Re: [PyrNet-L] Care,Chat: Off she goes!

[Michaelene Sullivan <innerpuppie@barkavenue.com>]

Ann Wetherilt wrote:

> Sounds really typical, Michaelene! I don't think they "run away,"
> exactly--there's just so much world out there to explore!

And territory to guard and acquire!

> Ivy managed to
> open the latch on my new gate just after I'd put it up;

Maybe I'd better put a more secure latch on my gate...think that's what I'll
do before I find out that my Willow-Pillow has figured it out!

> she was just down
> the street a block, sniffing around in another yard, and she was quite
> happy to come home with me when I got her leash on.

Willow doesn't struggle at all when she's on a leash and the day that she got
loose she came with me very gently once I got a hold of her collar...thank
goodness she headed for my neighbor's garage.

> But I know she'd be
> off again, given the chance!

Yup...I've learned that one and it's ingrained in me!!! I had a blind
retriever for years and had to be very careful of Prince getting out...even
though he was blind, he was fearless and would just plop, plop down the
driveway knowing that I'd keep him safe. I now care for Willow that way...the
leash is my friend and Willow's safety!

--
Michaelene & Savannah Leigh, neighborhood busy body,
Tony III, my companion, my protector, and
Willow, my gentle Pyrenees girl.

Chuck, Tony I, Tony II & Mistoo Pwincie,
my heart & my soul, waiting for me at the Bridge...

To a dog..."If there is no God for thee,
then there is no God for me." A.H. Branch

The Sullivan puppers:
http://www.barkavenue.com/innerpuppie/puppers
Visit with Tony II at the Bridge:
http://www.bargraph.com/tony