‘He was the greatest thing in my life’: Family devasted after dog killed while running from vet’s office

BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio. (WXIX/Gray News) - An Ohio family is grieving the loss of their 4-year-old dog after he escaped from a veterinarian’s office and was killed.

WXIX reported that Roscoe was getting a test done at the Animal Care Center when he got loose.

His owners, Ashlynn and Pam Hagg, told WXIX that he wasn’t gone more than six minutes before the doctors came in and notified them.

“The doctor came in and asked if we had gotten a text about Roscoe and we said, ‘no,’” Ashlynn Hagg said.

The owners said they immediately got in their car and started looking for Roscoe.

But, moments later, they received a call from a man who said he accidentally hit Roscoe.

“He stopped. He is our angel,” Pam Hagg said.

Roscoe reportedly became startled while outside on a leash at the veterinarian’s office. He pulled away from a staff member and they weren’t able to catch him, WXIX reported.

Roscoe’s owners said they have mixed feelings and they believe that it could’ve been prevented.

“They usually put a slip knot on him. I mean we’ve been going to that vet forever,” Roscoe’s owners said.

The Animal Care Center is covering burial expenses, making grief counseling available to Roscoe’s family and staff.

“He was a little bundle of joy. He was the greatest thing in my life by far and he was just such a joy to have around. He made everybody in this house life better,” Ashlynn Hagg said.

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