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Loss of beloved dog has left a huge hole for Fergus family
Published Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Our family has lived in Fergus Falls since 2002. We have really liked it here. Until today I loved my new home, but today May 24, 2007, I don't.
My companion of only 1 1/2 years was taken from me. He was a loveable brown and white Basset Hound named Good Will Hounding. He was my baby. He was one of the only things that brightened my two sons day. Both have ADHD and one is Autistic. He was one of the only things that calmed them down. Not to mention that I don't know what to do with our other dog, Graceland. She misses him so much. She just looks for him everywhere.
This is all due to the fact that someone killed him in front of our house by hitting him with a vehicle.
I don't know who did it. However I do know it is due to carelessness on the part of that person. You see our home is located just west of the intersection of Broadway and Lincoln Avenue. Since the new turning lane was put in last year most everyone has gone into the no parking area in front of our home instead of staying in the driving lane.
I realize that Will shouldn't have been in the road, but he did love to jump the invisible fence we installed just to get closer to people. He would get shocked, and that would deter him for a while until he discovered that it also ticked his tickle spot on his neck. Apparently I just didn't tickle him quite enough.
He was a true people person, he just happened to have four legs and a tail. The person that hit him could have shown the courtesy of stopping and notifying us immediately.
I found him just moments after this inconsiderate person fled the scene of the crime and we are left wondering who has taken a member of our family from us with absolutely no compassion or feeling at all. While all you have is a guilty conscience, we are left with the loving memory of a family member that we loved dearly and a great sense of loss for Will.
I doubt that the uncaring person who did this and just drove away will ever feel this great a sense of loss. We miss our puppy and so does everyone whoever met him. He was everybody’s friend.
Love you, Big Guy.
Pam Kolstad - Fergus Falls
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Sorry about your dog. The street is for cars, not dogs. If anybody is to be called careless, it would be the person who lets their dog loose on the street... even if it's "occasionally". You apparently knew the invisible fence didn't work... yet no leash or fence?? Also, don't assume the person who hit your dog is heartless and uncaring... it may some kid who's crying their eyes out right now, but was just too scared to stop. Or, it may be some nice old guy who didn't even know he'd hit anything. Again, sorry about your dog, but if you want to meet the person responsible, go look in a mirror.
Posted by Venti (anonymous) on May 30, 2007 at 9:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Amen! Honestly, your dog runs into the street and gets hit by a car and you try to blame the person driving the car??? Good god, lady. Have a little common sense. I love the "scene of the crime" comment. Hey, there was no crime, thus there cannot be a "scene" of said crime. It would be like me parking my car on the train tracks and then getting pissed off at the engineer when the train comes and smashes my car into pieces. If anything you committed a crime by letting your dog run into the street and creating a danger for every vehicle and pedestrian near that road. You were careless with another living creature, one that was a "part of your family" and now you don't want to accept the responsibility of your carelessness so you're trying to blame someone else. Well, my sympathies to you and your family for your loss, my even greater sympathies for the poor dog who was killed, but unfortunately you are the only one at fault here. Sure the person could have stopped to inform you that they had hit your dog, but they had no obligation to. Like I said you and your dog put them and every other driver and pedestrian in danger that day, not the other way around.
Posted by Tbag (anonymous) on June 5, 2007 at 1:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)
What a couple of completely insensitive excuses from "citizens". Didn't you read the sadness in the family's loss of this pet? We're kind of new to this area as well and are frankly, appalled at the lack of common sense and courtesy displayed by a LARGE portion of the driving public, i.e. passing on the right, tailgating, speeding, running red lights, etc. Where oh where are the boys in blue?
Posted by Venti (anonymous) on June 7, 2007 at 10:45 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Just because she's sad doesn't mean she's right.
Like I said, I'd be sad too if my vehicle was demolished by a train, but that doesn't mean it was the train's fault. I'm still the one who left my car on the tracks.
Posted by MacoFTheMIAC (anonymous) on June 20, 2007 at 4:07 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Poor Good Will Pounding. This sad story seals it. I'm installing a moat around my yard that The Talented Mr. Ripley will never be able to jump.
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