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    NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway

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    Image of layabout layabout
    12/20/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    I'm not usually into cute stories,but that was so sweet.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/20/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    To all the whiners: If you don't want to see it, DON'T CLICK. Pretty simple, really. Just by way of example, do any of you get the Sunday paper? Do you read every article in every section? Do you write letters to the editor complaining about the sewing section because you don't sew? Probably not, so think of Jalopnik as your daily Sunday paper, full of lots of things that don't appeal to everyone, but every one of which appeals to someone. If it gets to the point where nothing appeals to you, start taking a different paper, I'm sure the editors will understand.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    I shall not run that clip, as my stomach is still turning from the horse-hit the other day...


    At least the clap-riddled koala from a few months ago survived and got proper care (and gave rise to a hilarious graphic from Ben):

    [jalopnik.com]

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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    He's a good boy.


    Good boy!


    Take him home, love him, hope he forgets ever seeing something like that. Poor little guy.

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    Image of John Krewson John Krewson
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    Good dog.


    Never give up. Never, ever give up.


    Good dog.

     Reply
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/19/08

    @John Krewson: This is a metaphor. Learn from it. Remember it.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    If you don't want to see the video, or the pictures, or the newest special edition Mustang, don't click on it.


    If it's got a car in there somewhere, it's fair game to be posted on Jalopnik. Do you need the editors to be your parents, or can we trust you to take some personal responsibility for what you watch?


    Now that I've gotten that out: It's such a mix of emotions while watching that. It's sad for the dead pup, yet heartwarming for the "rescuing" pup.

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    Image of Jimal is a non-attorney spokesperson Jimal is a non-attorney spokesperson
    12/19/08

    @smalleyxb122: This is an absolute cop out. Just because there is a car in the picture doesn't make it a car story. What's next, accident scene videos from fatal car crashes?


    No one is looking for the editors to be our parents. We're looking for the editors to be editors and realize that deer gore and dog snuff films have nothing to do with the "obsession with the cult of cars."

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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    12/19/08

    @Jimal: Vote with your mouse. Yours counts as a page view, too.


    Don't like it; Don't click it.


    And seriously, this video is less about the dog that gets killed, and more about the dog who makes such a valiant effort to save the dead dog.

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    This is why I love dogs.


    A fucking cat would never go back for his buddy.


    God, that made me sad. Agreed, Jalop. Cool it with this, I'm here for cars, not to be made sad.


    I could relate to the horse-strike but this is just sad.


    Couldn't you have posted the Shiba Inu Puppycam instead? I mean, gawker wrote a fucking article on it :/


    Thanks a lot, auto insider.

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    Image of vr6john vr6john
    12/19/08

    @Plecostomus - Now with 20% more Algae!: BS...There was a story about the mother cat that went back into a burning building to save her kittens in NY...There are plenty of stories where cats have alerted owners to fires and such...Dogs don't have these areas cornered...i don't think a cat would go into a busy highway though...
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    12/19/08

    @vr6john...now needs a job.: Lies, dogs have alerted owners to fires plenty and there are even weird instances of dogs doing stuff like dialing 911. How that happened is entirely a fluke, but it's been done.


    To hell with cats, awful, self-centered, hateful creatures.

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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    Jalopnik, cool it with the dead animals/animals in peril thing, please.
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    Image of The-Simpsons-Rule!! The-Simpsons-Rule!!
    12/19/08

    @Jeb_Hoge: Agreed.
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    Image of The-Simpsons-Rule!! The-Simpsons-Rule!!
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    AHHH crap, i've been having a really bad day and come to Jalopnik and watch something so incredibly nice.


    Thanks for making tears roll down my face.

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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    Will. Not. Watch.


    Where am I, facesofdeath.com?

