Car crashes

RubysGold

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Ok, this has been worrying me for a while.

I am a dog walker, so I always have dogs in my car.

I'm a careful driver but what if I DO have an accident. I always worry about what the paramedics or whoever would do with the dog? Because obviously they're priority is the driver and passengers. Not the dogs :S
 
You're correct, their priority is not the dogs, nor should it be.

A friend of mine got rear ended by an artic a few months ago. He would not get in the ambulance because he wanted to stay with the car/dogs until they could be collected and obviously neither the police or ambulance service would accommodate the two dogs.
In the end he drove the car away, which won't do much for his insurance claim.

Please note he had strengthened car cages in the rear of the car because of his job or the dogs would have been toast.

Obviously if you are comatose you don't have a choice in the matter, if not, either stay with them to the detriment of your own health or have a friend you can call on in an emergency to come and collect them.
 
oh heck, something else for me to worry about! eek. I hadn't even thought about that. What i do worry about is someone rear ending me and cara is in the back. If i am on the motorway or when the snow was really bad i drove with her on the back seat.
 
Yep ambulance concenr is always for the patient first - but if they're really distressed by leaving the dogs then we have to manage that too.

In my area a police dog handler may be called to collect them or police would arrange someone from a kennels/dogs home to come and collect them and kennel them till they can be reunited.

Similarly if you are hurt horse riding then police will arrange transport for the horse if you not in a position to do it yourself - no animal would just be abandoned
 
Perhaps you could attach a prominent notice to your car (on the dashboard?) saying something like "In case of emergency phone Mrs X on XXXXX number to collect the dogs"

It is something I have thought about but my dogs have a landline number and mobile number on their collar tags so I thought that would be enough for us.
 
Those stickers are a good idea. Alternatively have an ICE (in case of emergency) number in your mobile phone and make sure that whoever you choose can deal with the dogs, or has contact details for someone who can.
I was once involved in a crash on the way to a show, 2 GSDs in the back of the car. My mum fractured her sternum and was taken off in an ambulance, OH & I were left on the side of the road with 2 dogs (car was a write off) and police could offer no help. It was before the days of mobile phones but a very kind lady who had heard the commotion invited us into her immaculate house with the dogs and let us use her phone to get someone to pick us up!
 
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