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August 4th, 2016, 01:11 PM
#1
Close call.
Came too close to losing my idiot dog today. He has been recovering from some major knee surgery this summer so has hardly been left alone. Today both kids worked early so he had to be left alone. Well, he found a partially open window and proceeded to bust through the screen and land in a planter then escape. He has never done this but there is a first time for everything. Not sure how long he roamed the neighbourhood but my neighbor was driving home and saw him bolt across the street a block away and recognized him. Quick thinker she grabbed him and took him home. A high prey drive machine like Tucker is never off leash unless hunting or training and I'm amazed he wasn't hit by a car. He doesn't ever turn it off and always is sniffing as he runs. Need to swing by the liquor store and buy her a really nice bottle of wine. That was too close.
Last edited by terrym; August 4th, 2016 at 01:16 PM.
I’m suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog who doesn't like a person.
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August 4th, 2016 01:11 PM
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August 4th, 2016, 01:50 PM
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You are lucky to have a great neighbers
Life is to short to hunt with a ugly dog
LabsRule
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August 4th, 2016, 01:54 PM
#3
Been there ... it's scary. In my case it was someone leaving the gate open. Now it's padlocked....
My dog (who normally wears no collar) was returned by someone we don't even know, who lives around the corner and down the street. How she knew where the dog lived is a mystery to me. I must be easily recognizable. 
Glad Tucker's okay. Is he recovered from his TPLO?
"The language of dogs and birds teaches you your own language."
-- Jim Harrison (1937 - 2016)
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August 4th, 2016, 02:31 PM
#4
Thanks Welsh. He is healing up very well. 12 week X-rays next week but the 8 week ones were great. Now it's about reigning him in. I'm thinking I may hunt him in short 1 hour sessions by mid November if there is no ice.
I’m suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog who doesn't like a person.
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August 4th, 2016, 06:28 PM
#5
Oh my gosh! That is some dog! Glad he is all right Terry. On a good note , the TPLO must be healing well. 
(Padlocked our gate too after an escape .)
edit: TPLO not ACL
Last edited by Sharon; August 7th, 2016 at 04:18 PM.
" We are more than our gender, skin color, class, sexuality or age; we are unlimited potential, and can not be defined by one label." quote A. Bartlett
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August 4th, 2016, 06:55 PM
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Glad to hear it all ended ok.
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August 4th, 2016, 07:30 PM
#7

Originally Posted by
Sharon
Oh my gosh! That is some dog! Glad he is all right Terry. On a good note , the ACL must be healing well.
(Padlocked our gate too after an escape .)
The TPLO seems to be healing well. We were on Pelee last week and he swam like a Beaver. If he can get past the leaping out of windows thing we should be fine. It was about 4 ft from the ground but he landed in a flower bed. The problem is with the girls home from school for the summer he has had company 24/7 and now he needs to transition back to some "alone" time.
I’m suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog who doesn't like a person.
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August 5th, 2016, 05:18 PM
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Has too much time on their hands
Those bird dogs are bird brains. Try Ritalin it will work wonders for your dog.
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August 5th, 2016, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by
yellow dog
Those bird dogs are bird brains. Try Ritalin it will work wonders for your dog.

He's been on a sedative called Trazadone for 2 months. Without that he would eat through concrete. He's bored. Not allowed to get anywhere near the exercise he's used to.
I’m suspicious of people who don't like dogs, but I trust a dog who doesn't like a person.
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August 6th, 2016, 08:39 PM
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"The dog is Small Munsterlander, the gun is Beretta."
"You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed" A. Saint-Exupery.