duke hasn't done anything really bad yet he's only been with me for a year. alex the wonder dog on the other hand, took 5 years off my life with this one.....
he opened the sliding screen door and took himself for a walk, he'd had a seizure that morning so he was a bit disoriented i think. he walked to the park where went daily and one of the neighbors had found him and brought him into their house and called me and the vet(both numbers are on his tags). i had been napping in the recliner and never heard him open the sliding screen door. i was horrified when i woke and found the open door, no dog and no idea where he was. i was running through the neighborhood looking for him so i didn't hear my phone, and the vet sent one of her techs to pick alex up. i had gone back home to call the vet to alert them and they told me where he was, only a few blocks from home. i got to the neighbors house as the tech did. i was sobbing and hugging alex, and it only got worse when the guy said a car had brushed alex(he has no street smarts cause he'd never been out alone before) he checked out fune, but it was hours before i could stop crying when i thought how close it had been. in fact, just writing this makes my throat clench.