Temporary Heart Failure - for ME! pics added #21

[Cinder & Smoke]

CJ freaked again, only this time he broke free from the rope!
Turns out the knot I have attaching the rope to the collar came untied!

The minute he broke free all I could picture was my little boy being dinner for a cougar.

Been there, Done that a tyme or two!
Mostly with Dawgs, although Boots da Kat managed a "slow stroll" out on the front porch
a few too many times for my heart!

My worst "escapes" have been with OTHER Peoples' Dawgs -
either being Dawg-Sat or Transported by ME.

Usual culprit has been Ill-Fitting Collars - so loose the Mutt could his head
and *zippppp* off comes the collar!

Talk about "shakey knees"! Trying to "casually" walk up to and call a Not-so-Familiar
dog that really doesn't know you all that well - whilst you're holding his EMPTY collar ... !

GOOD BOY, CJ - for coming to Mommie!

[RICHARD]

T&P,

Wanna borrow the Edster for a while?

He loves the helicopters, choppers and cars with loud exhausts!

A tip?

Have you seen the colored key rings with the snap gate? They are shaped like a "D" - they are called carabiners (kar a beener)- you can find them in a home improvement place.

Tie on a rope and you just need one hand to snap it thru the loop on the collar.

If that is too heavy you can get the same kind of thing in the rope section.

It's shaped like an "C" and has a piece on the open part that you slide the "C" closed and it screws closed..


http://www.hobbytool.com/index.asp?P...TS&Category=18


One on each end of the rope helps you just snap it on and take it off.

[Cinder & Smoke]

T&P,
A tip?

Have you seen the colored key rings with the snap gate? They are shaped like a "D" - they are called carabiners (kar a beener)- you can find them in a home improvement place.

Tie on a rope and you just need one hand to snap it thru the loop on the collar.

If that is too heavy you can get the same kind of thing in the rope section.

It's shaped like an "C" and has a piece on the open part that you slide the "C" closed and it screws closed..

Hardware photos >>>
http://www.hobbytool.com/index.asp?P...TS&Category=18

OK - More Tips:

How about a plain ole lil DAWG Leash??
They arrive already equipped with a PRE-Attached snappy thingy - no Knot required!

The Leash too short for a good CJ Stroll - partial to your ROPEY?
OK - trip to Richard's Hardware Shoppe - and get one of either #7 or #12.
(the Swivel Eye Snap Hooks)
Then find yourself a real, live BOY SCOUT ...
* Hand Ropey and New Snappy Hook to Boy Scout -
* Request Boy Scout to tie "BOWLINE" to Snappy Hook

If you're really feeling adventerous --- here's a How-To for a do-it-yourself Bowline knot >>>
http://www.iland.net/~jbritton/bowline.htm

Now if ole CJ manages to UN-snap his snappy hook ...
Use Plan B >>>

#TN-4 is the good ole Trapper's Throw Net ... for open-space capturing of Fleeing Felines.
#3350 is handier if said Feline is beneath a pricker bush!
Above NETS available (at HORRIFIC COST) from:
http://www.livetrap.com/cgi/search.c...ption=1&2=Nets

[Rachel]

My worst "escapes" have been with OTHER Peoples' Dawgs -
either being Dawg-Sat or Transported by ME.

Not that one of mine hasn't given me enough heart stopping episodes, but having another person's animal give you the scare adds a whole other dimension. A regular visitor here now gets my phone number added to her tags. She actually has a tag that says *staying at Rachel's* but if her folks forget to bring it, I paste a sticky label with the number onto her regular tag.