I've been spending some bucks on the boat to beef up the offshore capabilities so we could head to the Bahamas over the summer (as some of you have seen in my threads). Unfortunately, we've had a bad accident here with our dog.
I had a roofer coming over to fix some damage on my roof from a previous hurricane. They had to have a cherry picker to get to the top (12/12 pitch). So the roofer at the end of the first day is coming up my driveway and my golden retriever gets up off the front porch and goes down to the driveway and the guy in the truck plows over him. The dog tries to jump out of the way and he curves into the dog, he hits the front bumper, goes under the front wheel, and gets slow rolled over by the back wheels of his very large pickup. How do I know this detail? I have a video camera system that caught it all. The guy was also on his cell phone looking up at the roof driving pretty fast. He never saw the dog and he was in plain view.
Needless to say, seeing that made our family sick. The dog was rushed 80 miles from here to a special care facility and just had surgery. His back area was broken up (pelvis and vertibre and legs) and they pinned together some of his bones. It will be a long recovery and we will probably have to put artificial joints in him later this year.
Anyway... looks like the summer will be taking care of a handicapped dog but maybe we will try and do some short trips up the bay and hit the get together in Baltimore. My boat will be the one with the big antennas and new electronics....
If you thought boating was expensive... you should see what this stuff costs...
I had a roofer coming over to fix some damage on my roof from a previous hurricane. They had to have a cherry picker to get to the top (12/12 pitch). So the roofer at the end of the first day is coming up my driveway and my golden retriever gets up off the front porch and goes down to the driveway and the guy in the truck plows over him. The dog tries to jump out of the way and he curves into the dog, he hits the front bumper, goes under the front wheel, and gets slow rolled over by the back wheels of his very large pickup. How do I know this detail? I have a video camera system that caught it all. The guy was also on his cell phone looking up at the roof driving pretty fast. He never saw the dog and he was in plain view.
Needless to say, seeing that made our family sick. The dog was rushed 80 miles from here to a special care facility and just had surgery. His back area was broken up (pelvis and vertibre and legs) and they pinned together some of his bones. It will be a long recovery and we will probably have to put artificial joints in him later this year.
Anyway... looks like the summer will be taking care of a handicapped dog but maybe we will try and do some short trips up the bay and hit the get together in Baltimore. My boat will be the one with the big antennas and new electronics....
If you thought boating was expensive... you should see what this stuff costs...
