We have a night visitor

I am glad that you could provide a safe haven for the night for him. He sounded like a sweety. The family seems to care for him if they went searching for him. I hope that they take better care of him in the future! You are an angel for taking him in hissy!

Laurie, that about says it all. I miss him, he was a cool animal!

Storm tried to come back just now, I was sitting at the computer when I heard the squeal of brakes and then the hollow thud of an animal geting hit. I went flying out of the house, but by the time I reached the road, he had been hit about four times more. He's dead....he's dead........he's dead......oh god

Oh god this is too awful.

oh my god. did the person stop? are you alright?

there was not a mark on him. mike believes he got run over completely, no blood, he was alive when I reached him, because he was moving his head (and not in the throes of death spasma) but he was in the first lane of traffic and before I could reach him i was on the other side, he got hit four more times and flew farther down the road. i think i screamed because my throat hurts and I rushed to him and grabbed his neck and pulled him out of traffic into the center lane. he was to big for me to pick up and by the time mike got to us with the truck he was clearly dead. the owner just came by and told us that he was going to give him to us tomorrow- he said ever since he left the other night, he had been trying to get back to us, so he and his wife talked about it and decided to surrender him to us. oh god i am going to be sick in my soul i am so damn sad, he was a magnificent creature.

Oh Hissy! I just read this from beginning to end. You are the best thing that ever happened to that wolf mix.

Was Storm your dog?

You have my sympathy. There is nothing worse than seeing (or hearing) a pet get hit by a car.

Oh my god hissy. I can't believe you just went through that experience on the road with him. And that the owner showed up and told you that. I am speechless. I am sorry that I don't have better words to comfort you, but my thoughts will definitely be with you and Mike tonight. I try to believe others when they say everything happens for a reason, hard but sometimes it is the only way to cope with something horrible like this.

my friend who works with wild animals i just talked to her and she said that maybe he wanted to meet me before he died. maybe he needed some reassurance that there was more in the world than what he had been exposed to. as she is part Indian, it may just be mumbo jumbo to my frazzled brain right now. i just want to cry and i can't. i am so numb, i feel responsible for him being out there. like he was coming to see me and because of that he is dead now. how crappy this all is. i only got to know him for a few moments of his life. i keep thinking if i had reached him quicker, if i hadn't had a damn flashlight that kept going out, maybe i could of reached him in time, maybe i could of gotten him help instead of watching him get run over and not being able to step out in traffic to protect him.

Don't blame yourself, Hissy. He was following his instincts to come back to a good home where he was loved.

Oh Hissy you can't feel that way. He spent the best night he has probably had in a long time inside your home with you last night feeling warm and loved and safe. He is lucky to have found you for that last moment. You should feel glad that you were there for him, when most people would have turned him away obviously and left him outside. You have a huge heart and he was just one of many animals that have benefited from it.

You should cry tonight if you feel like it, and keep talking about it with us here, and soon you'll feel better. We're here with you!

damn road

Originally posted by hissy
I feel responsible for him being out there. like he was coming to see me and because of that he is dead now. how crappy this all is. i only got to know him for a few moments of his life. i keep thinking if i had reached him quicker, if i hadn't had a damn flashlight that kept going out, maybe i could of reached him in time, maybe i could of gotten him help instead of watching him get run over and not being able to step out in traffic to protect him.

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Oh Hissy!!!

I just got online now and read this....how horrible and heartbreaking. You know, that no matter what I write will not sink through, but you know that the world cannot work on "if's". Everybody has had that in their mind at some point in their life...to be able to do something over.

God, my heart goes out to you. I don't think I can write anything that will help at this moment. Just know that all the support you have every given us through our griefs are here for you 10 fold. You helped me greatly before, I just wish at this moment I had more than the type printed word to share.

Many hugs. And just know that the warmth you shared with Storm was the best he had!

sorry guys, just trying to work this out in my head, trying to find peace with what transpired. i do not for one minute believe the owner when he told us they were going to give him to us. i think he said it out of guilt. he just came over again and said he hoped i didn't hate him, he really loved his dog and tried to do right by him. what does he want from me absolution? i have none to give. i barely knew this magnificent animal, and it has affected me as if one of my cats had been out there. i don't quite understand the effect on me yet.

OMG MaryAnne!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am SOOOOOOOO sorry I didn't see this sooner!!!!! I wish you had PM'd me or something...here I was just wondering where everyone was, and had no clue this was going on!!!!! I feel so bad for poor Lobo/Storm. but he knew your touch and your love in this world, and that is something very very special!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please forgive me for not seeing this sooner.....I am here for you if you need me!!!!!!!!!!!

Your specialness shines through. It's okay to cry all you want.

You are sad because you cared about him and had hope for a better life for him.

MaryAnne.... *******HUGS******** You are such an angel with such a huge heart!!!!!! I feel your pain, and I am so sorry!!!!!!!!! This was a terrible thing for you to have seen happen...I wish I could say something to make you feel better. Just know we love you, and it is not your fault!!!!

Hissy, I am so sorry for your loss. As everyone has said, you just can't blame yourself ~ it wasn't your fault. Because of you that dog learned that there ARE good people, and he knew what it was like to be loved, even if it was only for a short period of time. What better gift could you have given him?

Prayers going out to you...

Your strong feelings could be a sign of so many things. I'd like to think that his coming to you last night and sudden departure tonight were for a reason. You and Mike had made the decision to keep him after giving him a chance and bringing him in your home. Maybe there is another critter who is going to come into your lives soon and Storm was just there to see how you would react. Maybe someone else needs that place in your home more than he did, since he already had his path laid out. If the owners were lying, then at least he is in a safe place now and will never have to live in fear of his owners again. To him that would be a blessing. He obviously touched you in a big way and maybe it's just him saying thank you for the care you showed to him last night and in general with all your other animals.