Feb
11

Dog Gone!

puppie title="Dog Gone!" /></a></p> <p>According to the caller ID, the call I was waiting for came at 11:55 last night. I closed the missing dogs file I was working on and went to the back gate. I closed it good and tight this time. I don’t know how it got open but it wasn’t going to open again. I kicked it, hard, several times to make sure. I went and checked the other two gates and shook them roughly. They were closed as well.</p> <p>They came raceing through the garage into the house shortly after that. Tales wagging and wild eyed they jumped on me and licked me face. MyHusbands face had a very different expression than it did when he went out to look for them “one more time”. It made me cry.</p> <p>I stood there feeding them treats and petting them.</p> <p>“I can’t believe you’re giving them treats for running away”</p> <p>“I’m not, I’m giving them treats so they know they can always come back home after they’re done running.”</p> <p>“I love the way your mind works.” He told me.</p> <p>You know what hon? I love that you would have stayed up all night looking for them even though you had an early meeting you couldn’t miss. I love that you went out there and put a padlock on the back gate. I love the way your bottom lip trembled, just a little, when I said I was glad I didn’t have to tell the kids that the puppies went AWOL. When you laughed with me about finding them, of all places, in <a href="http://chromatoast.com/blog/imperceptible-has-a-temper-tantrum/">the bitchy ladies</a> front yard, I loved that too. I also loved how you kept reaching over last night and asking me if I was OK. Mostly, I just love you. A lot. My mind works like that as well. You knew that didn’t you?</p> </div> <div class="entrymeta"> <div class="postinfo"> <span class="postedby">Posted by ImPerceptible</span> <span class="filedto"><a href="http://chromatoast.com/blog/category/me-in-a-blog-post" title="View all posts in Me in a Blog Post" rel="category tag">Me in a Blog Post</a> </span> <span class="rss">Subscribe to <a href="http://chromatoast.com/blog/feed" title="Subscribe to RSS feed" rel="nofollow"><abbr title="Subscribe to RSS Feed">RSS</abbr></a> feed</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="commentsblock"> <h3 id="comments" class="comment_headings">4 Responses to “Dog Gone!”</h3> <ol class="commentlist"> <li class="alt" id="comment-994"> <span class="gravatar"> <img alt=

Amelia
February 11th, 2008 at 4:44 pm

Oh my goodness, did the bitchy lady let them out? Maybe she hoped they would run further away? I think she’s up to something.

  • ImPerceptible
    February 11th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

    I don’t think she would. She’s a “good christian woman”…wait. It was cold out and I think someone cut through our yard to get home quicker. It wouldn’t be a problem if they had shut the gate.

    The dogs did get pretty far. They went for a swim and it was 23 degrees out. They’re lucky he found them when he did. It got down to 18 last night. I think they were in her yard because they knew home was on the other side but couldn’t figure out how to get there.

    I’ll have to ask him if they were pointing at her accusingly.

  • whit
    February 11th, 2008 at 11:09 pm

    Glad the pups are ok!

  • ImPerceptible
    February 13th, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    There fine. Just as ornery as ever.

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