Hi, Jesslan!
You don't even have to move fast, if they see you going the opposite way,
it works! Good luck, but I hope it never happens again. Its an awful feeling!
Elizabeth
--- On Sun, 10/12/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Scarey
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sunday, October 12, 2008, 6:11 PM
> I hadn't heard about making a game of them coming to
> you. Granted I can't move to fast, but I'll try that
> next time. (Which hopefully there won't be one.) ;)
>
> Thank you for the tip Elizabeth!!
>
> Jesslan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: e holley
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 8:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [SPAM]**Possible_Spam** [Chihuahuas] Scarey
>
>
> Good morning, everyone!
>
> Glad to hear all the little ones are where they belong! I
> travel with my boys and its always a worry! They have
> harnesses on them at all times! Once they are used to it, it
> doesn't bother them. I use the ones that are fabric,
> kind of like little vests! Of course having said that, we
> were out walking and the velcro which was later found to be
> defective, let go!!! Of course my boy realized he was not
> attached to me but he kept walking. We were on the very busy
> street we live on. I dropped to my knees and called calmly,
> "Come to mommy!" He turned around and came to me.
> The standard practice of trainers is not to panic (yeah
> right) but to stop and recall or start slowly running in the
> opposite direction. Making the game coming to you. When you
> run after them, the game is keep away from that crazy
> woman!! haha! Again, I am SO glad that everyone is accounted
> for!
>
> Elizabeth
>
> --- On Fri, 10/10/08, wbdreams
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > From: wbdreams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [SPAM]**Possible_Spam** [Chihuahuas]
> Scarey
> > To: [email protected]
> > Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 11:16 PM
> > So glad that she is ok. It's a reminder to us
> all that
> > we cannot take their safety for granted... not even
> for a
> > second.
> > We are lucky enough to have a fenced in area that
> encloses
> > part of the back yard and the patio including the
> back door,
> > so Libby can go out with Scooter and Pop and not
> have a
> > harness on. But when we first got her, she is so
> small that
> > she got out...twice! That was scarey and my hubby
> has since
> > fixed it so that there is no area that she can
> escape from.
> > But we have a lot of hawks in this area, so I have
> to always
> > keep that in mind.
> > Joy B
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: _Chihuahua's Y
> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 9:29 PM
> > Subject: [SPAM]**Possible_Spam** [Chihuahuas] Scarey
> >
> >
> >
> > I was taking Jaelyn outside for a potty break this
> > afternoon and she was distracted by the guys taking
> out our
> > old furnace. She wanted to be near them and before I
> knew it
> > happened she slipped out of her collar. Because
> she's
> > been so cold without heat in the house for the past
> few
> > weeks I took her harness off this past week. I was
> tired of
> > always having to take it off, change her outfit, and
> then
> > put it back on.
> >
> > Out of the corner of my eye I saw Emma, the
> chocolate lab
> > from next door who roams our property several times
> a day.
> > (Much to my frustration.) I knew once Jaelyn saw her
> > she'd take off like a shot and sure enough
> before I
> > could grab her she saw Emma and took off after her
> chasing
> > her home. Thank God she took a breather to pee on
> Emma's
> > potty spot and make herself known! That's when I
> was
> > able to grab her.
> >
> > After the commotion I looked back to the whole thing
> and
> > laughed a little. First, because me (with arthritis
> and
> > fibromyalgia) trying to catch up to her must have
> been
> > laughable. Second, because seeing a little 4 1/2 lb
> > chihuahua chasing a 40-ish lb lab was more than a
> little
> > funny. Though at the time my biggest scare was her
> without a
> > collar telling people where her home is. I could see
> someone
> > not thinking to bother to check if she had a
> microchip or
> > purposely not checking so they could keep her. That
> was what
> > kept going off in my mind as I tried to go after
> her.
> >
> > It was the first time I realized what my life could
> be
> > like without her in it. For that split second I
> thought
> > I'd lost her for good and I'd never catch up
> to her.
> > Thank God I was wrong. Back to the harness we go...
> >
> > Jesslan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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