04/11/2026
Hello everyone and thank you to everyone that did reach out about Michaeleen. It's been a weird couple of days and I hate even seeing Michaeleen in the pain he is in. I will not be posting the video of the actual accident. Considering that I personally think it's too graphic, the loud bang noise and the undisturbing amount of yelping from Michaeleen. However, I will post a couple pictures and one small video clip from afterwards before heading to the emergency hospital. Take a look at photos. Anything helps.
On Wednesday April 8th 2026, around 7:22pm my poor puppy was hit by a car in a freak accident. He's a great dog, and was 100% healthy until he was hit by a car unfortunately. My boy usually is well mannered and behaved and tends to be a local celebrity in our neighborhood () around Staten Island, NY.
Around the time of the accident, my niece and girlfriend were playing with him when he decided to slip out the gate before hand while I was taking out some garbage. I tried to get him to come back in like he normally does until he didn't and decided to wander really quick. I was focused on trying to get him back in the yard, and a car doing the more than local speed limit struck him spinning him around and in process doing damage to his chest cavity, giving him a collapsed lung, a gash under his mouth, some pretty bad road rash from the concrete, as well as some muscle damage to his back leg. The entire situation was scary. Reluctantly, the driver had stopped after hearing the bang and my dog screaming from the impact...... The bang alone sent chills up my spine and my family didn't even know what to do until we rushed him to a emergency vet hospital.
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Anything helps and is appreciated. 🐕🙏