WARNING: NEVER UNDERESTIMATE A TRIPAWD!!!!!

OMG – Maggie gave us SUCH a scare today!  The snow was so beautiful and we all had cabin fever, so I thought I would take a short walk to mail a letter in our mailbox and I let the girls off leash.  Kenzie is pretty good about coming back when called and, well, Maggie is a tripawd – right?  WRONG!!!  Both girls TOOK OFF, down our drive and down the downhill street.

I came back as quickly as possible, got their leashes and called my husband to come help.  Kenzie came running back when I called, but – no Maggie!  My husband drove slowly down the street, following paw prints.  Fortunately, the prints did NOT go down to the main road at the bottom of our hill.  So, we focused our search where the paw prints were and even let Kenzie go “Find Maggie!”  No luck.

After about 15 minutes of frantic searching, I saw her near one of the houses.  I have no idea how she got there – we didn’t see any paw prints that way and she was surrounded by deep snow.  We slogged through it and finally got to her, and we all came home.  I was “mean” and made her walk all the way, so she would REMEMBER this and NEVER do it again!!!  I sure won’t give her that chance!!!

So, please heed this warning.  When we’ve gone for our walks, Maggie always walks about 1/2 mile (at the most), then stops.  I put her in her doggy stroller and she rides the rest of the way.  So, I ASSUMED (and you know what that makes ME!) she could not go for any distance without tiring.  I couldn’t have been more wrong!!!  Thank goodness this story had a happy ending, but it was an awful experience, that I hope this story will help others avoid.