Don't beat yourself up...you are a good doggie mommy becuase Ripley had his tags on and you could be contacted. And you have socialized him well enough that he is not leary of starngers and will allow someone to catch him and read his tags.

Unfortunatly sometimes dogs do get out, and we don't always notice right away. I was outside in the yard playing with my dogs one afternoon, and then left them out while I went in to do dishes. Pretty soon I got a phone call froma neighbor that she had Spot, and he was running with two other black dogs (well, she stopped him to get my number, but then let him loose again ) Fortunatly, when I ran out to thte front yard, they had all come back! Just a quick trip to the corner to see what was going on, and they were home again!


Glad Ripley made it home safe!