Four legs and a tail=trouble

[dreamflower]

Today has been quite a day, and BOTH our furbabies have been trouble with a capital T!

I had to work unexpectedly today, as I was asked to fill in for a sick co-worker. I got home quite tired, and decided to take Sophie for her walkies right away, so that I could just collapse and rest. Since the weather was warm though windy, I left the front door open and the screen door latched, so Miss Bella could come out on the porch while we walked. I was just going to go up and down our block a couple of times, so I would never be out of sight of the house. This is something I've done several times and it's never been a problem.

Until I got home. I unlatched the screen door, and the wind blew the door right out of my hand, and Miss Bella made a dash for it. I grabbed for her and missed, and as I did the end of Sophie's leash slipped off my wrist and SHE made a dash for it too! Fortunately, she kind of bowled over Miss Bella, who then ran back into the porch--I grabbed the door and latched it. By that time Sophie was halfway up the block!

Guess what? I can still run! I chased that darn dog nearly a block and a half before I managed to get close enough to grab the leash. She thought it was funny--I'd call her, and she'd stop and maybe come back towards me and then when I'd get close to grabbing range she'd dart further away and then turn and LAUGH at me! (Don't tell me dogs don't laugh; I know what that look on the little smart-aleck's face was!)

So, got the dog home and got both animals in the house and the door closed. I collapsed in my chair and tried to get my breath back. My knees were killing me, and my heart was pounding so hard I could hear it.

The DH got home about an hour later, and after talking for a while, I went to fix supper. I was almost done when the DH came in the kitchen. "Where's the cat?" he asked.

"Well, last time I looked she was in my chair in the living room." Nope, not there.

There followed nearly an hour-and-a-half of searching every little hidey-hole in the house. Every so often we could hear her squeak, but it was faint and muffled and we could not figure out where it was coming from.

Finally the DH realized: it was coming from UNDERNEATH the house! He went outside, and sure enough he could hear her under there, and he managed to coax her out, wrap her in his shirt (to avoid getting shredded: she likes being held but HATES being carried.) and bring her in. We are still not quite sure how she got outside, though my best guess is that she snuck out when the DH took the trash out.

So we ended the evening with everyone safe at home; but after such a frantic day, my knees hurt like crazy and my nerves are shredded.

As for Sophie and Miss Bella, they are sitting around in wide-eyed innocence demanding that we pet them and cuddle them! Little self-satisfied brats!

But we'd have been devastated if anything happened to either of them!

Comments

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

They just can't help themselves, can they ...

[dreamflower]

Well, I hope this has been their quota of trouble for a while; oh, and forgot to mention that while we were frantically searching for the cat, the dog knocked a package of sugar cookies off the kitchen table and ate the rest of the ones in the package.

[ramblin_rosie]

Of course she did. Dog's prerogative.
*trying unsuccessfully not to giggle, having just written a similar scene in an original fic....*

[dreamflower]

On an ordinary day, the sugar cookie incident would have been a worthy escapade all by itself, but with everything else going on...

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

Oh doggie, you were a bad bad thing today.

[dreamflower]

She was. They both were. I just hope that's their quota of trouble for a loooong time to come!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

What a day! Hope you have a nice restful evening.

[dreamflower]

Well, it was quieter after all that for sure.

[piplover.livejournal.com]

What a day! I hope tomorrow is a bit calmer, and you can get a good night's rest tonight!

[dreamflower]

I had a decent night's sleep, though I'm still sore. And today *has* to be calmer!

[ellynn-ithilwen.livejournal.com]

The last two lines sum it all, don't they. Nothing more needs to be said.

[dreamflower]

Yep!

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

oh man!!! Those animals are VERY naughty weren't they? And to them, I'm sure it was all a game where they got TONS of attention from their people!

I remember once Helo followed me outside when I took out the trash (years ago), and I shudder to think of it, but I had no idea. i went back in, was just minding my own business, etc., and I kept hearing meowing from outside the front door, and thought, that's weird, that cat sort of sounds like Helo. And went out to check and there was Helo pacing and crying outside the front door, about ten minutes after he had gotten out! So if he had been more intrepid, who knows what wold have happened, since I had no idea he had gotten out!

[dreamflower]

That's the thing! We had NO idea she was out there, and why we were frantically searching the house. I was terrified she'd found a plastic bag somewhere. (She has a fascination for them, and I always worry she will get in one and suffocate. We try to keep them out of her reach, but you know how cats are!)

[danae_b]

Ohhh! Poor Bella! I mean, um, what terribly naughty pets. *scolds gently, sends extra cuddles Bella's way especially* I honestly don't think they can help themselves, it's just hardwired in for them to act like brats.

*extra hugs for you as well* I can't even imagine how badly Faramir would react if he ever managed to get outside, thankfully it hasn't happened to us yet.

[dreamflower]

Thing is, the people who had her before us did let her go out. So she thinks it's OK. She's snuck out a few times before but we always found her right away! THIS time was different and very scary!

[danae_b]

Ahhh, I see. Since it was acceptable behavior before, it should still be now. I know I'd have absolutely freaked out if it had happened to Faramir, so I really understand how scary that must have been. I remember the one time Pippin got out and I honestly thought I was never going to see him again (he ran into the back yard, into the front and under mom's truck, then dashed for the back again and decided to heck with all that and went inside instead).

*HUGS* Thankfully you got her back!

[dreamflower]

Yes, it was very scary! I'm just glad the DH was able to figure out where she was. We were able to hear her through the floor furnace (remember that hole in the floor?)so once we realized that's where it was coming from, he could go look for her there.

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

Yeps, your pets most definitely would fit in a Tookish household :)

[dreamflower]

Quite likely!

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

Sophie and Bella's Most Excellent Adventure! What a couple of furry pistols" :^D

[dreamflower]

I just hope they've had their fill of Adventure for awhile!

[shirebound]

oh my goodness, you poor thing! Our furbabies are such lambs... until they suddenly get a nudge from the Mischief Fairy to shake up their predictable lives... and ours.

*tight hugs*

[dreamflower]

It certainly was a "shake up"! I hope they don't try anything like that again anytime soon!

[addie71.livejournal.com]

Oh my, what a day! Dogs do laugh at you, yes they do. I was taking care of my brother's dog, Hank, who got out of the house on my watch and did the exact same thing while I chased him all over the neighborhood! He was laughing all the way.

[dreamflower]

Yep. They certainly do!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Trying to picture Sophie as she's running down the sidewalk away from you and all I can see is...



(And a touch of irony--as I was reading about your mischievous furbabies, my own Pip decided to hop up on the table and start knocking things off!)

[dreamflower]

LOL! Like I said: four legs and a tail equals trouble!

[tanis2014.livejournal.com]

It must be Spring! Our four-legged did the same thing Sunday and again today! She normally goes with me to work, but we just had her fixed a week and a half ago, so she's been going to work with the SO. This morning, coming back to the shop from the house next door where they're working, the dog took off like a bat out of hades, probably chasing the scent of rabbit or deer and made a mile-wide circle of the field between the houses behind the shop. Completely ignored the SO when he called, and ran away too, when he got anywhere near her.

When I went to pick her up after work today, she was rope-tied to a large piece of machinery. She was not a happy camper!

[dreamflower]

What is it with the "you can't catch me game"? *shakes head*

I'm sure she was not! Our Sophie doesn't like it when we occasionally have to tie her up!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

Dogs do laugh. They have more fun than anybody, especially when they're up to mischief. I hope your knees are feeling better by now.

[dreamflower]

Yes they do! My knees still ache, but not so much as yesterday.