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Woman Erects 'Who Killed Our Puppy' Sign
ClickonDetroit ^ | December 1, 2006

Posted on 12/01/2006 5:44:32 AM PST by ShadowDancer

Woman Erects 'Who Killed Our Puppy' Sign

POSTED: 6:43 am EST December 1, 2006

SMYRNA, Tenn. -- A Tennessee woman put up a controversial reminder to the person who she said ran over her dog, and some have found it offensive. Survey: Sign Offensive?

Ginger Crawford buried her 5-month-old puppy in her back yard, but she built the memorial in the front yard so every driver can see it.

"She was with me all the time and I miss her so much," she said.

Crawford said she will never forget her walk to the mailbox Nov. 16. She said she had kept her dog inside for a couple of days and hoped the walk to the mailbox might burn off some energy.

"She came out behind me like she always does and she usually stays back," Crawford said. "I happened to see her over by the fire hydrant, so I walked toward her, trying to get her to come back (toward me)."

But she said the puppy didn't listen and instead ran toward the road. That's when she said the car hit the dog.

"It flipped her, she rolled backwards and they hit her again with their back tire and threw her up here in the driveway," she said.

Crawford said that drivers often speed past her house and that she has complained about it to police, but police checked their records for the past two years and said they have no record of any speeding complaint from Crawford.

"We haven't received any calls from her specifically, requesting our assistance," said Sgt. Bobby Gibson of the Smyrna Police Department.

Crawford claimed drivers do slow down now to read her sign, and some of them find it offensive.

"If it were our dog that got outside and got killed, it would be devastating to our family, but I don't think I would be putting a sign out there saying 'Was it you?' that did that," said passing driver David Wills.

Offensive or not, Crawford said she stands by her sign and said she hopes somehow it will melt the heart of the one she said didn't even stop the day they ran over Raven.

"She was my best friend and I surely miss her. I'll always miss her," she said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: doggone; wasityou
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1 posted on 12/01/2006 5:44:33 AM PST by ShadowDancer
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To: ShadowDancer

Offensive? Huh? I see nothing offensive about this sign.

People are always speeding through my neighborhood, despite all the kids playing in yards throughout.


2 posted on 12/01/2006 5:49:05 AM PST by craig_eddy
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To: craig_eddy

Mine too and I have made complaints to no avail.


3 posted on 12/01/2006 5:49:46 AM PST by ShadowDancer (No autopsy, no foul.)
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To: craig_eddy

Maybe if the dog was on a leash it would still be alive.


4 posted on 12/01/2006 5:50:10 AM PST by VA_Gentleman (The Pixies wish they were Dinosaur Jr.)
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To: ShadowDancer

People are weird. OK, so the guy that ran over her dog, feels bad after seeing the sign, comes knocks on her door and say "sorry lady it was an accident"

Now what? I don't get it.


5 posted on 12/01/2006 5:50:49 AM PST by Fzob (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. Jefferson)
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To: ShadowDancer

It's too bad about the pup getting hit. It does happen sometimes when they run into the street though.


6 posted on 12/01/2006 5:51:04 AM PST by AmericanHunter
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To: ShadowDancer

Do you think it could had been a magic bullet?

Maybe somebody put him in a lock box.


7 posted on 12/01/2006 5:51:26 AM PST by A Cyrenian
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To: ShadowDancer
I don't see why people should find this sign offensive. I find it offensive that someone would run over the dog in front of the owner and not even stop.

That being said, I'm also offended by owners that don't restrain their dogs. If I had accidentally hit this dog because it ran out in front of me, I would have probably jumped out of my car and yelled at the owner for putting me in the position to needlessly kill the dog. And SHE probably would have been offended.
8 posted on 12/01/2006 5:51:27 AM PST by beezdotcom
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To: ShadowDancer

By her own admission she knew that cars sped by her house often, and despite that she did not have her puppy on a leash. I feel sorry for her but this is her own fault.


9 posted on 12/01/2006 5:52:20 AM PST by ExpatCanuck
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To: VA_Gentleman

Well, yeah. Not defending her actions re. the dog.


10 posted on 12/01/2006 5:52:37 AM PST by craig_eddy
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To: ShadowDancer

The sign won't stay up that long. Let the lady grieve (although I don't know that I could have gotten THAT attached to a pet in 5 months, it's none of my business). If you aren't a speeding driver, then the sign isn't directed to you; if you ARE a speeding driver, who cares if the sign bothers you-- SLOW DOWN!


11 posted on 12/01/2006 5:52:38 AM PST by NCLaw441
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To: craig_eddy
People are always speeding through my neighborhood, despite all the kids...

I'm on a "quiet" cul-de-sac. I had a neighbor a bunch of years ago who would drag race his dog down the street. This went on until one day...

He had a kid. No more speeding.

Of course, it took the chance of killing his own kid to slow down.... not the chance he'd kill some other family's kid... or pet (4 leg'ged kid).

13 posted on 12/01/2006 5:53:57 AM PST by C210N (Bush SPIED, Terrorists DIED!)
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To: craig_eddy

She put up the sign because she's looking for someone to blame, when all she needs to do is look in the mirror.


14 posted on 12/01/2006 5:54:03 AM PST by VA_Gentleman (The Pixies wish they were Dinosaur Jr.)
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To: beezdotcom
If I had accidentally hit this dog because it ran out in front of me...

That was my first thought as well, and if the person knew that they hit a dog they probably feel terrible about it if they have any decency.

15 posted on 12/01/2006 5:54:05 AM PST by ExpatCanuck
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To: ShadowDancer

The woman has the blood of the puppy on her hands.

she failed to control the dog that had no clue there was danger in the road.


16 posted on 12/01/2006 5:55:41 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. Rozerem commercials give me nightmares)
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To: ShadowDancer

I would suggest this lady get another dog...there are alot of dogs in shelters that need homes...I feel bad for her...


17 posted on 12/01/2006 6:02:29 AM PST by little-e
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To: ShadowDancer
...the walk to the mailbox might burn off some energy.

Burn off the energy of a 5-month-old puppy? She was dreaming. Sad the dog was hit though.

18 posted on 12/01/2006 6:06:41 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: beezdotcom
That being said, I'm also offended by owners that don't restrain their dogs. If I had accidentally hit this dog because it ran out in front of me, I would have probably jumped out of my car and yelled at the owner for putting me in the position to needlessly kill the dog. And SHE probably would have been offended.

Put me on your list!

19 posted on 12/01/2006 6:09:14 AM PST by Niteranger68 (Big winners of election 2006: Democrats, terrorists, MSM, Hollywood, anti-war protestors, etc.)
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To: A Cyrenian
Maybe somebody put him in a lock box.

Say it rite! Lou-ohk bu-ocks!

Thanks for the Goreblast from the past!

20 posted on 12/01/2006 6:10:25 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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