Whew… What a Close One! Our Basset Hound Escapes!
Got home after a long day at work the other evening and sat myself down to a nice cold beverage. Got to talking to my wife about the events of the day for several minutes and noticed that I had seen my labrador and dachshund roaming around the house, but I hadn’t seen Lilly, our basset hound?. I asked my wife if she had seen her and she said “Oh she’s probably in the back yard”. Went to look in the backyard and she was nowhere to be found. Looked in the house, again she was nowhere. Now I began to panic.
I went out into the front yard and started calling Lilly’s name. Within 30 seconds, a teenage asked “Are you looking for your dog?” I replied yes and asked if she had seen a basset hound puppy. Right around the corner comes her friend carry Lilly in his arms. “My dog got hit by a car a few weeks ago. I didn’t want it to happen to this little one”.
I profusely thanked them for returning Lilly. The two teens had found her about a block away! She was safe and sound, thank goodness!
My family and I have no idea how she escaped. We suspect that she ran out the front door when I came in the house from work. We are now in the process of getting her a dog tag on her collar. When she’s older we will look at implanting a chip.
Bottom line… a potential tragedy was avoided.
