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[stn]

When I was in elementary school I was walking home with a friend. Saw a German Shepherd run across the street and get hit by a car. I was so young that I just kept walking and could barely even process what happened. But I can still vividly remember that day and the exact spot where it took place.

I'm really sorry, man. Ugh.

 

[fabricated backlash]

Never feel embarrassed about feeling compassion for another living being.

 

[slider]

OP, you sound like a really decent person. No need to be embarrassed.

I think what gets me about animals suffering/dying is that I think humans generally have an understanding, of sorts, about life and death. I assume animals don't have that and that gets to me at some level.

 

[Norua]

When I was in Beijing and walking down a street, I saw a guy kill and roast a dog with a blowtorch. The dude was squatting on the sidewalk with a cigarette in his mouth and without a care in the world.

 

[SeanR1221]

Poor pup. I just hugged my dog after reading this.

 

[Cereal KiIIer]

The law says animals are objects. Don't expect the authority to have any common sense about them.

 

[TCRS]

I once saw a cat getting run over by a car right in front of me. The cat was in the middle of the road flopping around in pain, one leg was broken. I obviously had to stop and I watched it fight for its life. Nothing I could do. Eventually it stopped and just lay there. I drove around the cat to the guy who had run her over and told him she's dead and that he should call the police or fire brigade. Felt shit the whole day.

 

[Trick_GSF]

I'm the same. It's tough. Heartbreaking.

I remember when I was about 10 I saw a cat get run over, I went running, screaming/crying to get my mother, but ran into a lamp post in my panic. Pretty much knocked myself out.

The cat was fine.

 

[SeanR1221]

The law says animals are objects. Don't expect the authority to have any common sense about them.

That's pretty presumptuous. I know quite a few officers who love dogs.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

RIP noble hound

 

[That Wont Fit In There]

I hate seeing dogs in pain. Really gets to me. I'm sorry you had to experience that.

 

[Veldin]

When I was about 7, I was in the car with my mom, stopped at an intersection. Another car was rolling to a stop in the middle of the street, where I could see a little white dog caught under one of its wheels. Looking back, I'm pretty sure it was a Bischon. The image that sticks out is watching its beady black eyes while its head twisted around the wrong way, until the car finally drove off its corpse. That was the most violent thing I'd seen up to that point in my short life, and after that, somehow, seeing a dog get hit stopped affecting me that much. I love dogs, of course. Not that I'm never shocked or saddened to see it happen, but I guess the feeling I took away from that first incident was that cars are always going to run over animals, every day, no matter what. It's just the cruel reality.

 

[hunnies28]

Never feel embarrassed about feeling compassion for another living being.

This.

Living in a town with an over population of street dogs, I see almost 6 or 8 dead on the road in a week.

I never seen one in the moment of their death but ran over the skull of one (already dead) and felt horrible for about a week.

 

[| Praxis |]

I'm legit crying right now.
I would not be able to handle being in either one of these scenarios, I would just be a mess. My heart goes out to you all.

and now Im in tears.

I was going to write more but started sobbing. It still hurts like mad in my chest talking about it. Thanks though

 

[Zee-Row]

Being emotional isn't a weakness , we were born with the ability to cry for a reason. Don't be embarrassed OP , you just have compassion.

 

[BubbaMc]

You saw an animal suffer and show symptoms of this thing called empathy
don't feel bad op you are a good person

This.

Good on you for stopping mate.

 

[Branson]

You're a great person for even stopping and trying to help. It's really sad but you did all you could. I'm sorry you had to see that as its an image I know would take a while to get out of my head.

 

[Korosenai]

That would upset me too. No need to be embarrassed.

I had to have my 12 year old German Shepard Axel put to sleep two days before Christmas. It has totally broken mine and my wife's hearts. He died in my arms in the vets, he was looking up at me, really happy because we were all making a fuss out of him while they shaved the fur off his leg for the injection. So fucking down right now as I write this.

RIP dude

This post made me incredibly sad, because I know I'll have to go through the same thing when I have to out my dog down ..... I'm totally not ready for it, at least he's 9 and a half and hopefully has at least 3-5 years left in him.

 

[User 100115]

That's so awful OP, I am so sorry. Don't be ashamed of how you feel, it just means you are good person.

 

[exmachina64]

Approximately one month ago, my cat ran away. My wife and I searched desperately for him (physically searching, flyers, internet) but we couldn't find him and he didn't return. I cried like a baby for a couple weeks imagining what could have happened to him, but he also could have been found by another loving family. It was hard because we had raised him since he was a kitten a year ago.

After grieving over the loss of our previous cat, we adopted a kitten recently. You can't replace what you lost, but you can move on and find happiness again.

I'm sorry that you had to witness that dog being killed, OP. May his suffering being short provide you some comfort.

 

[Darren870]

Being emotional isn't a weakness , we were born with the ability to cry for a reason. Don't be embarrassed OP , you just have compassion.

Why the bump? I would hope the OP is better by now ... it was 4 months ago.

 

[Pegosaurus]

Why the bump? I would hope the OP is better by now ... it was 4 months ago.

was wondering the same thing

i mean it's pretty awful, but why bump it?

 

[jadedm17]

Going to the doctor last year I saw my mom run over a rabbit. (There was nothing she could have done.) I looked back at it standing up then it fell over like a wooden plank. That was sad to see and ruined my day.

You saw worse happen to a dog. That's crazy, no need to feel bad for how you reacted.

 

[Trike]

Genuinely thought the bump was for a "I Know What You Did Last Summer" type of situation but with a dog. I am disappointed.