｜霜の狼｜人面獣心」
@frost check to see if their rib cage is moving, and call for help if it's not?
@Leucrotta I don't see any movement.
should I check their pulse somehow?
@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.
@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!
@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
@frost There *are* folks who are assholes, but there are also people who just panic when stuff like that happens - are they gonna be in trouble, is their car in good shape to make it back, etc. It's possible they were the ones who got the dog to the sidewalk; it's also possible the dog managed to get to the sidewalk on their own.
@Leucrotta huh. huh.
I hope so.
@Leucrotta *deep breath*
we're home.
ffffh.
holy
fucking
... fuck.
thanks for like, validating how emotionally hard this situation is
because otherwise I would be going "people in fiction deal with dead bodies all the time, why should merely seeing a possibly-dead person shake us up this bad?" and/or telling myself we're actually fine.
@Leucrotta oh and I am a bit worried the cops might not help because like
they're professionals, but they're professionals of /copping/, not medical
then again there's the whole "rescuing kittens from trees" trope? so I hope they do know what they're doing.
...I think I'm more worried they might be like "meh whatever, it's just a dog".
@frost I don't think that'll be too much of a problem; they'll check over the dog, and if the dog really *is* dead, clearing the body away is their job, and if the dog's alive they'll get it to a shelter of some sort because that part *isn't* something they can really do well. Either way once called in, they're going to do something.
@Leucrotta ... my first thought was "oh cute sleeping dog! should take a picture :3"
I don't know where we got the thought that something might be wrong, but I'm really glad we did. because yeah. it was /very/ wrong.
@Leucrotta I should probably have mentioned that they weren't breathing
I was just too relieved at finally getting through to someone that I just said "injured dog"
@Leucrotta I guess this disproves the purported "bystander effect", heh.
though who knows how many other people walked past and didn't do anything (which I think the bus driver mentioned).
[[Topaz] They probably assumed the dog was sleeping.] yeah.
@Leucrotta that's good to hear.