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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    12/19/08

    @POLAЯ CLAUS IS COMING TO JALOPTOWN: jalopnikofdeath.com
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    Image of acarr260 acarr260
    12/19/08

    @POLAЯ_CLAUS_IS_PUTTING_JALOPNIK_ON_......: I find it completely tasteless and I also refuse to watch it.
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    Image of wyatt_1st wyatt_1st
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    i have to agree this is the type of thing to not show on jalopnik.and the person who filmed just stood there and watched? what if that was a child? im saddened by this and worry that we have all become so immune to the way some behave .is it me or has this site become for lack of a better word more crass.ive noted a lot of mean spirited attitude on here in the last several months and find myself wishing for the old jalopnik back oh well im probably a minority.
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    12/19/08

    @wyatt_1st: Here's the thing. That was a stationary traffic camera, and it was recording the incident. Likely, the operator is in a control room somewhere and likely called the ambulance thing that showed up at the end, and therefore probably did all they could. We have a similar camera system equipped on many of the freeways here in Southern California.
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    Image of TBM-Fan TBM-Fan
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    Still it is so sad that most car drivers are too lazy to avoid an animal collision what if they were human, would people still crash into them?
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    12/19/08

    @TBM-Fan: depends. Are they wearing big sunglasses?
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    12/19/08

    @TBM-Fan: Generally you hit Bambi as opposed to swerving into other cars or the guardrail. Yeah, would be nice if they didn't hit the poor dog. But at high speed in the left lane? Forget it.
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    Image of VicVegas84 VicVegas84
    12/19/08

    @TBM-Fan: And what of the risks of swerving on the highway? To other motorists? To yourself? To property? I too feel for animals struck by cars, especially dogs but the risks are too great.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/19/08

    @TBM-Fan: Yes, they do. I don't remember exactly where I saw it, but it was a picture of a flattened man, dried out like a sailrabbit on a back road, somewhere in Africa. Truck hit him and kept going, subsequent trucks finished rolling him out, nobody peeled him up and even the vultures wouldn't touch him after he'd dried to jerky.
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    Image of citroën67 citroën67
    12/19/08

    @VicVegas84: All great points. Lets not also forget the insurance reasons. A friend of mine once swerved to miss a deer and hit the ditch and a few saplings, and his insurance denied his claim, wouldn't cover the tow bill, and increased his premium because he had an "at fault" accident on his record(in a no-fault insurance state, go figure) because the cops had to file a report when the tow truck got called out.


    Moral of the story...don't swerve!

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/20/08

    @citroen67_now with 30% more LHM: Your story has the ring of truth right up to "cops had to file a report when the tow truck got called out." I assume that your no-fault state is Michigan. I live in Michigan too, and have used tow trucks (even AAA dispatched ones) many times. Never had a cop show up and insist on making a report just because a tow truck was dispatched, though. I'll assume there's a bit more to this.
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    Image of citroën67 citroën67
    12/21/08

    @Mike the Dog: Yes the state is MI. It was my fault for not elaborating further on the details. It is (in most cases) left up to the tow truck driver to alert the police if it is a situation that may impede traffic(such as a recovery that involves the blockage of one or more lanes). In this case, the accident happened in a rural area at night, and the car coudn't get back onto the road with its own power. Plus he was cited for careless driving to boot. Just simply a bad day for him.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    12/22/08

    @citroen67_now with 30% more LHM: Gotcha, now it makes sense. I knew there had to be more to it.
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    Image of DannyBN DannyBN
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    Actually, this took place in Santiago, Chile.


    [www.dailymail.co.uk]

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    Image of schrosa schrosa
    12/19/08

    @DannyBN: EXACTLY. How did they get Germany?
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    Image of 1300ccsoffury 1300ccsoffury
    12/19/08

    @schrosa: Diderosi must have written it.
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    poor little doggy... good thing this was germany, or he could have been picked up and become tonights doggy casserole
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    Image of Boosted Lego Wagon Boosted Lego Wagon
    12/19/08

    In reply to NSFW: Dog Tries To Save Little Buddy On Busy Freeway
    Ironically, the rescuing pooch was named Bailey. The squashed mutt? Detroit.
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