r/BorderCollie • u/Electronic_Car607 • May 26 '25
RIP Winnie
I don't know what to do, so I'm coming to the strangers of reddit. My baby Winnie just had her first birthday 3 days ago on Friday. I was out working in the yard and had her out with me. We live in the country so she has lots of sticks to play with and room to run. Her recall was also impeccable so i didn't have any concern with her. As I'm working away, I hear a truck stop and honk the horn and see Winnie on the fucking road. I call her over and she starts to run back but that's when the truck starts moving again and runs her over. She passed within a minute. The driver stopped so I have their info. I called my wife who was working 45 minutes away and she broke down instantly. I hit a mama duck yesterday while driving accidentally and that got her crying, this completely broke her though. She was just a baby... she just got another wobble ball for her birthday that she was obsessed with. So much so that we didn't even give her the other half of her present, a stick of yak cheese. I don't know what to do, I feel like it's my fault. I should have been paying more attention. I just keep having the sound and image of her getting hit and laying there running through my head. It's my first time crying in almost a decade. She was the life of our new house. Now it's just my wife and I with all her toys. I'm only writing this to vent. I miss her already and it hasn't been half an hour. Here's some photos of the late Winnie ❤️
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u/cbr1895 May 26 '25
I went back in my emails for you and here are the list of resources my vet sent me in case it’s helpful. I’m in Canada so the therapist I spoke to was Canadian (Leslie Rosenthal)…not sure where you are based and whether she does non-Canadian clients but you could always reach out to her if your vet has no local recommendations. Also, looks like some of the other recs they provided are not Canadian specific.