stacwase
09-17-2004, 03:22 PM
Max is velcro dog. He's almost always within 10 feet or so of me, and definitely within hearing distance. So today, when he didn't follow me out to the car I got very worried. He never, ever, ever misses a car ride.
I came back inside and shouted for him. I yelled "Car ride, Max!" and he didn't come.
I went outside and yelled for him forever. My voice was echoing everywhere.
Then I went and checked with all the neighbors and called the shelter. I thought he must have gone out when my son opened the door to catch the school bus.
Finally I decided he must have wound up on Big Dumb Jerk's property (the guy who threatened to shoot him). Big Dumb Jerk has huge "NO TRESPASSING" signs all over everywhere. He's had a lot of people arrested for going on his property.
I thought Max must have gone over there and maybe got caught in some sort of trap, though, so I crossed the line. I only went about a half mile, though, before I got too scared and came home.
I had everything I was going to say to Big Dumb Jerk all planned out. Next time he came to pick on me I was going to meet him with the double-barrel 12-gauge and say "You dog murdering SOB! Where is my dog? What did you do to him?"
When my son came home, he snuck over the property line to look for Max, too. No luck.
I was getting ready to phone Big Dumb Jerk and threaten his life when my son went upstairs, and then Max came crashing down the stairs. I had locked him in my room all day and, rather than barking to let me know where he was, he just decided to spend the day in luxury on my bed.
Silly me.
I came back inside and shouted for him. I yelled "Car ride, Max!" and he didn't come.
I went outside and yelled for him forever. My voice was echoing everywhere.
Then I went and checked with all the neighbors and called the shelter. I thought he must have gone out when my son opened the door to catch the school bus.
Finally I decided he must have wound up on Big Dumb Jerk's property (the guy who threatened to shoot him). Big Dumb Jerk has huge "NO TRESPASSING" signs all over everywhere. He's had a lot of people arrested for going on his property.
I thought Max must have gone over there and maybe got caught in some sort of trap, though, so I crossed the line. I only went about a half mile, though, before I got too scared and came home.
I had everything I was going to say to Big Dumb Jerk all planned out. Next time he came to pick on me I was going to meet him with the double-barrel 12-gauge and say "You dog murdering SOB! Where is my dog? What did you do to him?"
When my son came home, he snuck over the property line to look for Max, too. No luck.
I was getting ready to phone Big Dumb Jerk and threaten his life when my son went upstairs, and then Max came crashing down the stairs. I had locked him in my room all day and, rather than barking to let me know where he was, he just decided to spend the day in luxury on my bed.
Silly me.