My fiance and I went to Cancun for a couple of days and returned last night to hear the story every pet owner is afraid of.
On Monday my fiance's brother took the dogs down to the yard but when he came back up he realized that Simba must have squeezed himself through the bottom of the gate and ran away! We live on a very busy street so he feared the worst. He immediately started making flyers with a look-alike picture of another Yorkie he found online and put it up all over the neighborhood. Unbelievable, three hours after Simba ran away someone called and said they had him. I guess his son saw Simba running around the streets, all scarred and brought him home. He actually wanted to keep him
but his father said that he must be returned so they drove back to where the son found him and saw the flyer and called
You guys, my heart got all cold and fell to the ground when they told me the story. Simba could have so easily been run over or, if someone else would have found him, kept by whoever. He wasn't wearing a tag, nothing. I can't believe that we are that lucky! We will immediately go to Home Depot tonight to buy something to cover that gate area...to be honest it never seemed important because Simba never showed any interest in going under the gate...I am sure if my fiance's brother would have realized right away that he had gotten out and called for him he wouldn't have ran...the noise of the cars must have scarred him.
This again truly shows me that I have a guardian angel, my mother who passed away a couple of years ago. Just thought I share this story. What a scare but I am so so so glad that it had a happy ending.
~Anita