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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How long was the leash? Was it a short tight one or a longer extensible one?

That matters, esp with the woman saying she did stop and genuinely didn’t see your dog, and there were no injuries to the dog and the car came nowhere near hitting your husband. What if she had a dash cam? What would it show? Many people have them these days.

[b]I think $1k under the circumstances is steep as well. Especially with very slow/low impact and no reason to think there were injuries (and none found). Especially with the majority of the bill being just because it was “an emergency”[/b].[/quote]

You don’t know if there are internal injuries- [b]that’s why you need to be checked out ASAP[/b]. [/quote]

You're talking as if a person was hit by a car. First, by all reports it wasn't much of a hit. All of us have been impacted a bit by a slow moving large object at some point or another and didn't rush to the ER for a full body scan. [b]If the dog was not appropriately secured and close to the owner[/b], the owner is at least partially liable. You can't just let your dog run across traffic, even at a cross-walk.

Second, a dog is not a "you" or a person. It's property. And without there being reason to think there were internal injuries (e.g. serious visible external injuries, a high speed/impact crash, coughing blood, passed out, etc) then it doesn't warrant a preemptive full body scan just for a dog. Especially when the cost of the procedure/s exceeds the cost of the dog. No matter how much you love your dog, it's still just property in the eyes of the law.[/quote]

Did I kiss where the dog was not on a leash?[/quote]

An extensible leash is often not considered leashed. The dog needs to be close to the owner and under full control, especially near the road. OP hasn't clarified yet how the dog got hit but her husband didn't.[/quote]

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