[roxies_mom]

Yesterday we were next door at my sons house. The guys were working on stuff and had the tail gate of the suburban down. Roxie loves to be in there and had been napping in there. I was standing near the tailgate, my son came outside taking a break and we were just talking. There's an old shed there that's had a mama racoon and some babies in it. It was getting close to dusk and I made a comment to my son, "probably about that time of day where the raccoons come out!" My son had turned to walk out in the yard and for some reason when Roxie heard raccoon (I didn't even know she knew the word raccoon) she freaked and bolted down off of that tailgate full speed and there was nothing I could do it happened so fast. She ended up hitting her face on the ground pretty hard. Omg scared me so bad. I picked her up and her eyes were all squinty and she was shaking. My son and his g/f came over and helped check her out and after a few minutes she seemed fine. I put her down to make she was walking ok and in a matter of time she was ready to go after a rabbit. I wouldn't let her. I put her in the house for awhile after that. She did her usual begging at dinner and slept fine last night. I find myself still watching her to make sure nothing pops up. I was so ready to run her to the ER Vet. My son told me I really need to stop reading all the horror stories on here. One side of me thinks he's right but the other side thinks it makes me aware of things to look for. It really did scare me and it confirmed that if anything ever happens to her I don't know how I will ever get through it.