i'm glad the dog is ok. i hope the lady learned her lesson. she's going to loose a dog if she's not careful. i let Beanie out without a lead a couple times back when we lived in the country. one of those times he went charging for another dog then realized it was much bigger then him, but when he was charging he got the other dog all riled up and it went charging for him! it scared the shit out of me, but he was fine and got out of the way in time.....he stays on a lead from now on. i couldn't imagin loosing him.