ben the dog
helen and i had quite the adventure this morning. i came downstairs at 8:30 to find the front door wide open and my first thought was 'THE DOG!' and i panicked. i woke up helen - who was sleeping peacefully - because i didn't know what to do (sorry helen - i've never had a *real* pet before; fish can't run away!)... so we freaked out together and pondered what to do.
ben is an eight month old collie who has not been in the city for long, so he's quite excitable, according to helen, who went along on a walk with him last night. this fact only increased our panic. we decided to drive around the neighbourhood and look for him, because we figured he couldn't have gotten that far in 15 minutes. sure, he's huge and probably fast, but he would most likely want to stop & check everything out.
lucky for us, ben is massive and wasn't too hard to spot. we had driven no further than a block and a half when we saw him checking out some construction workers, so i slammed on my brakes and helen tried to coax him into the car. not an easy task, since he doesn't really know us yet; i'm calling to him from the car and helen is chasing him around outside. i'm chuckling now just thinking of it.
finally he gets in, and let me tell you, this dog is HUGE. and i have a TINY car. that was an adventure in itself. the happy ending is that ben is home now, safe and sound, and in all the excitement i forgot to make myself a chai this morning and now my whole day is thrown off. ha.
the moral of the story is ALWAYS make sure the door is latched properly when you leave the house and don't try and tote around big dogs in small cars.
ben is an eight month old collie who has not been in the city for long, so he's quite excitable, according to helen, who went along on a walk with him last night. this fact only increased our panic. we decided to drive around the neighbourhood and look for him, because we figured he couldn't have gotten that far in 15 minutes. sure, he's huge and probably fast, but he would most likely want to stop & check everything out.
lucky for us, ben is massive and wasn't too hard to spot. we had driven no further than a block and a half when we saw him checking out some construction workers, so i slammed on my brakes and helen tried to coax him into the car. not an easy task, since he doesn't really know us yet; i'm calling to him from the car and helen is chasing him around outside. i'm chuckling now just thinking of it.
finally he gets in, and let me tell you, this dog is HUGE. and i have a TINY car. that was an adventure in itself. the happy ending is that ben is home now, safe and sound, and in all the excitement i forgot to make myself a chai this morning and now my whole day is thrown off. ha.
the moral of the story is ALWAYS make sure the door is latched properly when you leave the house and don't try and tote around big dogs in small cars.
posted by Robin M @ | Permalink 
that was definately an insane morning!
Posted by
eleni |
September 08, 2005 12:36 p.m.
my car is full of ben hair. boo.
Posted by
Robin M |
September 08, 2005 1:04 p.m.
teehee, should taken pictures of helen chasing him around, i would have loved to seen all of that! well.....loved in a compleetly, maybe later then 8:30am type of way.
Posted by
amelia |
September 08, 2005 2:13 p.m.