Poor Smokey...Cincy can relate! She has been shut in the basement, on the backporch, in the bedroom...and never makes a peep!!!

But as for the true dumb human stories....

When Cincy was just a puppy, Ralph had to go to Washington on business, and his parents invited me over for dinner. I took the dogs, and their yard is not completely fenced. So I was taking the dogs in the house and Sadie coughed. I turned to be sure she was okay, and Cincy took off around the front of the house, running toward Michigan. I took off after her, and here comes Sadie. I knew I couldn't run that fast, so I looked at Sadie and said "Go get your sister". Now who is dumb enough to tell your 1 yr old dog, to go run loose after your puppy?

Surprsingly enough, Sadie ran Cincy down, turned around and came back toward me, Cincy in tow. It all turned out well, but talk about dumb!!!

Or how bout the time I was outside playing with the dogs in the yard, and then came in to do dishes. Evidentally I had not closed the gate all the way when I got home from work, because shortly after I came in, the phone rang and a neighrbor had caught Spot. (She was smart enough to read his tag, but dumb ebough to let him go after she did....)

By the time I ran outside and around the house, all three of them were back in the front yard...never crossed the street, just down to the corner and back.


Okay one more...I took Sadie out for a walk by herself, must have also been when Cincy was a puppy. Anyway, I used the retractable leash, which we rarely do. I was wearing flip-flops, and she caught sight of a cat. She ran, I tripped, lost my shoes (it was dark out) and couldn't chase her very well. Here am I, in the dark, looking for my shoes. She was out of my dight maybe a mintue, had her run, and came right back. IBy that time I had found my shoes and we came home. I don't walk the dogs in flips flops anymore!!!