I saw you collapse on the curb. As I pulled my car over to see if you were all right, I realized you were hunched over your beautiful little dog—a dog that had just been run over. The look of total loss in your eyes as I told you to get in my car was overwhelming. I knew the dog was dying before we’d gone a block, and I think you knew it, too. I just want to say that once you snapped out of your irrational terror, you showed more humanity in calming your scared dying animal than I’d seen from a stranger in a long time. You gave that terrified little animal a feeling of peace and love before it departed this world. The girlfriend (and I presume owner) you were so worried about emotionally scarring with the news of this horrible accident should feel the pride and satisfaction of how you connected with her pet in its waning moments of consciousness. I want to thank you for showing me in your little catastrophe a slice of pure, raw, unadulterated emotion from out of the blue. I shared a connection with you that isn’t felt between two strangers very often. And I want to say you did a great job. Thank you. And I’m sorry for your loss. 
I, Anonymous
Man’s Best Friend’s Friend
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A positive IA.
Yes, thank you. I needed that. A great job all around.
What an amazing moment to acknowledge. Just reading this made me feel peaceful.
FAKE.
Dogs are invincible.
OMG! My eyes are all watery now, dangit! That was beautiful.
What? Nobody has a smart ass comment?
I, Anon WIN.
for once, a positive i, anon that didn’t make me want to gag. beautiful.
finally, an i, anonymous as they used to be. intelligent, worthy of being printed, one not full of hate and anger. thanks.
How did this one get past Savage and Keck?
Chasing tennis balls in doggy heaven. Gosh darn it I, anon now I’m all weepy. Well played.
I normally hate mushy crap, but this was really nice. Thank you, anon. This post was quite touching and totally made my dat.
I will not cry like a girl. I will not cry like a girl. I will not cry like a girl.
I will cry like a big, girly, man.
That was really sweet. Thank you, Anon.
God, that is sweet. I’m not crying; I have something in my eye…
Uh.
I hate to ask this, but how’d the dog get hit by the car? I mean… was the dog on a leash, and the car just nailed it, or what? It’s cool that the person taking care of the dog was compassionate and everything, but wouldn’t it have been better if they’d been careful and not let the dog get run over in the first place?
Maybe the reason they don’t want to tell the actual owner is that the owner will be crushed that they let the dog get killed?
@Judah, how do you know whether he was being careful or not? Do you really believe that all you have to do is ‘be careful’ and you will be able to prevent anyone or anything you love from being harmed? Grow up.
Thank you for sharing!
Someone was compassionate enough to come to my door and let me know my cat had been hit by a car. I held him in my arms for the few minutes it took him to die. It was sometime in the mid 80s but I will never forget that…. this totally brought me back. Thanks to the IA writer for being so utterly human as to help that man and the dog out.
RIP Winston….
WOW…my eyes are watery now!
What a heartfelt ANON! Thank you and bless you for sharing.
I’m tearing up too. Best. I. Anonymous. Ever.
Thanks Anon…a little peek at a part of humanity we all seem to share. And it brought me to tears as well. Blessings.
Aww… typing and weeping simultaneously is harder than one would think.
Thank you for sharing this bittersweet story and thank you for stepping up and helping in a situation most folks would have ignored. Your actions were just as beautifully kind as those you’re here praising.
It’s such an unbelievably horrifying place to be to know that something you love is slipping away from you forever. Worse when you are bearer of the news to someone else you love. Thank you to the writer of this I anon for acknowledging this man’s pain, and for being emotionally intelligent enough to not only help that person, but to share this story and thank him for the connection you shared. Thanks for reconnecting all of us who read it.
@16 – It happens. I saw a dog buck its collar at 2-yrs of age when it had never previously done so (unfortunately I hit that dog with my car, fortunately- the dog was just fine!!!)
First I Anon to ever make me cry. Thanks Stranger.
(Also, Science Chick’s comments made the tears come twice.)
Wow. I come to I Anonymous for my weekly dose of bile-laden train-wreck schadenfreude. This was actualy thoughtful, compassionate, amazingly humane and not self-centered. I feel unexpectedly uplifted (and teary – I’m a dog owner). What a nice surprise. Sucks about the dog though:(
this one threw me for a loop. not what i’ve come to expect from ia. nice. it reminds us how enlightening it is to appreciate something/someone other than ourselves, occasionally.
@17
Yeah, you know, I’d like to get into a whole big thing with you about whether I’ve “grown up” or not, or whether I believe any of the stupid shit you’re attributing to me, but most of that would boil down to the basic message: fuck you. So yeah. That.
The dog owner’s reaction was compassionate. The witness admirably related his own compassionate contemplation of the owners compassion. The comments were compassionate. Until they weren’t. Yeah, I know that transcendence on this plain always involves grappling with the gravity of the negative. But it must be a drag to be the turd in the punchbowl. Anyway, a beautifully unexpected I,A. Well done.
I’m so sorry for your loss, and grateful to hear about a moment of true compassion. Now if only I could stop crying…
Dogs don’t belong in the city. It’s not natural.