A Scary Experience

I had a scary experience on my way to work on Wednesday night. I was driving to work and as I was rounding a sharp curve in the road, I saw a small animal run across the street. It looked like a squirrel or chipmunk or something. I thought nothing of it because the route I was taking is on a country road and there are always small animals around. I finished rounding the curve and was about to accelerate back to the speed of the road when a dog leapt out onto the road right in front of my car. He came from the yard to the right which is completely privacy-fenced in other than the driveway. He hit the road running apparently chasing the small animal. My car was only about 5 feet away. I slammed the brakes but the road was wet since it was lightly raining and I hit him at about 15 mph or so. He let out a small yelp as he rolled under the front end of the car and my heart sank as I feared the worst. A few seconds later, to my amazement, he got up and ran in the direction of whatever he had been chasing. I sat there dazed for a bit then continued driving trying to see where he ran off to. I got almost to work but decided to turn around and back to see if I could see him but I never did. I turned around again and headed to work, which was only about three miles away, still fearing the worse. I got to work and asked my coworker, Katt, if she knew of anyone with a light colored dog nearby. She lives on the street where this happened and knew the last name of the people who lived in the house where the dog ran from. We found their number online and she called them and they said that they had heard a noise and called for their dog and he came home and was fine. He had a little bit of blood, probably road rash, but that's it. I was so relieved that the dog was ok. They thanked us for calling and letting them know what happened. I was so happy because I had feared the worst. Since I had just been coming around a sharp curve in the rain, I was going pretty slow. That with the fact that the dog was running low to the ground and the luck that my tires straddled him probably saved his life. I never want to experience anything like that again. I don't know what I would do if my dog, Logan, ran out into the road and was hit by a car. He's getting some extra treats and a big hug today for being such of good dog.

-Special C