My Chloe is a bit of an escape artist. Not a true Houdini, like other dogs I have known, but she is creative. I got home from work one day and my roommate was in the yard and on the phone with the shelter. I listened to her conversation and realized that, in the 8 hours I was gone earning money to pay for dog food and tennis balls, Chloe had managed to get out of the locked house. Turns out she nosed up the window I had left cracked a couple of inches, popped out the screen and jumped out of the window. We had just moved, so her tags weren't up to date. (I'll never make that mistake again. Now as soon as the lease is signed, I get a new tag made) We drove and walked and called and whistled and finally went to Kinko's an made a bunch of signs and hung them all over. When we got home, there was a message on my machine. Someone had found my girl that morning and taken her home. They thought, since her tags were outdated, that we had moved and dumped her! They finally convinced the phone company to give them my new number and called me. I went to their house immediately. Turns out, they love dogs, just can't have one. They took Chloe for a long car ride (heaven) and then to a park, where she was allowed to run off leash, (which I don't usually allow), and then - the grand finale - they took her swimming, which is as good as it gets in Chloe's world. They thought she was such a wonderful dog (she is) and had thoroughly enjoyed their day with her. I was just so thankful that she was safe and happy. Needless to say, I didn't leave the windows open anymore when I left the house![]()





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