alreet mate your thinkin ov the rong lad here like, candle wasent the driver, and he wouldent hit a dog, av been lampin with him for over 10 year and av never seen him hit his dogs yet ,
he probley asked you where to lamp as he dident no the area or if he was poachin
and as they where travling a long way to see the dog,you should ov told him on the phone that the dog hadent been out for a while and he might mess about, then atleast they new it could ov happend befor settin off,
atb.....lamp