someone opened the side gate and let Ripley out of the yard! the side gate leads to the front which is on an extremly busy road, the side gate has poped open before, but when it pops it can only open a tiny bit-barely noticable, and seeing there is is NO wind the only way that side gate could have been open as far as it was is if someone opened it, only Ripley got out thankfully, we did not even know he was gone(on a hot sunny day like today he likes to sun bathe, so he lays quietly in the sun for long periods) all of a sudden we got a phone call from a member of the dog club who lives a few blocks from us, and asked if we were missin ga height dog lol apperntly he made his way to her house, my mom just left to pick him up. I walked outside while my mom was on the phone and the gate was wide open, so I grabbed Blair and told Misty to stay back while I closed the gate, but I mean what the heck? who would do that?