I need to find my dead dog?

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My dog was killed on Thursday 1st November at approx 10.30am on the A66 East bound carraigeway near Bowes, Barnard Castle, County Durham. All I know is that a very distressed woman in a black car stopped in the fast lane of the road and picked a dog up and put it her in her car. A HGV pulled in behind her to protect her from irrate drivers that were understandably travelling at speed and having to swerve to avoid hitting her. The HGV driver knew the farmers next to me and rang to ask if they had lost a dog. I have no further information and do not know if this woman killed my dog or if a previous car had hit her. So far I have contacted the police, they said they had no reports of a dog being killed, local dog warden, local dog pounds, micro chipping company and local vet's. My dog was a liver and white spanniel, neutered bitch. Yes, I appreciate I have been a very irrisponsible allowing my dog to presumably track a rabbit from my farm up onto the dual carraigeway. I hold my hands up to that, I also hold my hands up to the fact that my dog could have caused a very serious accident and that as a result of my negligence she is dead and that the person who hit her must be feeling terrible BUT I would like to have her home to bury her and say my goodbyes. So do you know of anyone who knows something about this incident? Thankyou in advance.
 
Sorry about your dog. My only suggestion would be try a bit farther afield. She might have driven to the nearest large town whichever way she was pointing. And she might not have remembered exactly where on the road she hit her.

Geography is not brilliant but West from there might be Carlisle and East - no idea Middlesborough?
 
I am so sorry to hear that, accidents happen, life is such and I don't blame you at all, she was hunting as dogs do and strayed a little far, im sorry for your loss:(
Have you contacted vets further a field and tried the cleansing department (council).
 
I'm sorry for your loss, it's horrid but being brutally honest, I expect that your dog will have been buried or cremated by now; that's what happened to our bitch. She was ran over and taken to the local vets by a driver who found her; because they didn't know the owner of the dog and she was already dead, the vets just put her in the cremation box and didn't even fill in the log book of calls which is why we didn't find out about it until quite by chance almost a fortnight later even though I had rung the vet surgery the morning after her disappearance and every mornings after so they caused us a fortnight of misery in still hoping we would find her; since then, they have tightened up and even animals of unknown ownership are always marked down in the book. The 'by chance' occasion was the vet that had been on duty that night had gone on holiday so it might be worth ringing around all of the local vets again just in case something similar has happened.
Have you thought of asking the local radio or papers to ask if anyone knows who found her especially if she had been taken out of the district as it's such a main road or even the local FB pages. I hope you find what happened to her, it's the most horrid thing being in limbo for something like that, you have my heartfelt condolences.
 
Is it possible to speak to the HGV driver, he might have more information? Other than that, try an animal communicator, they can be a great source of comfort and indeed, knowledge at such times.
 
Have you asked your neighbours if they have the number for the HGV driver, most phones have caller display so the number might be logged and he might have some more information.
 
Ive nothing to suggest but just wanted to say how sorry I am about your situation which is heartbreaking. Im sure you feel until you find his body you will not get closure but if nothing comes to light in the next few days perhaps burying his bedding and any spare collar and leads will help and will change your focus. This might seem trite but by doing this it will help you, I had a similar situation when my dog died at the vets of Lepto I could not bring him home because of the human health implications(Weils disease) and I was devastated. I performed a little ritual burial of his spare collar and lead along with his bedding and buried it in the part of the garden where my other dogs were buried. It felt like he was home then and it did give me some comfort.
 
Thanks for all the replies and support. I have done everything you have suggested and feel every avenue has been exhausted other than speaking to the HGV driver. I have found out that the farmer below me, saw a dead dog on the road as he was returning home so, I do know that the woman who took her did not run her over because there was a 15 minute delay. I will try vet's again tommorow, I still feel that even a dead dog should be scanned for micro chip details and not just cremated, that is just so sad.
 
We keep any unidentified pets with is for at least 4 weeks before sending for cremation as it would be unfair to cremate a pet with out at least trying to find the owner.

We also scan for microchip as first port of call.

Im sure this should be normal for any practice,

Fingers crossed you hear something soon and sorry for your loss

xxx
 
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