I just aged 25 years in 4 minutes

[grover]

Moo always poops immediately after dinner, he pees, runs to the door to make sure I'm still there watching, then poops and runs in.  Only tonight...he didn't run back immediately. I go to open the door and call him, and he was nowhere in the back yard.


The side gate was opened and ajar.

I ran like a maniac screaming his name around both sides of the house and looking across and down the street. Realize he didn't have his collar on and started bawling.

Ran inside (had to open  the garage to get in since front door was unlocked, grabbed my phone and started texting Brad to post on the neighborhood fb and grabbed shoes and car keys at the same time. Run back to run through the garage to my car and my little asshole Moo was standing there with a giant grin on his asshole face.  

OMG. My heart is still racing and he's all wagging his tail, laying on the floor grinning like he just had this awesome adventure.

That gate is never open. And Moo is a scaredy dog, and we would have expected Max to run never Moo.  OMG. I am pissed at whoever thought it would be cool to open that gate and leave it open (neighbor boys? Nicor? who knows) but at the same time sooo sooo thankful that he came back immediately (or close to it). I'm not sure if he was scared because we werent' there and so he ran back, or if he heard me calling and decided hide and seek was over.

And we have no dinner in the house, was going to go to BWW after picking H up from the train (he's got overtime tonight), but he's still at work and at least 1.5 hours away from getting home (trains either 35-40 minutes or 1 hour or 1 hour 20 minutes depending on express or not). Chinese place is close but I don't want to leave the damn dog now. UGH.


TL;DR- Back gate was open and Moo got out. He's back thankfully.

[estrellita]

Oh no! Glad he didn't get too far and that nothing happened to him!

[amaranth]

So glad he returned quickly on his own. I can relate to your instant panic. My son has done that several times, and most recently my grandma visited with her dog and he ran off. I swear my heart just didn't beat until it came back.

[wanderingenough]

Ah, that's stressful! Glad he is safe!!

[HoneySpider]

Oh no! Glad he's ok.

[Blue Moon]

Ugh I hate when things like that happen. Glad he is ok!

[bk1]

So glad he came back so quickly! That would be scary!

[tacocat]

Oh no! I'm glad you found him quickly! My heart started beating faster reading the story. I can't imagine living it. Extra snuggles for Moo tonight.

[awick14]

I'm so glad he came back so quickly. Our pup did that too is once and it was terrifying. I was also home alone and texting H while I went walking around our neighbourhood. I found our pup like a block away. He ran up to me like "there you are, now come with me". No home we go!

[MrsMB]

That is the worst! Glad he is back safe!!

[anyastroud]

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