What a scare! Why do they always try these things at night? My Ripley backed out of his collar while on a walk through the neighborhood at night several weeks ago. Have you ever looked for a black dog in the dark? He, like Eddie, thought it was great fun to have Mom looking like a fool and screeching at the top of her lungs. Eddie, how quickly you and Ripley have forgotten that *life on the streets* is no piece of cake. I'm so glad you are back home where you belong.