Big Scare today!

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This afternoon I was home alone writing some essays I have to turn in on monday. Well a little while later my dad and brother came home from an indoor soccer game. As I opened the door for them, i noticed that my dog wasnt right there with me. ( He always runs to the door the second someone rings the doorbell or just when the door opens. ) I didnt think much of it because i thought he was probably asleep or something. Anyway I start looking for him in the dining room since its his favorite room and he wasnt there, then i looked for him in his bed and wasnt there either. Sometimes he gets scared and hides under the bed or in closets so i started looking for him and had no luck. By this time, my dad and brother were also looking for him and we were getting very worried. We looked in the backyard, in the front yard, under beds, in closets, everywhere! It was actually pretty weird because he never runs off when he does go outside so at this point we are thinking that he must of went out while we had the door open because we were unloading things from the car, forgot about him, and maybe someonr picked him up. Our dog is extremely friendly and small, so its a possibility. At this point I start crying and my dad calls my mom, she was getting her nails done, who kind of freaks out too. I end up staying home in hope he will show up at our door while my dad goes with my little brother in the truck to look around in our neighborhood. About 5-10 minutes later my dad calls telling me they found him!! I was so relieved!! It turns out he was about 4 blocks away. The lady that lives in the house our dog was in front of said he had been walking by her house for a while!!

We still dont know when exactly he ran away or really what reason, but my dad said there was another dog that seemed like he was lost as well near my dog. We are thinking that when my dog was outside today, he saw that other dog and decided to go after him.

Atleast it turned out to be a happy ending! This evening when my dog was back at home he looked so exhausted.... he is 12 years old, 84 in dog years, and walking 4 blocks for him must of seemed like a marathon!

He has never done anything like this before, he has always been very obedient, but it seems like the older he gets the more "rebellious" he gets too!

I wish no one would have to go through this, even though my story was a happy ending.... it was awful thinking we might never see him again!