise told will remember the right thing to do.

whoah. i don't even know what to say. i am so sorry you had to go through that. i don't know what i would have done....probably try calling someone or taking him somewhere.

you really did to the right thing...by moving him around or whatever he would have most likely died anyways and maybe have been in more pain.

just know that the dog is hopefully out of pain now.

i commend you for being strong. *big hug for you*

~hug~ you did the right thing kiddo, i woulda done the same thing myself.

i need to get my CCW so i can carry a gun legally. i generally have a knife on me most of the time though.

I would have done the very same thing, no doubt about it. Poor little dog...

You did the only thing for him that you could have done, honey.

I honestly don't know how you survived seeing that with your own eyes. Let alone how you put it out of it's misery.
Thats a good question. I am not saying what you did was wrong. Not at all! Very grisley. But, very well intended. I think i would have held his mouth and nose together and suffocated him. Either way i think the dog might have been shock if dogs can go into shock. Or if i had some kind of narcotic given it an overdose so that it would have gone to sleep. Take solace in the fact that you ended the horrible suffering that poor dog had to endure.

I've actually had a similar experience, so I can relate.

When my then-wife and I were visiting her family in Chicago during Thanksgiving (10 years ago?), we witnessed a stray dog get hit by a car. The car drove off, and when we crossed to where the accident had occurred, we saw the dog lying on the side of the road. My wife said it was still alive, but I saw no movement. I was set to simply call animal control to pick up the carcass, when I heard the most pitiful, painful wail I have -ever- heard. The memory of it still breaks my heart. We ended up staying with the poor thing until a vet center/animal rescue could be called, which happened to be very close by. Another stranger loaned his vehicle, I covered the dog in my coat, lifted him into the car, and we took it to the center half a block down the road. The vet on duty took one look at the dog and said he needed to be put down, pointed out signs of hemmorrhaging vessels in his jaw. The euthanasia when applied put him down so fast during one of his wails that I was very certain he didn't feel a thing as he left.

Yeah, you definitely had the harder time of it; I wish you could have had the benefit we had of having a vet on duty nearby.

Wow!!! You are truly brave. I would have done the same while crying like crazy.

In Australia where hitting kangaroos and other animals isn't uncommon, I would have a .22 rifle in the trunk of my car, and use that. I used to keep a rifle in the car years ago when I did a lot of country driving for work. these days I would be in jail for carrying an unsecured weapon.

The poor animal. Warm and gentle hugs and a soft kiss.

well... I see... I've only been in a number of situations where living beings have been so damaged that they needed the chance to leave. The one that comes to mind is when I was leaving a bar with a gay friend of mine. It wasn't a gay bar, it was just a bar. But some guy, who had apparently been stalking my friend, surfaced from across the street, and, with a single shot, shot my friend in the back as he was walking to catch up with me as I stepped up onto the curb. I turned and saw him smile, and then sort of frown, as he reached for me... and then he just fell into my arms... and I reached out and held him there... and it was like almost 40 minutes before an ambulance came and took him away. But by that time, he had left... he was gone... But for those 40 minutes... before he passed, all I could do was hold him... at one point he thought I was his mom, so I had to be just that... I had to talk to him as if I was his mom... I mean, when someone is that close you have to do WHATEVER they need in order to give them the dignity to pass from this side of the veil to the other as easily as they can. What you did was very, very hard...extremely hard. But, it was so necessary... so very necessary. This poor little being might have lived on for a day or so with so much suffering that no words would ever be able to express it. So, as their Mom, you did what you needed to do... you gave him the chance to leave... While you had to act with a great deal of deliberation and dedication, which brought out a rather turbulent, manifestation of action... you DID what HAD to be done... Know that...you did it... Carry this little one with you...For you took their life in your hands, and your heart, and,with your actions, you told them, that you were NOT going to let them suffer... It's okay... I know it's so very hard... so very, very hard... truly... Please know that I DO understand...You DID the right thing... truly... I probably would have just sat there with them... But that's me... I mean, as a pacifist, I tend to want to absorb the pain of the suffering... more than wanting to curtail it. But that does NOT mean that what I might have done is MORE correct. For, when you are confronted with a soul who is at the gates, there is NO correct answer...there is only the answer of doing what MUST be done to help them through those gates... so, at that point, my dearest darling, all bets are off... If you need to talk sweetheart, my phone rings 24 hours a day... I'm here for you...if you need or want to talk... I really DO love you so much... please know that...

Love always,

Mickey
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