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girltime · 03-17-2006, 02:05 PM

Goodness ladies and gents was yesterday a day for emotions.

Yesterday my husband was working from home and let both Rocky & Daisy outside for a potty break. We live on acerage and both just do there thing in our front yard and come right back to the front door. We have a rule whomever lets the dogs out also put the timer on for 5 min.

Well my husband forgot to put the timer on and 45 min later he remembered about the dogs. When he opened the door Daisy was sitting right there but Rocky was no where to be found. My husband and kids searched for hours and drove around but could not find him. They tried to put Daisy outside thinking she might lead them to Rocky but she would only run back in the house with her tail down...She was so depressed which lead my husband to think a hawk might have gotten Rock who is only 4lbs.

At 4:45PM I called the house to let my husband know I was on the way home and he said "There is something I need to tell you", the tone was as if he was about to tell me his company was having a layoff. After he told me I wanted to reach through the phone and choke him out. ;-) The feelings I and the family have is that Rocky and Daisy are like our kids and I could not understand that he would let them out without being outside or could even leave them out for 45 min alone. Soon as he finished telling me from my cell I called Animal Control for my area, SPCA and even the Police department in case a patrol officer might have just picked him up.

After I got home within 10 minutes the Animal Control department called and said they had Rocky. He was found about 1 mile from our home just walking down the side of the road. First thing they did was scan him for a microchip but he didn't have one. She said they were already closed but she would allow me to pick him up anyways.

When I picked up Rocky he was in the officers lap just have a fun old time. She gave me some paperwork for "24PetWAtch" and told me that they do microchipping for $15 one time fee. I scheduled an appointment for this Saturday to have Rocky & Daisy microchipped.

I cannot tell you what a wake up call this is for us. Don't get me wrong my husband is a great man but he made a big mistake by not staying outside with the dogs for there potty break. I asked my daught why nobody called me and her reply was "Daddy thought you would have a melt down, so he thought it best to wait until you were home". After I brought Rocky home Daisy lit right back up and was so excited to see him back.

This morning my husband made the coffee and as usual took the dogs out for there potty break..I could hear him talking to Rocky saying "Rocky, the grass is not greener on the other side". ;-)

My suggestion is to microchip your babies and of course never leave them alone outside.

03-17-2006, 02:05 PM	#1
girltime Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 127	Missing...Then found Goodness ladies and gents was yesterday a day for emotions. Yesterday my husband was working from home and let both Rocky & Daisy outside for a potty break. We live on acerage and both just do there thing in our front yard and come right back to the front door. We have a rule whomever lets the dogs out also put the timer on for 5 min. Well my husband forgot to put the timer on and 45 min later he remembered about the dogs. When he opened the door Daisy was sitting right there but Rocky was no where to be found. My husband and kids searched for hours and drove around but could not find him. They tried to put Daisy outside thinking she might lead them to Rocky but she would only run back in the house with her tail down...She was so depressed which lead my husband to think a hawk might have gotten Rock who is only 4lbs. At 4:45PM I called the house to let my husband know I was on the way home and he said "There is something I need to tell you", the tone was as if he was about to tell me his company was having a layoff. After he told me I wanted to reach through the phone and choke him out. ;-) The feelings I and the family have is that Rocky and Daisy are like our kids and I could not understand that he would let them out without being outside or could even leave them out for 45 min alone. Soon as he finished telling me from my cell I called Animal Control for my area, SPCA and even the Police department in case a patrol officer might have just picked him up. After I got home within 10 minutes the Animal Control department called and said they had Rocky. He was found about 1 mile from our home just walking down the side of the road. First thing they did was scan him for a microchip but he didn't have one. She said they were already closed but she would allow me to pick him up anyways. When I picked up Rocky he was in the officers lap just have a fun old time. She gave me some paperwork for "24PetWAtch" and told me that they do microchipping for $15 one time fee. I scheduled an appointment for this Saturday to have Rocky & Daisy microchipped. I cannot tell you what a wake up call this is for us. Don't get me wrong my husband is a great man but he made a big mistake by not staying outside with the dogs for there potty break. I asked my daught why nobody called me and her reply was "Daddy thought you would have a melt down, so he thought it best to wait until you were home". After I brought Rocky home Daisy lit right back up and was so excited to see him back. This morning my husband made the coffee and as usual took the dogs out for there potty break..I could hear him talking to Rocky saying "Rocky, the grass is not greener on the other side". ;-) My suggestion is to microchip your babies and of course never leave them alone outside.