Dog on Middleton duel carriageway.

junkyard

Just to up date anyone interested who might have come across a bassethound loose on the Middleton duel carriageway this afternoon. I was on my way back from Garryvoe beach today with my hounds and almost ran up the back of a black 06 BMW as a result of the driver braking hard to avoid a beautiful bassethound who ran out in front of him. I pulled in a bit further up the road and rang the Gardai to alert them to the situation. I decided to walk back and see if I could rescue the dog. At this stage a number of cars had pulled in also and were on their phones seemingly also ringing the Gardai about the situation. As I walked back along the road another concerned couple in a black Passat were also trying to rescue the dog, I spoke to them to see what the best approach would be and I crossed over to the grass margin in the centre of the road where the dog was lying and seemed very stressed. At this stage I thought the dog had be hit by a car but fortunately hadn't. The other man who was helping me said that he had tried to rescue the dog but the dog had tried to bite him in defence. Fortunately the man had some sausages with him and threw one over to me in an attempt to win him over. As I approached the dog he seemed to smell the sausage and I threw a piece to him. I was careful no to spook the dog for fear he'd run out in front of the traffic which was quite heavy and moving fast. It didn't help that some drivers started blowing horns in their vehicles which further upset the poor dog. I approached the dog and got close enough to grab him or her as I found out later, needless to say she put up a struggle but I held on as if I lost my grip she would have surely ran out in front of traffic. Another man stopped to offer assistance and fortunately the Gardai arrived too and helped me to find the dogs owners as she had a tag with her owners phone number on it. It transpired the owner had left the dog out in her back yard and some kids opened the gate and left the dog out. My sincere thanks to the people who helped me rescue the dog and to Cobh Gardai who were quickly on the scene and were most helpful. The moral of the story is make sure you dog is locked in safely if you have them loose on your property, she could have caused a terrible accident or have been killed herself.

macshadow

Good work junkyard.too many people just keep on driving.
What really pisses me off are owners who let their dog out with no collar on.:mad:

Alfasudcrazy

That was great work Junkyard. I maddens me that people are so careless as to blow their horns in such circumstances.

I too recently rescued a dog which was lost on the beach. My dobermans spotted him first and chased him which I thought had resulted in him being separated from its owner - which made me feel guilty.

I knew this dog (it was like a corgi but not one) because one of its front legs was missing. I used to see it running after its owner as he jogged along the beach. However I never saw anyone jogging that afternoon.

There was an ice cold breeze blowing and the little thing wanted to come into my van so I let him in. Thankfully my dobermans are now well socialised with other dogs so did not freak out. However they were in the back and the little lost one was in the front. I noted that he seemed to be waiting for someone as he stood on its hind legs anytime it saw anyone.

Thankfully there was a tag with a tel no on its collar too but there was no answer from the landline number. Still I waited till all the cars that were there before me were gone - having asked each driver did he own the dog.

I was just about to take him home as he seemed dehydrated when at last someone answered the phone number - it was the mother of the owner. Seems he had recently gone off to college - my opinion is the poor dog was looking for him on the beach thinking he might be jogging there.

Poor thing - dogs are so loyal its worth taking the trouble to save them when we can.

Alfasudcrazy

PS - I agree about locking the gate - even though we have a radio fence I still lock the gate with a pad lock to prevent it being opened without my knowledge.

Can be a nuisance if your in and out a lot but if you can't do it the dogs should be in an enclosed run.