The day my brain wave waved goodbye along with Sally. The run away dog ran over the fields and she blew, she blew! Oh Riley, you were supposed to grab her lead, remember?!
Let me rewind a little and explain the train of events. First of all I decided to let the dogs play freely on the orchard with Sally trailing her lead. After watching Riley pick up the end of the lead yesterday and bring Sally back to me I was eager to try it again. This time I had my video camera at the ready. I'll post the evidence just as soon as YouTube does its thing!
After that bit of success I got a little cocky. We set off down some country fields when I had an urge to let them play freely again. Oh boy what a mistake. This time Sally saw and took her chances. She simply shimmied past Riley, swam across the stream, took to the fields and ran, ran, ran. Riley looked confused. I called, we waited, we walked slowly home. The afternoon took shape. It included a lot of phone calls: police- check, vets-check, local shop-check, York dog warden-check, Petlog-check, old vets-check. Long suffering husband-check.
At around 5.30pm my phone rang. It was a local chap with a stray and exhausted border Collie: Sally. Within 5 minutes I had her back in the car. The guy had noticed a farmer chasing Sally through his fields and back on to the lane where she had fled at lunch time. She had flopped on the path having given up and handed herself in. I'm so glad I remembered to attach her new ID tag to her collar.
We've had words but I don't think she's taken any of it in!
Riley is looking particularly pleased with himself this evening. I swear I saw his halo gleaming in the sun.
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