My husband had a dentist appointment this morning so I let him take my car to town because it gets better gas mileage than his pick-up. On his way back home, less than a mile from our house, he hit a dog. It was one of those unavoidable accidents. Apparently there were three very large dogs chasing a pick-up truck coming toward Sam. Right at the point where Sam and the pick-up met, the dogs decided to stop chasing and return to their yard.... right in the path of my car which was traveling at 55 mph. Luckily he only hit one of them, but it had to have badly hurt that one dog. Sam stopped, but the dog had managed to get up and go into his yard. The other two dogs were barking furiously at Sam from the yard, so he stood beside the car hoping somebody would come to the door and see what was going on, but nobody ever did and he wasn't about to go into the yard with those dogs, so he came home.

My car was damaged some, which really bums me out. The owners of the dog should be liable for fixing my car, but now, how does one go back to the house after having left the injured dog there unattended? How do you tell the dog owner they have to pay for a damaged car when their dog might be dead for all we know? How do you prove the damage was caused by their dog, with no witnesses to support your story?

We have a very high deductible on our insurance, so the carelessness of others is probably going to cost us. We are both just sick about this. It's just not right. Too bad Sam didn't take his pick-up to town today.

Why can't people be more responsible for their dogs? There are too many that are allowed to roam free. I have seen dogs on the road at this location more than once, so, if they had just gotten loose today... I'm pretty sure it's happened before. You'd think the owners would figure out how they get out and fix the problem. Maybe they don't care. Poor dogs.