I had planned to write about another topic this week, but after today’s events, I thought this story was worth sharing…
As you all might have gathered by now Mason and I don’t live alone. We live with one of my best friends, her daughter and their dog Fiona (12 pound dachshund). So we definitely have a “full house” to say the least.
I am fortunate enough to only work 5 minutes from our apartment so I go home every day for lunch and to walk the dogs. Usually, this is a very standard procedure. I walk in, leash up the dogs, we go on our 10 minute walk on the nature trail, they get their treats and I go back to work (most days eating my sandwich in the car). But today this was not the case…
It started out like any normal lunch break, but today the pups and I decided to walk to the dog park instead of our normal route (BIG mistake). We turned the corner to go to the dog park and I see there are two yorkies playing in there. So I am like no big deal. We go to turn around and walk the other way, and there is another guy with his pitbull/boxer. This would not have been a problem with just Mason. However, with two dogs, this presented major issues. Mason was trying to get to the two yorkies in the dog park and was pulling me to run along the fence with them. Then (of course) Fiona took off in the opposite direction and then proceeded to slip her collar and run…
At this point, full on panic mode begins. I pull Mason from the yorkies and we immediately take off sprinting after Fiona (she is MUCH faster than us by the way). Luckily, I see she is headed straight for our apartment as Mason and I struggle to catch up to her. Be time we make it to the apartment, she is already sitting in front of our door step like nothing happened.
This was a very scary moment for me. A million different scenarios crossed my mind as Mason and I were chasing after Fiona. She could have gotten hit by a car or ran away or who knows what! And what makes this situation even scarier, is that my roommate does not have Fiona micro chipped nor does she have a dog tag with her contact information on it. So if Fiona would have ran away, there would have been no way to get her back home.
Dog Mom Tip #10: Be responsible. Make sure your pup is micro chipped and always wears their dog tag with your information. You never know what can happen or what is lurking around the next corner…