I’m house/dogsitting for a beautiful young 65-pound pooch while her owners are in Europe. Been taking her to the park every day, playing with her, taking lots of photos and enjoying her, and texting the owners every day with little details just to ease their minds. Well, today she jumped out the f****** window of their car and BANG, onto the road. I didn’t even know the window was open wide enough for her to get out, and there was no other dog for her to chase, it just took me completely by suprise. I was pulling up to a stop sign, thank God, so I was only going a couple of miles per hour. Anyway I stopped and she hopped right back in, we went home and she seemed fine, ate her breakfast and was basically back to her old self. Then 30 minutes later I found this dime-sized wound above her left eye, a nice hunk of fur gone, and a bloody spot. She must have fallen on her face. I cleaned the wound and applied antibiotic ointment to it and she didn’t yelp or pull away. But these guys are going to come home and their dog is fucked up and it’s my fault. F*****’ irresponsible and it was all going so well. What am I going to tell them? It’s totally my fault, I should have known better than to leave the window open that much, I should have just cracked it but she loves to put her head out. I just never dreamed she would jump, I’ve had tons of dogs and not one has ever taken a leap from a moving vehicle. F*** me
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Holy shitstorm! Be honest with them. Explain it just as you did here. Keep saying how sorry you are. Offer to pay any vet bills.
You should have taken the dog to the vet to see if stitches were needed, and to check the dogs face over completely. Just to have been safe. Still, you did the best you could with what was in the house.
Just be honest with them, and if she seems to be acting differently or something you should take her to the vet