[bizzbeth]

I ALMOST KILLED MY BOYFRIEND! AH! So he went outside to call his dad and then came inside and me and my three roommates were all in the kitchen cooking breakfast and I usually check on Oliver every couple of minutes if I can't see him- I'll call him to the kitchen or I'll go look to make sure he's not in any trouble (chewing stuff, scratching, etc) So after making some toast I went in the living room to see what he was up to and the front door was cracked open! I yelled at my boyfriend for leaving it open (and he feels bad and he is the one that bought Oliver for me so it isn't a case of him not caring about MY dog- it's both of ours) So we both ran outside. We live on a pretty calm street but on the corner is a VERY busy street that leads to a freeway (just 300ft away) SO it gets very busy!!! I was so scared! I called and called and Oliver didn't come and I ran in the house shaking and found his skweeky toy and he came charging at me from an apartment complex parkinglot next door. I was so happy to see his little face. OH MY GOSH_ needless to say I was a VERY upset girl. I'm jsut so glad he's okay. We will be LOCKING the door everytime we com einside from now on to omake sure it's closed. Everyone please be careful. He must have just wandered because he's not the type to bolt out the door. He always calmly laysdown and "stays" when the door is open and peopel are walking in and out. He's very good about that- so he must have just sniffed the fresh air and decided to sniff around. Scared the begeebuzes outta me. BE CAREFUL EVERYONE!! (We all know this but it really hit home for me!)