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Rae Rae · 09-05-2008, 09:59 AM

So I was outside on the deck with Rocky and Bella, talking on the phone w/ my fiance. I usually can bring Rocky and Bella on the deck w/o leashing them because it's a small area and they rarely go by the stairs, if they do I tell them no and they come back to me. I took my eyes off them for like a second, not even, and I notice that their not up there anymore!

I didn't even HEAR their little feet going down the steps! I go to the stairs and call their names, Bella comes to the bottom of the steps but Rocky is no where to be found

So I get Bella and we walk around and I'm yelling Rocky so loud, walking all around the back yard area (We live in a townhome) and he's not showing up. I walk to the front of the house, he's not there. At this point I don't know if he went to the street behind our house (theirs a driveway our yard meets up with), went to the left of our house, the right, I figure I'm going to have to get in my car and start driving around the neighborhood. Finally after about 5 minutes of the worst thoughts going through my mind, I see him, he crossed the street (on the side of our house) and was in the neighbors yard! I'm so thankful! I feel like such an idiot because I always leash them when were outside in the yard, but on the deck I never thought they could get away so fast...I can't imagine what I would do if I didn't find him! From now on they'll always be leashed, no matter where we are! I forgot how sneaky these babies can be!

JRo · 09-05-2008, 10:01 AM

Oh my goodness! How scary! I am so glad you found him! They are sneaky little things, aren't they?

AVERYxo · 09-05-2008, 10:25 AM

oh my gosh how scary!! SO GLAD it was a story with a HAPPY ENDING!!!!!

i know you must have been freaking out!

cuz i know how i would have been!!

are you able to put a baby gate or something on the deck's stairs so that you can still have them off the leash there? just an idea?

Felina · 09-05-2008, 10:26 AM

Maybe you can find a baby gate so they can't get down those stairs again. These guys are sure fast when they want to be! :^)

xxmxaxrxyxx · 09-05-2008, 10:28 AM

that must have been scary...glad to hear you found him...and i too have learn my lesson about not leashing...so i don't let them out once without a leash...hehe...

Rae Rae · 09-05-2008, 10:42 AM

I'm definitly going to get a babygate. Not sure if I'm really "allowed" too since it's a townhome and anything we do to the outside has to be approved, the gate won't be permanent so I think it should be o.k, but I honestly don't care what they say, I'm not having my babies run away!

I feel so dumb because I never thought they would've gotten down the deck stairs so quick w/o me knowing. I've had scares before with Rocky not being leashed so whenever were outside (well except on the deck) he's always on the leash, no exceptions. That was the one place I could bring them outside where they could walk around freely, but not anymore, definitly not worth it

PANAMA69 · 09-05-2008, 01:56 PM

Wow I'm so glad you got him back phewww

stedmansmommy · 09-05-2008, 02:01 PM

Oh girl, you must have been scared to DEATH!

I know I would have been totally freaking out!

I tell ya, you NEVER know with these little ones. You think you really "know" them and know that they won't do these things, and 2 seconds later they are totally out of sight and no where to be seen

I guess sometimes they just get the little urge to go exploring

I am so glad you found him and that he is now safe with you!!

09-05-2008, 09:59 AM	#1
Rae Rae YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,823	Almost lost Rocky So I was outside on the deck with Rocky and Bella, talking on the phone w/ my fiance. I usually can bring Rocky and Bella on the deck w/o leashing them because it's a small area and they rarely go by the stairs, if they do I tell them no and they come back to me. I took my eyes off them for like a second, not even, and I notice that their not up there anymore! I didn't even HEAR their little feet going down the steps! I go to the stairs and call their names, Bella comes to the bottom of the steps but Rocky is no where to be found So I get Bella and we walk around and I'm yelling Rocky so loud, walking all around the back yard area (We live in a townhome) and he's not showing up. I walk to the front of the house, he's not there. At this point I don't know if he went to the street behind our house (theirs a driveway our yard meets up with), went to the left of our house, the right, I figure I'm going to have to get in my car and start driving around the neighborhood. Finally after about 5 minutes of the worst thoughts going through my mind, I see him, he crossed the street (on the side of our house) and was in the neighbors yard! I'm so thankful! I feel like such an idiot because I always leash them when were outside in the yard, but on the deck I never thought they could get away so fast...I can't imagine what I would do if I didn't find him! From now on they'll always be leashed, no matter where we are! I forgot how sneaky these babies can be! __________________ Owned by Rocky and Bella

09-05-2008, 10:01 AM	#2
JRo Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 680	Oh my goodness! How scary! I am so glad you found him! They are sneaky little things, aren't they? __________________ ~ Tucker's Mommy ~ Proud Member of The Little Gentlemens Club Tucker loves Holly

09-05-2008, 10:25 AM	#3
AVERYxo Lovin' my Girlies!! Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Orange County, CALIFORNIA Posts: 3,609	oh my gosh how scary!! SO GLAD it was a story with a HAPPY ENDING!!!!! i know you must have been freaking out! cuz i know how i would have been!! are you able to put a baby gate or something on the deck's stairs so that you can still have them off the leash there? just an idea? __________________ Meg & my baby girls Avie & Gemma

09-05-2008, 10:26 AM	#4
Felina Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 328	Maybe you can find a baby gate so they can't get down those stairs again. These guys are sure fast when they want to be! :^) __________________ Toby, Shelby Rose, Kasey & Oliver's Mom

09-05-2008, 10:28 AM	#5
xxmxaxrxyxx Missing Yoshi Everyday! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 15,110 Blog Entries: 3	that must have been scary...glad to hear you found him...and i too have learn my lesson about not leashing...so i don't let them out once without a leash...hehe... __________________ Yoshi Mei Ling Ting Ting Ting Ki Sun Hye Yukio Kioshi

09-05-2008, 10:42 AM	#6
Rae Rae YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,823	I'm definitly going to get a babygate. Not sure if I'm really "allowed" too since it's a townhome and anything we do to the outside has to be approved, the gate won't be permanent so I think it should be o.k, but I honestly don't care what they say, I'm not having my babies run away! I feel so dumb because I never thought they would've gotten down the deck stairs so quick w/o me knowing. I've had scares before with Rocky not being leashed so whenever were outside (well except on the deck) he's always on the leash, no exceptions. That was the one place I could bring them outside where they could walk around freely, but not anymore, definitly not worth it __________________ Owned by Rocky and Bella Last edited by Rae Rae; 09-05-2008 at 10:44 AM.

09-05-2008, 01:56 PM	#7
PANAMA69 Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: ~~YorkieWorld~~ Posts: 8,428	Wow I'm so glad you got him back phewww

09-05-2008, 02:01 PM	#8
stedmansmommy I Love My Lil' Punkin's Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Stedman and Tatum's World :) Posts: 15,331 Blog Entries: 5	Oh girl, you must have been scared to DEATH! I know I would have been totally freaking out! I tell ya, you NEVER know with these little ones. You think you really "know" them and know that they won't do these things, and 2 seconds later they are totally out of sight and no where to be seen I guess sometimes they just get the little urge to go exploring I am so glad you found him and that he is now safe with you!! __________________ Mommy Loves Stedman and Tatum! They have us wrapped around their little paws!