Dale Hit By Car

On December 3rd our chocolate lab Dale, was hit by a car. He had gotten out of the yard and we did not know he was gone. It was so nice of the drivers to go house to house until they could find someone who knew the dog they had hit. Our neighbor knew it was Dale they were asking about so she brought them to us. Dale had ran off, on 3 legs, after being hit so a search was started. It was about 7pm and already dark outside so we were worried and finding him could be difficult.

Dale has two play mates, Grady (Dave and Angie Carter) and Kienta (Mrs. Flint) and they went out with the drivers of the truck and Matt looking for Dale. About 20 minutes later Matt found Dale. His back leg was pretty cut up and we did not know if it was broken or if he had any other internal injuries. Matt and Cayr got Dale in the big van and took him to the Vet Hospital.

Dales leg was not broken but the tissue on his foot and leg were badly damaged requiring for them to put him under for surgery to repair the tissue. We did not get home until almost 2am.

It's been about 10 days now and Dale is still needing heavy bandages to keep him away from the foot and leg so it can heal. Dale still does not put hardly any pressure on the foot so it looks like it's going to be at least a couple weeks more of bandages.

The kids have been real cute with him and wanting to make sure he is ok. Below are pictures of Justin and Elijah, both who wanted to just lay next to Dale as he rested.