katybee
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Post by katybee on Nov 2, 2023 4:11:00 GMT
I was in the middle of a training and I get a call from a sergeant at the Santa Barbara PD informing me that a car had driven through our very tall, thick hedges and “made contact” with the house. My neighbor had given him my phone number. Apparently, a man had a medical emergency and blacked out. He took out the hedges and clipped the corner of our front porch. I’m 100% sure my dog was in the room of the window you see (which is my bedroom). She is OK, but traumatized. I’m sure the huge crash was followed by sirens (police, fire, paramedics) and people gathered around and talking and then a tow truck. My SIL came home as soon as I called her, but it was all cleared away by then. My dog won’t come in here now and is sleeping with my SIL tonight (she has never done that). The driver just missed our gas and water lines. And the only damage is to the porch, so we get to stay here. And the driver, from what I’ve heard, is OK. So all in all, it could’ve been much worse. Though I am going to have to get used to a lack of privacy and security (at least for a while).
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snyder
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Post by snyder on Nov 2, 2023 4:21:46 GMT
Goodness! That is scary, but glad it wasn't worse than it was as you mentioned.
Hope you can get your porch fixed quickly and a possible solution for some privacy as trees/bushes don't grow that quickly.
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Post by disneypal on Nov 2, 2023 4:56:15 GMT
Oh my goodness - I am glad no one was hurt. How awful!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Nov 2, 2023 5:02:26 GMT
I'm so glad no one was hurt! Hope your pup is okay.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 2, 2023 5:12:23 GMT
Hope the porch is an easy fix. Sorry about the bushes though...
Hope you dog recovers from her trauma soon..
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Post by Scrapper100 on Nov 2, 2023 6:08:21 GMT
Wow how scary. I’m glad no one was hurt and hope you can get the porch fixed soon snd get a new hedge for privacy. I hope your dog recovers from the trauma and returns to your room not that I blame him. What a crazy thing and so lucky they missed the gas and water lines.
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Post by malibou on Nov 2, 2023 6:33:15 GMT
Whoa! Glad the house only has porch damage. However, your poor pup. Hope he is back to his usual self soon.
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Post by ntsf on Nov 2, 2023 8:17:47 GMT
wow.. hope it all gets fixed soon..
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RedSquirrelUK
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Nov 2, 2023 8:23:56 GMT
What a shock - for everyone. I hope the driver is OK, and your dog recovers.
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Post by mom on Nov 2, 2023 9:26:33 GMT
Holy cow! So glad y’all were not injured!
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wellway
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Post by wellway on Nov 2, 2023 9:41:34 GMT
Thank goodness no one was hurt but I feel for your dog. It is at times like this you wish they could talk and you could reassure them.
I wonder if a thundershirt would help him.
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Post by hop2 on Nov 2, 2023 10:39:09 GMT
Oh my goodness! I’m sorry. Your poor puppy. I hope all the repairing work goes smoothly.
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Post by peasapie on Nov 2, 2023 10:49:54 GMT
Yikes. Thankfully no one in the house was hurt. I hope the driver is ok, and that your dog will soon get past the fright from that experience.
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Post by Bridget in MD on Nov 2, 2023 11:12:28 GMT
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Post by monklady123 on Nov 2, 2023 11:15:47 GMT
Wow!  I'm glad everyone is okay though, that he missed the gas lines, and that your dog is okay too. He'll get over the trauma of it since he has you and SIL to show him that there's nothing to be afraid of now. Offer him some yummy treats in that room. |
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mimima
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Post by mimima on Nov 2, 2023 11:53:51 GMT
Yikes! So glad all are OK, including the poor pup.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Nov 2, 2023 12:08:39 GMT
Oh goodness. Bet you didn’t have “a tree hit my house” on your Bingo sheet. Glad it wasn’t any worse than it was!
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peppermintpatty
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Post by peppermintpatty on Nov 2, 2023 12:13:51 GMT
Well... that is one thing I never thought I would see on this board! Wow. I hope your pup is doing okay.
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Post by auntkelly on Nov 2, 2023 12:28:03 GMT
I’m glad the driver is okay. I’m sorry about the damage to your hedge and porch. I’m sorry your poor pup was inside the house when it happened.
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Post by mikklynn on Nov 2, 2023 13:06:41 GMT
Oh my gosh! I'm glad everyone is ok. I'd be a wreck like your pup if I'd been home!
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Post by workingclassdog on Nov 2, 2023 13:13:06 GMT
YIKES!!!! It could have been worse... for me I think I would have been upset if it was like a drunk driver or someone on their phone type thing. Poor guy...hope he recovers!
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Post by bbkeef on Nov 2, 2023 13:29:57 GMT
I can't imagine getting that call! Glad everyone is ok. I wonder if you should call the vet? Maybe your dog could use a couple days of puppy Prozac or something.
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sharlag
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Post by sharlag on Nov 2, 2023 13:48:27 GMT
That happened when I was 5. It hit my bedroom and threw my bed across the room, left a hole in the outside wall.
Luckily, I was in the next bedroom over while my babysitter was reading to me. If I’d been my little bed, it would have left a mark.
I hope your doggie gets over his trauma soon.
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Post by scrapmaven on Nov 2, 2023 15:42:36 GMT
Thank goodness that the damage was not worse and that the driver is OK. Just keep reassuring your doggie and handing out love.
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moodyblue
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Post by moodyblue on Nov 2, 2023 20:13:25 GMT
The driver's insurance may cover the cost of replacing the hedge, and it should be with things of reasonable size.
I say this because last year a newspaper delivery driver took out a bunch of arborvitae at the back of my yard and my neighbor's. The trees on that berm actually belong to the condo association/the condos located behind our houses. They were replaced with 8 foot trees, not little baby ones, and plants and fencing in my neighbor's flower bed were covered by the insurance also.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 2, 2023 20:32:06 GMT
I’m so glad it wasn’t any worse than it was, but it still had to be freaky as all hell to get that call. Unfortunately it’s not as uncommon as one might think. My sister’s in-laws had that happen TWICE (once when mom and dad lived in the house and again years later when her BIL and his family were living there). DH was at work once when someone drove right through the front wall and windows of the building he was working in, and only missed him by about three minutes. He had been standing right where the car came through just before it happened, but he went to help someone and was on the other side of the store. And another time, an elderly woman drove through the retaining wall in front of my business. She thought she had the car in reverse but instead it was in drive and she plowed straight through the cinder block wall. 😳 |
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Post by 950nancy on Nov 2, 2023 20:45:54 GMT
Crap, that had to be scary for the pup. The good thing is that dogs easily forgive (but don't often forget). My pup was chased down by a coyote near our home. He was adamant that he not go near that place again. Sure enough, he was fine with it after having more positive experiences with it. Treats and hugs in the room he was traumatized in will eventually win him over.
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Post by flanz on Nov 2, 2023 21:38:23 GMT
Wow, Katy! I'm glad you and your SIL are okay. Sorry your pup is traumatized.
((( hugs )))
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 2, 2023 23:37:45 GMT
Oh wow! Your poor little traumatised doggy! I can understand him being nervous now - if I had been in the house when a car crashed into it, I think I'd be nervous too, every time there was a bang of some kind.
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peabay
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Post by peabay on Nov 2, 2023 23:53:49 GMT
Wow! That's crazy! Glad everyone is okay!
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