Running over a Dog

[Lung Per]

Some of the country roads have many loose dogs especially after dark. These good fer nuthin' lazy bums just lay there in the middle of the road waiting for a car or motocy to hit them.
What is one to do with a run-over dog which isn't quite dead?
Is there an animal ambulance service? One does not (yet) posess a gun so one cannot put the poor devil out of its misery... Is a dog a sacred animal? What do the Thais do???

[Vital Spark]

We had a similar experience a few years back, in the back of beyond.

It was nearing midnight and a dog just ran out in front of our car. Nothing we could do. We hit it. We then pulled up further down the road to decide what to do. If we went back and tried to find the 'owner' we would have probably had to pay some kind of compensation. The vets would have been closed so taking the dog to them was impossible. If we had taken the dog the next day he would have done X-rays etc. and given something to dull the pain, or sent us off somewhere for major surgery on seriously broken bones. Which we would obviously have to pay for.

We drove on.

In the west they euthanise dogs who have multiple pelvic fractures, which result in paralysis. They don't do it here. It's 'against their culture' - so I've been told.

We're both dog lovers, and it broke our hearts to just leave it, but we really had no choice. It was gone the next day - hopefully just bruised and a little bit worse for wear.

By the way, a dog is certainly not a sacred animal in Thailand. Just something to kick when you're in a bad mood or a skinny guard dog.

VS

[lindosfan1]

Vets will put dogs to sleep if they are badly injured, but they need the owners permission, unless it is obviously a soi dog.
It is difficult I am a dog lover what I would have probably done is wrapped in a blanket put it in the car if no vet open take home make it comfortable and take to the vet in the morning. I always used the vet by the canal traffic light on the klong road he would assess it and decide what to do.
Beware when animals are injured the can be dangerous so be certain that you know what you are doing if not sure leave it. It is a difficult situation if you are an animal lover.

[stgrhe]

If the dog has no collar one must assume it is a stray dog so in that case one need not worry about an angry owner.

G.

[Lung Per]

Most of them are clearly stray dogs. There seem to be an abundance around the temples, assuming the monks or their followers feed them. Perhaps one could take it into a temple - would the monks care for it (or put it asleep if that's what it takes?)

[Aussie Mark]

Sorry Im not a dog lover the humane thing would be to put it out of its misery.Good thing about dogs if it dies or runs away u can just get another one

Yours in can someone please drive up Soi 88 with a roo bar

[Nereus]

Some of the country roads have many loose dogs especially after dark. These good fer nuthin' lazy bums just lay there in the middle of the road waiting for a car or motocy to hit them.
What is one to do with a run-over dog which isn't quite dead?
Is there an animal ambulance service? One does not (yet) posess a gun so one cannot put the poor devil out of its misery... Is a dog a sacred animal? What do the Thais do???

I think that you will find that 99% of Thais will not stop after hitting a dog. If they do stop, they are more likely to be concerned about the damage to their car, than any dog!

[Rolf Luettich]

Some of the country roads have many loose dogs especially after dark. These good fer nuthin' lazy bums just lay there in the middle of the road waiting for a car or motocy to hit them.
What is one to do with a run-over dog which isn't quite dead?
Is there an animal ambulance service? One does not (yet) posess a gun so one cannot put the poor devil out of its misery... Is a dog a sacred animal? What do the Thais do???

I think that you will find that 99% of Thais will not stop after hitting a dog. If they do stop, they are more likely to be concerned about the damage to their car, than any dog!

I think thats quite harsh . i know 99% is not prolly not ur assessment however I've seen quite a lot of thais who like dogs a lot, and I think they (obv can only talk about those i know) would at least stop and check if sth can be done. obviously many of them would just keep driving

[Rolf Luettich]

Vets will put dogs to sleep if they are badly injured, but they need the owners permission, unless it is obviously a soi dog.
It is difficult I am a dog lover what I would have probably done is wrapped in a blanket put it in the car if no vet open take home make it comfortable and take to the vet in the morning. I always used the vet by the canal traffic light on the klong road he would assess it and decide what to do.
Beware when animals are injured the can be dangerous so be certain that you know what you are doing if not sure leave it. It is a difficult situation if you are an animal lover.

Can you approach an injured dog with a blanket. isnt an injured dog trying to bite you first chance it gets?

[Takiap]

I've seen a few dogs run over since being in LOS and I've never yet seen a Thai person stop to check on the dog. I agree, they would only stop if the thought their car or pick-up was damaged. Unfortunately, and I hate to say this, but after several unpleasant encounters, I think I would do the same myself nowadays.

[bill]

if you wack a dog by temple on hill 5000 baht fine. soi dog wacked, many folks will claim it and anywhere from 1-3000 baht. most are strays so it up to you who to pay. if you are from norway pay them all. i used to like dogs before i moved to thailand.

[Lung Per]

if you wack a dog by temple on hill 5000 baht fine. soi dog wacked, many folks will claim it and anywhere from 1-3000 baht. most are strays so it up to you who to pay. if you are from norway pay them all. i used to like dogs before i moved to thailand.

Indeed a remarkable response. I am not Norwegian but just for the heck of it, what did the poor Norwegians do to deserve this?

[Takiap]

if you wack a dog by temple on hill 5000 baht fine. soi dog wacked, many folks will claim it and anywhere from 1-3000 baht. most are strays so it up to you who to pay. if you are from norway pay them all. i used to like dogs before i moved to thailand.

To be honest, I cant see why you would even consider stopping after you've hit a dog if there are Thai's around because surely you know by now that the dog would have belonged to one of them (the minute they see a farang...lol)

[Takiap]

On second thoughts, I should mention that I don't drive a car so I don't do any wacking. If I did drive, I would probably wack my own dig first....lol

[Spitfire]

The dogs at the temples are the ones no-one wants but have been dumped/donated or whatever by Thais that no longer wish to take care of them and the monks sling them some food everyday. These are strays/soi dogs of questionable breed and temperment which should be approach/dealt with cautiously, anger is not a uncommon trait to be found within these "dogs". There is a temple about 100 meters from where I live and the ones there a menace.

If you run a dog over then.....well.....it's done, can't change anything, past tense. If you stop then you'll end up paying for something. No need to stop and certainly no need to pay any money for a dog, the locals don't.

Agree with others that have posted about mentioning that the Thais only stop to inspect the vehicle, if damage is suspected. You can back up this notion with the weeks old/pancake style road kills that stay on the main roads for weeks before they eventually blow away in the wind due to losing so much mass from decomposition.

OK, if it's a pedigree golden retreiver or something of the like then someone is going to be pissed off but a soi dog, IMO, barely qualifies as a noun, I suppose it falls into the section of "thing".

Wouldn't lose any sleep over it OP, this happens everyday.

"What do the Thais do?" Absolutely sweet FA.