It is doubtful.

He was in front of a house. The dog was seen being hit and the driver going nuts. Read up on animal cruelty.

As far as the dog being loose.

I own a husky. He climbs the fence. He digs under the fence. He will do whatever it takes to get out.

He now is chained during the day and night. When we are home, he wears a chain with a block of wood on it.

Baack,

From what I understand about the op, the dog had a very strong chance of living.

I think your mixing up what the owner of the dog did to the driver

If the owner heard the dog squealing from the house, then the driver should have been able to see it as well.

Like I said, the driver lost it first. He could of went and asked the house resident if it was their dog or who to call.

He went psycho.

You could be right
Most of the info is being given is by the dog owner
I feel certain he may have embellished the story to cover up his assault of the driver

Travelling through Macon GA on I-75 late one night last winter to discover a deer that had been struck down in the far left lane.
He was still very much alive, but apparently paralyzed to some degree. His feet were over the line in my lane which I inadverdantly ran over, much to my distress.
I felt the humane thing to do would be to put a bullet through his head.
I have seen Georgia State Patrol do this with wounded livestock.
I considered this briefly, then thought better of it. By the time I could safely get stopped on the shoulder, it would be a fairly long walk back to the scene.
But my chief concern was that of a "concerned citizen" (even though it was 2 AM and traffic was almost nonexistent) observing this and reporting a gun weilding maniac on the interstate.
So I went on , but that vision stayed with me a long time.

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A phone call could have been made, but it does not get rid of the sight.

I agree with Roadmedic. I can understand the need to put something out of its misery (I've been there), but I don't think that emotion can compare to one losing a loved pet. It's like losing a child for some of us. As far as the owner being responsible, I have seen neglectful dog owners, and yes I would agree they need a wake up call. However, I do not know what measures this owner took to restrain his dog. I do know hardly anything is full proof.

#1 Irregardless of the reason, it is the owners responsibility to ensure their animal is contained. If you have an escape artist, it does not allievate your responsibility to contain and control your pet. It just means you get to spent a lot more time and money on ensuring your pet remains safe. In any situation were a pet is uncontained and uncontrolled it is the pet owners fault, regardless of how the animal escaped. Breaking an escape artists takes a lot of work particularly because the act of escaping is hard to catch in process (and punishing them later when they come home or you catch them actually makes them less likely to be caught/come home next time) and once a dog escapes it is a self rewarding expierence meaning that the dog is 1000000 times more likely to try it again and find another way after way 1 is not possible. But, there is training that can be done and there is no such thing as a hopeless case.

#2 Hitting a pet is rarely ever the fault of the person whom hit it, however, the statement that you did not have any negative emotion from ending the lives of not 1 but 2 family pets and several baby animals makes me question the sanity of the poster of that staement. There is a clear line between not feeling responsible and not feeling empathy for the unintentional taking of innocent lives.

#3 if I came outside to see some idiot attacking my dog id have shot the person. Imagine the scenerio, xoming out to see someone hacking at your dog. How did the dog owner know the injuries were from a traffic incident and not the apparent attack? You question the dog owners story? I throughly question the drivers story. Who would think beating and hacking an animal to death was a good way to end their pain? Perhaps the driver was irate the dog damaged his car hmm?

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I understand about escape artist. But, this guy was driving around with a machete and hammer.

Did beating the dog with the hammer fix the truck if it was damaged?

People like this, lose it. They would lose it if it was a kid. Probably do the same thing.