Dogsey

Yikes. I'd not want to check the collars or scan for a microchip on a dead, mangled dog either. My dogs are not allowed to run into the road, and if they were, I'd expect them to get run over. There is no such requirement in place here. Road workers have hard and demanding jobs, made harder by people who let their dogs escape and wander the roads.

I don't believe they should be forced to scan for microchips on road kill dogs or be the ones that have to call and notify people that their dogs have been run over. Their jobs are sad and hard enough without adding this to it. Doesn't seem like it's part of a road workers job, I'm surprised such a requirement existed in the first place.

That was my first reaction too myra. However as a dog lover of course i would not leave a dead dog lying on the road but would move him onto the grass and certainly look for an id disc. I couldnt just leave him to be run over.

I would never in my life touch a dead dog lying in the road. Many of them are decomposed etc. I'd never intentionally run one over, but I'd not endanger other people and myself by swerving around one that had already been killed.

I read a study just the other day that said fatal accidents and crashes are way more common when motorists swerve to avoid deer and other animals and that it's usually much safer for you if you hit them. It's not in most people's nature to kill them, and most people swerve out of instinct. I'd never hit one on purpose randomly, but if I saw that swerving wasn't safe, I'd not hesitate to keep straight.

Again, dogs should be restrained and away from roads. They don't know what to do in such unnatural situations and often freeze, making it too easy for them to be run over. Sadly I see it all the time here, and way more often, squirrels.

what about dogs that get stolen then dumped?

What about them?

My dogs are impossible to steal. They are never left wandering around and if I'm not with them, they are safely locked in my very well guarded, well protected, and neigh impossible to penetrate home. Good luck stealing them, or anything else in this house. Jade would never Waltz out of the house with a stranger anyway, you'd be badly bitten.

I suppose if you leave a dog alone behind an unsecured fence, it could be stolen. Doesn't seem like a huge percentage of wandering dogs, anyway. Again, that is likely you not exercising good judgment. In any case, I don't believe it's part of a road workers job to deal with things like that.

'made harder by people who let their dogs escape and wander the roads.'

im sure the people who meet the above criteria would a) not bother their backsides to have their dog chipped/put a collar on it or b) give a toss if the dog gets run over

but sometimes a dog will get loose (recent story of a dog escaping from a car involved in an accident case in point) im not saying they should ring the owners but notify the chip company at least if it is in their remit to clear badgers/foxes etc i dont see the issue. (i havent read the 'story' in the DM so not armed with all the 'facts')

It's so easy to condemn, but accidents happen. When I had my previous two dogs, some idiot actually reached well over the back gate to undo the bolt. Fortunately, my two didn't leave the path leading to the front, but so easily could have done had I not spotted fairly quickly what had happened.

It must be a nightmare if your dog has escaped, got run over and you never find out. The unknown is worse knowing what happened.

Thank god I have a council who cares.