I thought I closed the door, but I guess it didn't click shut. So I look up and here's Maddie-dog, waltzing away. I call her, she turns and laughs and keeps walking and sniffing. I look over and there's an older lady standing with her dog on the leash about 100 yards away. Of course, Maddie-dog, starts trotting over that way. I'm calling her, real sweet-like, so maybe she won't figure out I'm going to kill her when I catch her. Ds comes running out after us, calling her and carrying her leash.
Older woman, still watching the slow pregnant woman and small child chasing the dog. It's been a good 5 minutes that I've been chasing, stopping, calling....it's obvious that my dog has run away. I chase her around a tree, where she stops to pee and I almost catch her by the tail. No luck. Then I think I've got her cornered, but no, she sneaks around the dumpster and heads over to the old lady and her dog.
So of course, my stupid dog has to go over and greet older woman and her dog. At which point I yell, "Maddie NO, SIT". The dogs start smelling each other, and the woman starts SCREAMING at me. "Why isn't that dog on a leash???" She keeps screaming, I'm not even sure what she was saying. Because I'm out of breath from running and TRYING TO CATCH MY DAMN DOG. I yell back that she snuck out and obviously I'm trying to catch her.
Ok, clearly it is my fault that my dog is out without a leash. Under no circumstances should she be. I get angry when I see dogs running loose, it's dangerous to everyone. **Totally my fault** But crap, she stood there and watched the obviously loose dog, from a long distance, heard me yelling at her to stop, saw me trying to grab her and instead of picking up her little dog and going inside she stood there watching. And then decided to yell at me about it. If you were so worried, why didn't you go in your house 10 feet away or pick up your dog?? It wasn't like my dog bolted over there, she trotted her way across a big space, with me yelling behind her.
So I called my dh and yelled at him for never training the dog in the first place after he said, "I'll do all the dog stuff, I promise". And for not setting up the crate like I've asked him to do 100 times.
This was really the last thing I needed today
Older woman, still watching the slow pregnant woman and small child chasing the dog. It's been a good 5 minutes that I've been chasing, stopping, calling....it's obvious that my dog has run away. I chase her around a tree, where she stops to pee and I almost catch her by the tail. No luck. Then I think I've got her cornered, but no, she sneaks around the dumpster and heads over to the old lady and her dog.
So of course, my stupid dog has to go over and greet older woman and her dog. At which point I yell, "Maddie NO, SIT". The dogs start smelling each other, and the woman starts SCREAMING at me. "Why isn't that dog on a leash???" She keeps screaming, I'm not even sure what she was saying. Because I'm out of breath from running and TRYING TO CATCH MY DAMN DOG. I yell back that she snuck out and obviously I'm trying to catch her.
Ok, clearly it is my fault that my dog is out without a leash. Under no circumstances should she be. I get angry when I see dogs running loose, it's dangerous to everyone. **Totally my fault** But crap, she stood there and watched the obviously loose dog, from a long distance, heard me yelling at her to stop, saw me trying to grab her and instead of picking up her little dog and going inside she stood there watching. And then decided to yell at me about it. If you were so worried, why didn't you go in your house 10 feet away or pick up your dog?? It wasn't like my dog bolted over there, she trotted her way across a big space, with me yelling behind her.
So I called my dh and yelled at him for never training the dog in the first place after he said, "I'll do all the dog stuff, I promise". And for not setting up the crate like I've asked him to do 100 times.
This was really the last thing I needed today
Glad you caught her.
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