12-31-2010, 04:38 PM
FYI Aloha Steven - thanks for the heads up re the meeting but probably won't make it at 9am on New Years. 
this dog had been loose on 1st street when I first was walking my dogs. An older couple was walking with the dog (I thought it was theirs). They said it belonged to someone on 1st street and they were walking to the house to see if the owner was home. I passed the couple again on my way back and they said the owner wasn't home. The couple kept walking on 1st street.
The dog followed me along 1st street although I was trying to shoo it away from my dogs. I crossed Paradise and walked along it heading toward Beach. The Jeep turned from the Hilo side of Beach Ave and headed toward the highway. The Jeep driver saw me and my dogs as well as the dog ahead of me. I thought for sure he would stop or at least veer around it but he purposely went head on and hit the dog. The dog ran off.
The thing is the driver thought it was my dog because he yelled at me that it should be leashed. I had to get out of the way of the Jeep. The guy was haole and a Japanese/local lady with long black hair was in the passenger seat.
Of course sidewalks on Paradise would be nice but that's a whole other issue.
this dog had been loose on 1st street when I first was walking my dogs. An older couple was walking with the dog (I thought it was theirs). They said it belonged to someone on 1st street and they were walking to the house to see if the owner was home. I passed the couple again on my way back and they said the owner wasn't home. The couple kept walking on 1st street.
The dog followed me along 1st street although I was trying to shoo it away from my dogs. I crossed Paradise and walked along it heading toward Beach. The Jeep turned from the Hilo side of Beach Ave and headed toward the highway. The Jeep driver saw me and my dogs as well as the dog ahead of me. I thought for sure he would stop or at least veer around it but he purposely went head on and hit the dog. The dog ran off.
The thing is the driver thought it was my dog because he yelled at me that it should be leashed. I had to get out of the way of the Jeep. The guy was haole and a Japanese/local lady with long black hair was in the passenger seat.
Of course sidewalks on Paradise would be nice but that's a whole other issue.