He was still here this morning, but my neighbour wanted to shoot him because, "That dog is one of those killer dogs like you see on TV". Hmm, right.
I set out walking Suska and Cooper and the brown dog came along. I don't have a spare lead, or a spare hand and I didn't want to encourage him. This morning the brown dog was really excited about heading off for a walk, running around, across the road and back. when a car comes around the roundabout and Bang...collects brown dog. Stupid fucking driver kept driving, hit the dog again and he went right under the car and out the back. "This dog's a goner"' I thought (tears sprang to my eyes). But the brown dog got up and walked away. If he was a cat I'd say, "That's one life gone". He was rather battered though, skin off in lots of places and most likely horrible bruising. I cut short walking my two dogs and just went home. I checked over the brown dog and washed down a nasty scrape to see if it might need stitching -was ok. When the vet opened at 8.30am I rang and explained what'd happened. They said bring him in and that they'd contact the pound and he'd go there once checked.
Man, did I feel like a traitor taking that dog to the vet. The whole episode has really rocked me.
Good ending though. The poster put up at the corner shop yielded a phone call. The Owner - Yay! Brown Dog, whose name is "Copper", ran away from home during a very close and loud thunderstorm last Friday. I wonder if he ended up here after hearing us calling Cooper, Giles' dog. Anyway, Copper's owner will have to collect him from the pound or the vet and hopefully he'll have him microchipped (and neutered).

A very friendly dog, not "one of those killer dogs". Go and mow your lawn again Kevin (sorry, that was uncharitable).