Our big Akita dog got out of the yard because the gate wasn't latched. (NOT MY FAULT)
She's 90+ pounds of fangs and claws if you (or any animal) is insider HER territory. But if one of my family members lets you inside then the dog is just a big lap dog. This dog has destroyed cats, 'coons, rabbits, possums and chased down deer. Oh, and a couple 2 legged folks have had a bad day by testing her.
So naturally when we see the gate is open and she is not inside the house we are concerned for the life and limb of any innocent bystander. AND IT IS DOWNPOURING RAIN OUTSIDE. I go running out the front door, others out the back. I hit the mud in the driveway because I had 18 yards of topsoil delivered and its been raining and melting that into mud so I go slide across the driveway, land flat on my back but am not hurt. Get up and go off around the side toward my workshop calling for the dog. My back is coated in mud, the rest of me is just wet. My sister-in-law is in the back yard going toward the same gate that I am going toward.
My wife is in the car and nobody really has a clue where she is going.
So I'm calling her name. My sister-in-law is calling her name. Melen is calling her name.
The dog pops out from under a thick Mugo Pine, which is RIGHT NEXT TO THE OPEN GATE, she went under the pine and was trying to keep dry and wondered why we were all running around screaming her name! She was confused and didn't understand why we were all calling her but she really hates getting wet and we called her out of her dry spot. She just wanted to get back into the dry house. Beat me inside and I was the one who needed the towel.
The lovely Mrs_B eventually returned home. Misha was standing at the garage door waiting for her, wagging her tail.
She's 90+ pounds of fangs and claws if you (or any animal) is insider HER territory. But if one of my family members lets you inside then the dog is just a big lap dog. This dog has destroyed cats, 'coons, rabbits, possums and chased down deer. Oh, and a couple 2 legged folks have had a bad day by testing her.
So naturally when we see the gate is open and she is not inside the house we are concerned for the life and limb of any innocent bystander. AND IT IS DOWNPOURING RAIN OUTSIDE. I go running out the front door, others out the back. I hit the mud in the driveway because I had 18 yards of topsoil delivered and its been raining and melting that into mud so I go slide across the driveway, land flat on my back but am not hurt. Get up and go off around the side toward my workshop calling for the dog. My back is coated in mud, the rest of me is just wet. My sister-in-law is in the back yard going toward the same gate that I am going toward.
My wife is in the car and nobody really has a clue where she is going.
So I'm calling her name. My sister-in-law is calling her name. Melen is calling her name.
The dog pops out from under a thick Mugo Pine, which is RIGHT NEXT TO THE OPEN GATE, she went under the pine and was trying to keep dry and wondered why we were all running around screaming her name! She was confused and didn't understand why we were all calling her but she really hates getting wet and we called her out of her dry spot. She just wanted to get back into the dry house. Beat me inside and I was the one who needed the towel.
The lovely Mrs_B eventually returned home. Misha was standing at the garage door waiting for her, wagging her tail.
