'Miracle' dog hit by train makes recovery against all odds

The owners of a ‘miracle dog’ had just landed back in England from a holiday when they received the shocking news that their beloved Shar Pei had been hit by a train and was critically injured. Amy and Reece Parkinson, from Aspull in Wigan, rushed out of the airport as quickly as they could to get to the emergency vet in Leigh where Reggie was being kept on June 18.

‘Mr Crinkles’, as he is known, was staying at Amy’s father’s house whilst they were away in Spain and had managed to escape the garden and go onto the train tracks behind where he lives in Hart Common, Westhoughton. Reggie had severed his tail, had dozens of lacerations to his head and body, as well as various fractures and dislocations to his limbs.

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“There were questions we had to answer as to whether we would have to put him down as we didn’t want to make him suffer unnecessary pain,” Mrs Parkinson said.

“We went to the vets the next morning where he was in a little trolley. The vet prepared us before we went into the room.

“When he heard Reece’s voice he started to get up out of his trolley and was crying for him. The vet said that he could not believe he was stable and that it was a miracle.

“They believed that the train must have hit him just on the left side. By some miracle he has no spinal damage and no damage to his organs.”

Reggie had to have his left back leg amputated due to the damage and there is consideration for another future surgery on his fractured pelvis once he has built up some strength. He is now home, much to the delight of Amy and Reece’s two-year-old daughter Willow - who was ‘inconsolable’ when she realised it was