We live out in the country. We have a fenced yard but with cattle guards on each end so the dogs CAN get out but never do. One time our housecleaner was there alone and put Tatum out to potty. Well, in Tatum's defense, summer had just ended and she was missing her girls (our daughters). We think she heard what she thought was the Gator down at my mother-in-law's house (way across the pasture) so she took off running in that direction thinking it was the girls. Poor lady ran after her through the pasture, over my MIL's fence and lost sight of her. She was frantic. She called us (both of us working out of town) and continued looking up and down the road for an hour. Hubby finally got home and got on the Gator to look. He ended up finding her about a mile down the road at a friend's house. This lady happened to be out mowing her yard (which is what Tatum probably heard) and Tatum just showed up and plopped down on her porch. The neighbor was just getting in her truck to drive around with Tatum when my hubby showed up. Scared the you-know-what out of us but most of all freaked the housecleaner out. She loves Yorkies and was just devastated that she got away from her. Nothing like that had ever happened before and would probably never happen again but she now refuses to take her out to potty without her harness and leash on.
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~ Angie |