[La_T_Dog]

It seems as if there is a rash of scary yorkie incidents going on right now. And I have my own to add to the list this morning. I know there has been much discussion about letting yorkies out in the backyard on their own. And I have to admit that I do let Pixie out for a little while in the back yard in the mornings before it gets too warm. She is usually out for about an hour at a time a couple of times in the morning. WELL, this morning I let her and my sister's yorkie out in the back while I was getting my oldest ready for school. It was a chaotic morning from the time we got out of bed. Just as Kealey's (my daughter) ride to school pulled up, I heard one of the dogs SCREAMING at the back door. I was standing at the open front door with my 2 year old and I yelled back at Kealey as to what was going on. For just a split second I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to leave my 2 year old on the front porch, but I knew there was an emergency on the back porch with the dogs. Kealey told me that Pixie was hung in the chair really bad. I yelled at her to go watch her brother while I got the dog. When I got out there, her leg was caught in the chair to my bistro set and she was dangling UPSIDE DOWN by her little leg!!!! I just KNEW it had to be broken. Miraculously, it was not and she was fine. She must have jumped up in the chair, her leg fallen through the cut out part, and then she either jumped or fell down. I still cannot believe that she did not get hurt.

So moral of the story is... You can just add unexpected accidental injury to one of the many reasons you probably shouldn't let your yorkie outside alone.