Hello, my name is Butch, I am a Staffordshire Bull Terrier. I recently sneaked out of my house when the door was left open, probably to chase a cat across the road and whack! I got run over.

I know my owners shouldn't have left the door ajar, but if the person who hit me had knocked on the door to explain what had happened I am sure they would have understood and not blamed them.

However, the coward drove off and left me lying in the road, injured and in a lot of pain. The vet said if I wasn't built like a tank I would have been killed.

I am a rescued dog who didn't have a very good start in life. I was a very nervous dog and I had got over that but now the old feelings are back and I shake with fear all the time. I hope the driver who ran me over can live with yourself. Personally, I couldn't.

-Butch Andrews, Farm Hill, Woodingdean