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Now that the thread sharing embarassing stories has come back to life, I thought it would be interesting to share close calls and scares with our dogs. But only those with happy endings, don't want this to be a sad thread!
So here's mine. It was our first dog, Kelsey. We were up north staying at our friend's gorgeous cottage for a week (we would dog sit and in exchange get use of their cottage, it was awesome) and my mom decided to walk down to the dock with the dogs and look at the stars. I was reading in the cottage when I suddenly heard her screaming at me to get down there with a flashlight. I ran down and she was freaking out. Kelsey had misstepped and fallen off the dock between the dock and the boat that was tied up there. She'd heard a series of splashes and then silence and was terrified that he'd drowned.
So she stripped her clothes off, we untied the boat and in she went with the flashlight. She flashed it around and suddenly saw some eyes. He was alive! He'd managed to crawl into a space under the dock (it was a raised dock) and was perched on the rocks that supported the dock. We were so relieved. But of course the next question was how we were going to get him out. The space he'd slipped into was very narrow and he couldn't fit out lying on his belly. My parents would have to slip him onto his side and slide him out. This was easier said than done, as Kelsey was not comfortable being on his side. It took them 45 minutes to work with him and at one point we honestly thought we would just have to chainsaw into the dock in order to get him out (the dock that apparently cost over $10,000 to build
) Thankfully they managed and he was none the worse for wear for the experience. He went on to live for many more years!
So that's my scariest story with a happy ending. Anyone else have any?
So here's mine. It was our first dog, Kelsey. We were up north staying at our friend's gorgeous cottage for a week (we would dog sit and in exchange get use of their cottage, it was awesome) and my mom decided to walk down to the dock with the dogs and look at the stars. I was reading in the cottage when I suddenly heard her screaming at me to get down there with a flashlight. I ran down and she was freaking out. Kelsey had misstepped and fallen off the dock between the dock and the boat that was tied up there. She'd heard a series of splashes and then silence and was terrified that he'd drowned.
So she stripped her clothes off, we untied the boat and in she went with the flashlight. She flashed it around and suddenly saw some eyes. He was alive! He'd managed to crawl into a space under the dock (it was a raised dock) and was perched on the rocks that supported the dock. We were so relieved. But of course the next question was how we were going to get him out. The space he'd slipped into was very narrow and he couldn't fit out lying on his belly. My parents would have to slip him onto his side and slide him out. This was easier said than done, as Kelsey was not comfortable being on his side. It took them 45 minutes to work with him and at one point we honestly thought we would just have to chainsaw into the dock in order to get him out (the dock that apparently cost over $10,000 to build
So that's my scariest story with a happy ending. Anyone else have any?