The Adventures of Katie, Megan, and Amy
Posted on February 29, 2008
by Kim
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The girls have a nice, big backyard to play in — all fenced in so they are safe and sound! The morning routine is that they get up, go out to do their business, come in to eat breakfast, then go back out to play and burn off some energy! While they are out playing, I get my shower and get ready for work. When I’m ready for work, they come in and get settled in for the day.
Well, today we had a little departure from the norm…………..
Everything was as usual up until the part where they come in to settle in for the day! I got ready for work and went to the back door to call them in – they didn’t come! This isn’t terribly unusual – sometimes all I have to do is open the door and they come running – sometimes they are more interested in whatever has their attention at the moment (a cat, squirrels, birds, whatever). Also, the front of the fence is just back from the front of the house, so the back yard wraps around both sides of the house making areas that they can be in that I can’t see them! When they don’t come in after calling them, I usually rattle the box of biscuits – that always gets their attention and makes them come running for treats! So, since I was running a little later than usual, I used that tactic this morning to get them to come in quicker. I rattled the box, called their names, and nothing — no one came running! I did it again – still nothing! I thought, “this can’t be good!” I put on my shoes and went out to look for them. I went around the left side of the house – no girls! I went around the right side of the house – no girls! I stopped breathing for a minute – then I noticed it! The last picket on the picket fence was pulled away from the support brace and pushed over to create a nice sized gap in the pickets!!!
OK, so they got out — I could get them back in! I called their names and looked around the cul de sac to see if I could find them easily! I noticed Megan in the neighbor’s drive way – I called out to her and she looked at me and danced around a little and then went back to sniffing whatever it was she was sniffing……. I got the box of biscuits and went out the front door to get her attention — it worked — I got Megan home and in the house – I gave her a biscuit and shut her up in the house! One down, two to go!
I rattled the biscuit box and called their names over and over and over — I looked all over the immediate area — nothing!!! I was beginning to panic — what if they left the neighborhood and went out on the main road? Cars zip down that road like it is an Indy track…….. I knew they were most likely together — Katie and Amy are usually tied at the hip – they do everything together!!! But, where were they????? I got in the car and decided to check out the rest of the neighborhood – I drove slowly, looking in all the yards. I turned down the street that goes behind my house first! At the end of that street, it makes a 90 degree turn – right after I made that turn, I could hear Katie’s bark (it is very distinctive – I knew it was her)!!! I looked in my rear view mirror and there was Katie and Amy running to try to catch me and Katie was barking at me!!! It was like she was saying “stop Mommie, wait for us!” I hadn’t seen them in any of the yards I passed by, but they must have been in one of them and they recognized the car!!!! They came running to catch me!!! I stopped the car and they caught up to me and were all excited!! They got in the car and I took them home!!!
Once in the house, they all got biscuits and I settled them in for the day!!! WHEW!!! Everything turned out fine and I made it to work on time — but, it could have had a horrible ending!!!
I fixed the fence — it is PVC, not wood, so when the picket was pushed out, it broke the PVC where the screw went in, so it couldn’t be re-screwed or anything like that! I got some bungee cords from the garage and secured it to the support braces so that it won’t be able to be pushed out again! I checked all the other pickets to see if there were any others that might be loose or cracked or something — the rest look secure!
It was a scary experience this morning, but looking back on it now – it was so funny and sweet seeing them running after me and barking to get me to stop and let them in — I thought it was amazing that they recognized the car! I wish I could have filmed it – would have been a big winner on AFV!!!
So – that was Katie, Megan, and Amy’s big adventure this morning!!! They had fun being brave and getting a taste of freedom — all while giving me a heart attack!!!!
Kim's Thoughts 
Well, that is most certainly an adventure! I totally understand that feeling of panic trying to take over while you try to remain calm so you can think clearly.
Glad they’re OK…I bet they dreamed about their stroll around the neighborhood all day!!
What an adventure indeed!
Our dog ran out of our apartment one day. She didn’t get far though, but it was far enough to send me into hysterics. Thankfully, Scottie was there and was calm enough for the both of us.