Someone hit my dog with their car in San Pedro
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
Josh, I hope you and Rocket are okay.
We're OK. It was a strange experience -- one of those times where everything slows down. But we came within inches of something really bad happening.
Wow, that's scary. (I don't have a Dodger logo on my dark blue suv, by the way, so it really wasn't me). Glad you're OK, I'll keep a lookout for the car.
Glad you are OK.....Hope you already reported it.
I'm glad to hear you're both okay. Something similar almost happened to my dad when he was walking his dog. The car also was making a left turn. He saw my dad and went to make the turn in front of him, not realizing that my dad had a dog on a leash. My dad was able to yank the dog back, before she was run over.
Josh, I'm glad you're both okay. Very scary stuff. I hope someone saw something and can help you catch this guy.
Was it Weymouth and 7th or 9th, because the intersection of 8th and Weymouth doesn't have a signal?
You're right Penny It was 7th. I was a little shaken up when I wrote the original post. I'll change it. Thanks.
So glad you and Rocket are okay. What a jerk that driver is and I wouldn't be surprised if it was someone on a cell phone (even tho that is illegal) being inconsiderate as they usually are! I do hope they get caught!
Hi Josh and Rocket,
So sorry to hear that happened to you two!!! You know how much my kids just adore Rocket! They would have been ABSOLUTELY devastated!! I'm glad the worst did NOT happen!! what a jerk whomever that was! He/she needs to be brought to justice!!!!! I'm very angry at just how mean people can be, but you're right, not everyone is mean! I'm glad some people who saw it pulled over, and also that nothing happened to you!!
Peggy Rados
Oh. So it was 7th? Now that changes everything.
happy to hear nothing serious happend...thats Pedro for you.....we are not even walking across 19th anymore with our dogs because we almost got hit a few times .....stop sign ? what stop sign? really it is illegal to be on the phone while driving? red light ?? naaa it was only dark orange..!...it is getting worst every day !!!
So wrong on many levels, I'm very thankful that you were alert and quick thinking, Josh.
Please give us an update so we can be certain of Rocket's well being, no stiffness?, his eating isn't affected? have you applied pressure to his underbelly to be certain of no internal injuries that are not visible to the naked eye?
Be very careful with Rocket's attitude towards vehicles now, he might shy purely because he can't protect YOU from them rather than actually be afraid of them. I worry that he'll amp up his hatred of the trash trucks as well, those are coming to his territory and threatening his master's safety.
Be safe out there everyone, every single one of us.