Lola won't be going off-leash for a while.
Lola and I got separated this morning during off-leash time in the park. We were near the Picnic House when she sprinted ahead of me and kept running and running. Within a matter of seconds she disappeared into the woods and I could not see her.
Sammy thankfully stayed near me but after 15 minutes of frantic searching, I took him home because he was tired. I went back to the park by myself and retraced our steps. I ended up back at the Picnic House, which was the last point when I had seen her.
By now nearly one hour had passed. I was crying like a baby and worried about Lola being out in the cold for so long. Then, as I turned the corner, I saw herin the distance facing the opposite direction. When I called her name, she ran to me and leaped up in the air at my feet.
Watching us were two ladies who told me they were monitoring Lola, sensing she was lost. They gave me reassuring hugs as I broke down and the words turned into jibberish, explaining that Lola wouldn’t allow them to approach her. The ladies sensed she was waiting for me to find her and didn’t want to be taken away. I later learned that these ladies are members of FIDO Brooklyn. I am so grateful to them for their help this morning.
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November 13, 2008 at 3:09 am
I’m so glad that Lola is okay! What a scary moment. Good thing she was waiting for you to find her. And what nice ladies to look after her. Yes, it is a good idea to keep her on the leash because you never know what may cause her to run off. Just like what happened with Peanuts and the time he ran 0.5 miles all the way home by himself when he got scared by a tree cutting machine at our dog park. Across four lanes of traffic on Connecticut Avenue in DC! It was crazy. By the way, is there a limit to the comments field in terms of how much I can write?