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Cody was doing his impersonation Cujo thing on the back deck, running back and fourth into the house back out to the deck , telling me momma,momma come quick, come see, get it for me, I want it, gimme, gimme, gimme, must be that pesty lil squirrel again, so for the umptinth time out I go, is it a squirrel a bird, a deer, nooooo, it’s a little Carin Terrier running my fence line, I am giving Cody his new command word that’s “supposed” to stop his insane actions when he sees other dogs, does it work? Hell noooo. Behind this running Carin is a young girl early 20’s I would guess “walking” after run away dog, Cody is gated, he can’t get off the deck, although he is trying to leap over it, my deck is about 7 feet off the ground but Cody is mixed with kangaroo and can jump straight up in the air. The girl is “strolling” after the run away, apologizing to me because Cujo is just about frothing at the mouth. I holler to her you better get him before he gets into the woods. This pup is now running the back of my fence line because he hears Cujo, I holler, grab a branch, call him, make like your gonna throw it, yeah right, off into the woods the pup went. I tell her hurry up call him, she turns around and starts walking back to the road, I holler you better go look for him, he’ll get lost, she throws her arms in the air like “whatever” and continues down the road, I couldn’t believe my eyes. The dog had a harness on it, I am praying it had tags on it. I’ve never seen this dog, but many dogs are kept in back yards. I hope they live here and this pup can find it’s way back. I have a gut feeling they are visitors. What just happened before my very eyes is another reason Cody is going to obedience training. He needs to obey COMMANDS, not just the sit, laydown and stay ones.What I just saw is my biggest fear with my lil city boy, I think he would just keep running and running, but I would be there calling him, not walking away. I keep going out back to see if he comes out of the woods by me. Just what I need, no sleep tonight, we have coyotes here, I am sick. Guess there’ll be a sign on our cluster mail boxes, lost dog.