I'll try and make this as short as possible.
My husband is disabled - He has a bad back and has had a few heart attacks - so he is the stay at home dad for my skin kids and my pups. The weather being the way it is - my entire front lawn is a sheet of ice - that's usually where we walk Baxter. So I warn him yesterday - stay off the lawn - (he had a fall the other day walking the dog and it was not as frozen as it was yesterday) Anyways - he listens - but decides to venture down the driveway to the mailbox - Driveway looked pretty good -but when he got to the street - the black ice got him - and down he went - this time straight on his tail bone on ice and cement. Poor guy is on many pain pills to begin with - but the pain was BAD - really BAD as he puts it - As he falls - he drops the leash- the retractable kind - the kind that when you let go - it chases Baxter - and Baxter is running for his life - straight out of my yard - to the neighbors - We never let him off his leash - we just don't have that kind of control over him - as much as we try, we don't. I can't even imagine what is going thru my husbands mind at this time.
He sees the dog running - and he has fallen and can't get up - He yells for Baxter and the good baby that he is- I guess hearing the urgency in his voice - comes running back - leash in tow - and sits right on his lap - my husband was able to get himself up and get into the house - all he could do is kiss that dog!!!!!!!
As I was driving home all these thoughts of what if's kept coming to mind - I pray for anyone that has a missing pup - I can't imagine going to bed last night without knowing he was safe and warm - I know I'm a lucky one cause he was snuggled up right next to me - but something like this can scar you for life. In a second everything can change - Enjoy every second you can !!!!