Oh Thora....

[Tuff Love]

The little stinker certainly keeps me on my toes...

Early this morning, 2 burning questions were answered:

"Would she stay within her perimeter if she was loose in the yard??" NOPE!
"If she got out would the recall we've been working on be enough to get her to come back??" NOPE!

At about 7 this morning, I let the pup out for some potty time. As some of you recall from past posts, our new house is on a wooded lot and at this point we can't have a fence, so I have to keep her on a retractable leash when I take her out. Well, I must have accidentally hooked her rabies tag instead of her collar loop, and POP, the leash sprung off while she was at the full extent of the leash... and she seized the opportunity. So there I am out front, trying to remain composed and keep a happy, positive tone as I try to call her & prompt her to come in my direction (meanwhile having a silent heart attack). It takes all of a half a second to see that it's not working as she continues to dart through the trees and brush with ease, getting further away. So out I go, in nothing but my zebra socks and my leopard print robe.... stomping through the snowy ground, still trying to be calm as she gets further and further away. I quickly see that I'm getting nowhere fast, so I run inside and throw on my slippers with lightning speed and grab my car keys (just in case). So off I go trotting down my long driveway and down the road & I spot her in the neighbor's yard down the way. I keep talking to her in a happy calm voice and she's standing there in the yard sniffing at their dog's something or another that was left in the lawn. Thankfully she stood there long enough that I could grab her collar and tote her little mischievous hiney away with me... back up through the neighbor's yard, up the hill, and back up my driveway to the house. I put her in the house and closed the door so I could warm up the car because we had a vet appointment this morning for her spay. And of course, when I went back to the front door, it was locked :/ Luckily the door that goes from inside the garage to the house is always unlocked, so I was able to get in through the garage entry.

What a morning My heart was racing for a good while afterwards. I couldn't believe the irony that here it is, the day of her spay, and she gets off her leash. I was visualizing little mutt puppies from the troll down the street and his goofy dog. To add insult to injury, the rabies tag that the leash had clipped to broke off, so if I wouldn't have gotten her she would have been running around without tags :( What an ordeal. DH and I had said that as soon as she was recovered from her spay we were going to find a behaviorist or enroll her in some training to help us get a handle on her trouble areas. Clearly we need it!

Anyways, the vet called an hour or so ago and things went well with her spay. They normally keep them overnight now, but I asked the vet if I could bring her home tonight because I was uncomfortable leaving her there without overnight supervision, and she said that's fine. So we can go get her tonight at 7:30 and let the fun begin as we try to keep a 10 month boxer pup calm for the next week

 

[Chops]

I am sorry to say, but the thought of running through snow in slippers sounds a bit funny and brought a smile to my face!

I am glad that everything worked out and she came through surgery well. Good luck trying to keep her down.

 

[Tuff Love]

i'm sure i'm making a great impression as the new nutjob on the block haha... running through the neighborhood in my slippers and robe chasing my goofy dog . thought the imagery would bring a few chuckles

 

[RoxiesEcho]

Good luck with the recall. Bella who has her CGC and passed the TDI test has yet to be reliable on recall. I'm sure it's my fault but when we are at the training facility she is spot on. At home - HA! We don't have a fenced in yard, we live in a very rural area. Just the other day she took off like a bat out of you know what, straight to the woods, or so I thought. I knew better than to call her because she would just ignore me. So I stomped off in my PJ's and slippers to find her feasting on deer poo behind the barn. Then I get the look - you know the one - who me?

Glad you got back and glad to hear that the spay was uneventful. Now you'll have the fun of keeping her quite while she heals!

 

[Roge]

So glad that the surgery went well and good luck trying to keep her quiet for the next few days.
I know exactly how you felt today I was in the same position last week, We live in the country side and I let roge out at about 11pm for a wee, he never leaves our back garden so I dont have to leash .I went inside to answer the phone about 3 mins later went back out and NO Roge I called and called went running in to tell DH roge was gone grabed a torch and ran out into the field ,called and called for what was about 2 mins but felt like an hour and then I heard thr thumping on the ground of him running back up the field he sounded like a race horse in the quiet of the night .It was only when we were back inside again that I realised i was in socks.
There are a good few rabbits in the area at the moment so I say there was one on the lawn when Roge went out and he thought GAME ON!!! but I do have to hand it to him he did come back even though he was on a mission.

 

[Gatorblu]

I am glad surgery went well and you'll have your pup home with you tonight. I too have been thru the neighborhood in my pjs and stocking feet and I had a fence! Arabella had learned how to open the latch on the gate. I let 3 dogs out and went to potty myself. When I went to bring them in Thor and Star were there, no Arabella. I put the other two in and started thru the neighborhood. I tried to remain calm, but it was hard. we lived two streets over from a major highway. Thankfully she came back to me after about 5 mins. (I swear it seemed a lot longer!) The gate stayed locked after that.

 

[Cami]

So glad everything worked out! Hopefully she is recovering nicely from her spay and taking it easy. I guess she just needed to get her one last good burst of energy out since she won't be allowed to for a while!

 

[Tuff Love]

Haha- sounds like you all have a bunch of escape artists as well. Well, I hope Thora had a good time because she's definitely down for the count now.
She (and mom) had a bit of a rough night. She was sooooo drowsy when we brought her home. She didn't want to sit or lay anywhere except for on top of me, and if she stood still too long she would almost fall over she was so tired. So I let her lay on me, and then she would eventually slide to the floor. I put a ton of comforters in the living room and we all slept down there last night. She got up a handful of times and me with her. I had to give her more pain meds this morning around 5 because she was obviously hurtin. She's doin ok now. DH and I have been taking turns lounging with her on the blankets, otherwise she wants to get up and follow us. Hopefully she'll be feeling a little better tomorrow

 

[Roge]

Ahh the poor girl, Is,nt it strange ,when they are wired to the moon and full of energy that needs to be burned off we want them to calm down and when they are out of sorts all you want is the goof ball back,
Sending lots of haeling <<<vibes>>>Thora,s way.

 

[Gatorblu]

Just wondering how Thora is doing? Hoping she is feeling more like herself.