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Yesterday these two beautiful young collies were killed through the negligence of another owner.

Ripley and Maverick belong to a friend of mine. Whilst on a walk another dog began attacking them, then chased the panicked pair into the road where they were hit by a car. The other owner saw this happen. Said sorry but walked off. The driver who hit the dogs drove my friend to the vets with them. Ripley was about 3 years old and Mav younger. Ripley had just recovered from a spinal fracture.

The shock has gone today and it has finally hit me. Both dogs were agility dogs and this year both were retired early due to Rips spinal injury and Mav's HD. She'd already lost the dogs she competed with in one sense and now she has lost them altogether. These two dogs were confident and loving and didn't deserve any of what has happened to them.

Words cannot express how I feel and if I feel like that I cannot imagine the pain my friend is feeling.

Rest East Ripley and Maverick.

What beautiful dogs, what an absolutely awful thing to happen

Nightmare, bad enough losing one dog but both the same day

Oh gosh that's simply terrible. My heart goes out to the owner.

such an awful thing to have happened and so irresponsible that the other owner allowed her dog to do this. I hope karma bites that owner in the bum. Get them reported to the dog warden.

please pass on my condolences to your friend....

I am deeply sorry, the worst nightmare. The poor owner must be devastated and heart broken.

Jelinga

Thats awful... always loved border collies, the ex in-laws always had one. Bit high strung but beautiful dogs

So very sorry to hear this - your friend must be devastated.
Run free at the Bridge the pair of you.

Sgurr