We're taking care of in laws dog while they are in Jamaica for Thanksgiving. The dog is an overgrown, chunky chihuahua and we've known her for years. She's OK. Not much trouble and only barks when she's defending us from lightning and thunder (and she's done very well with that.. we've not been hit once while she's protecting us).
But she has one unforgivable attribute. She likes to get out of containment and wander away. Like she did yesterday. She found a hole in the fence somewhere and vanished for about two and a half hours.
I picked her up half a mile from us trotting down the sidewalk. The way I knew about where she was (after having driven and ridden my bike and walked all over the place) was a tip from a neighbor who had seen an alert on Facebook.
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