@Leucrotta maybe the human wrist thing works on dogs

there's no obvious wounds, though, which is good.

@frost Hm, this is fairly new on me. I'm *tempted* to say put hand in front of their nose and check for breathing that way, but that might also be a good way to get bitten at. I think it might be a good idea to call animal control in case.

@Leucrotta I put a paw on their chest and they didn't respond at ALL, so nose seems safe.

@Leucrotta can't feel any breath

also their eyes are slightly open which doesn't seem good

animal control?

@frost yeah, 510-777-3333 or (510) 535-5602 seems listed for Oakland

@Leucrotta thanks

website confirms 3333 number.

@frost Okay, call them and get yourself home before it gets too cold out, since you're gonna need time to ease down from this and that's better where it's warm.

@Leucrotta shit. their tongue is out and looks like there's blood

would calling 911 be appropriate for a dog?

@frost Nope. 911 is human emergencies only. Stick with animal control, and don't try to move them - they're either dead and that could be bad for you, or they're still alive and that could be bad for them.

@Leucrotta *nods*

we're on hold ugh

@Leucrotta we have a jacket, thankfully

more pressing is that our phone has 12% battery!

@frost Okay, get home as soon as you're clear of this? You did the right thing, I'm very proud of you. Thank you.

@Leucrotta

@Leucrotta oh there's a listed emergency number that isn't 911

510-777-3211

@Leucrotta Pff that's the cop emergency line and it's ALSO on hold.

@Leucrotta Wish we could call an animal hospital instead of the cops

@Leucrotta They got back to us after 10 minutes.

they asked if we were gonna be waiting here and I kinda dodged the question; tempted to stay here and wait for them. Probably shouldn't though.

They asked if we wanted to leave our name and number with them so I did.

@frost they're the police, they're the guys who make an exorbitant salary because they're supposedly the professionals, they can do it. Also this is already a scary enough situation with some OPD dudes scaring the fuck out of you.

@Leucrotta huh. Okay. Thanks; yeah, heading home sounds good.

@Leucrotta heading home

fffuck, we're shaking. leaving is the right option.

@Leucrotta I think this is worse emotionally than if we'd found a dead human body

and on top of it, society /doesn't care/
"here's the police non-emergency line, not an animal hospital emergency hotline"

when we were getting ready to call the number, a bus driver came over and made a reference to them getting hit by a car
which would explain the no visible wounds part...
said it must have happened less than half an hour ago since the dog wasn't there before

@Leucrotta fucking

how do you run over someone and then just NOT FUCKING CARE

presumably someone else dragged them onto the sidewalk I guess

@Leucrotta Heck it, might wait here. Now that we're not using our headphones to make phone calls, we can plug our phone into our battery pack. (It won't really charge at a meaningful rate, but it will keep the phone from going flat.)

@Leucrotta "Oakland PD non-emergency line" ugh