06/23/2021
I know many of you dog owners consider your dogs to be your children and try to keep them as safe as possible. I am asking everyone to please keep your dog on a leash or a lead when Outdoors. Whether it's on vacation at a campground or just set up Park or even your own unfenced yard. Bellevue's train cannot stop in the blink of an eye yet your dog can disappear in the blink of an eye. Monday I found one of two dogs that got loose and disappeared. One was okay but had been thrown across rocks and was pretty banged up. It was definitely in shock but we were able to bring her out of it. Her brother unfortunately did not make it across the tracks and was struck by the train coming through Bellevue Monday afternoon. It's a sight I wish no one ever has to deal with, but I picked up the 80 pound deceased dog and we took him to the vet with the owner and let her say an emotional goodbye. I threw my back out picking the dog up to get it off the tracks but I knew I couldn't leave a dog to the turkey vultures or the train so we took time to care for the dead dog properly. I don't ever want to see another dog hit by a train, so I plead with all of you dog owners, anywhere Outdoors that is not fenced in, no matter what you're doing, please please put your dog on a leash or a lead. No dog deserves what happened to this one. It'll be a long time before I forget about this dog even though he wasn't mine.