BOLTON FIGHTING FOR LIFE
2001-09-06 was nearly the end for both Bolton and me. We were on our way home, when we was hit by a long-distance lorry in high speed. Our car was hit in the side to the back of the car, and flew out in a field.

Car after the crasch...

The car was spinning around and Bolton flew out of a back-window and landed 20 meters away, said witness of the crasch. Me my self passed out but woke up by Bolton screaming and trying to get into the car thrue the window to get to me. I got the door open and took a few steps and fell to the ground. Bolton took place on my lap.

The Ambulance-crew put back- and neck-rests on me and took me to the ambulance. I did not understand that I was badley hurt and refused to leave the place without knowing who Bolton was doing. With two of the men in the ambulance-crew following right behind I got out in the field again, where Bolton was lying. One policeman had tryed to make Bolton stand, but he could not move. They wanted to put Bolton to sleep right away.

But I got someone to drive Bolton to the animalhospital Ultuna when I went to the Akademiska hospital with bad skull-injuries, broken forehead and bleadings in my head.

Bolton had internal bleadings, his spleen was broken so the first time was critical for him. After a day the vet said that he should live, but he did not want to; Bolton had given up! They did not get any contact with him, he was apathetic. If I could make him a vistit, it would be the different of life and death to him.

I was not allowed to leave the hospital, but totaly hysterical and alot of arguing I made someone to follow me to vistit Bolton, to show him I was alive. I sat on the floor next to him and he just had the strength to lift up his head and put it on my lap, then he just had a deep sigh. THAT WAS THE TURNING OF HIS ILLNESS! Bolton had several fractures in his back, pelvis and a frontleg, and a neurological damage, internal bleadings and his hipjoint out of place.

It make my heart bleed when I think of how Bolton so badly hurt, draged him self the 20 meters to the car to get inside to save me! A normal dog would lay still or ran of to the woods.

Bolton på Ultuna

Bolton stayed some weeks at the animalhospital. He had very strong pain but got better and better. We never tought he would be fully recoverd.

But in May 2002 he was well enough to win CC and BOS at a show 9 years old, followed by several BIS and BIS-placings in veteranclass finales.