On Sunday Wookie ran away from home for the first and hopefully last time. Overall I'd say he was gone for no more then 15 minutes. It all started when I put him out on the patio while Timber and I took care of some things downstairs. I was going to start another project when I decided to check on him and discovered that he was gone. When I confirmed with Timber that he was really gone I got worried, but I didn't freak out because I thought he didn't go far, I didn't think he would get hit by a car driving through the condo complex, and I didn't think some stranger will pick him up and drive away with him (he doesn't like strangers). So Timber and I bolted out of the house and started the search. She jumped in the car and circled the complex and checked out by the main road while I walked around the interior of the complex along the route that I normally walk Wookie. Near the end of our normal route I deviated a little bit and found him sitting next to a bag of leaves. I shook his leash and he came running to me. He was really happy to see me. I attached the leash and walked him home. Another good thing is that he had his collar on which has my phone number, he also has a chip in him, and he is registered with the city of San Jose, so if animal control did find him they theoretically should be able to call me right away and let me know.
Posted by troutm8 at February 13, 2008 06:31 PM