Hi gang,
Today is a wonderful morning in my house although we are both tired, in fact I am exhausted with only a couple hours sleep.
Last night was the worst night I have had in years!!!
Greg is training Pixie to walk on a leash. last night was only her 2nd night. He took Minnie too because she is a good example of a well trained dog.
Part way around the loop, Pixie stopped and backed up somehow and got out of her harness, which was adjusted tight. She was scared and confused and just bolted down a side street that leads to the back of our subdivision where they are building homes. Behind this is a swampy area with tons of thick brush and woods. That is where she ran into.
Greg and Minnie ran hard for about 3/4 of a mile trying to catch her but she was gone, so they came back.
Greg and i went right back out, he got on our quad to comb the huge area which goes for many miles, I walked the opposite way. we both got thorns and stickers in our bare legs. after a couple hours of walking through dangerous areas we couldnt find her. This area is full of poisonious snakes, spiders and scorpions and probably a few gators near the water. Not a good place to be!!
Greg continued to look and I went back to put on long pants , then I took the truck and drove though the surrounding areas asking people if they have seen her. I then drove the road that borders the back of this area but it was dark by then.
I then met Greg at home and told him I wanted to take a flashlight and go back to where she ran in and call her some more holding up the light hoping she will see it. at home we play follow the light all the time, plus it was late and quiet so she could hear our voices easier.
So I drove back and Greg walked back so to keep looking for her along the way in case she wondered back.
There are mounds of sand out there from the people building houses, so I climbed up a small one since it was dark and I couldnt see what I was doing.
I started holding the flashlight up high and calling her name, Greg did the same. After 20 minutes we called off the search.
Greg started to walk back to keep looking and i got in the truck, turned it on and sat for just a minute and off in the distance I saw what looked like the eyes of an animal. I jumped out of the truck and yes it was Pixie way off in t he ditsance running towards us. I went to meet her and she fell to the ground before I could get to her. i was so scared she was hurt but she was just exhausted and scared. She was shaking so hard and her heart was pounding. But her tail was wagging and her tongue wa slicking me a million miles an hour!!
she must of run for miles. Greg saw what was happening and came back, as soon as he was in the headlights where she could see him, she got up and trotted over to greet him too. He carried her back to the truck and then into the house where she drank so much water over the next hour it was incredible.
she was so scared she didnt even want to get off the patio into the dark yard to go to the bathroom. Greg even went out with her.
Then after we all quite shaking a bit we had to get ticks off of her and thorns off her skin, check all her little cuts and abrasions from running through that horrible terrain.
Then we had to check Minnie to make sure she didnt pick up any on her run through the area earlier with Greg.
then we had to check ourselves. by the time we went to bed it was very late!!! Pixie went to sleep ASAP for about an hour and then woke up and was restless all night, not sleeping at all.
I was too wound up to sleep too. So I dozed on and off for a couple of hours before getting up this morning. Pixie and Minnie are napping but I am wide awake, hope to nap this afternoon.
I need to call the vet this morning to make sure if there is anything else I need to do after removing the ticks, we dont want her to get any diseases.
That was my night, which was aweful but it is a wonderful morning today because we are all back together again!!
well I am tired so will check back later,
Kathy
. I have had dogs get away, it's the worst feeling ever. Hope your taking a nap.
. Thanks so much for saying HI while I've been unable to get near a computer (that kinda stuff happens out in the middle of BFE 
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