Wally Scare

My son helped me take the dogs for their noontime walk since he had off school today. At the end of our walk Wally’s leash uncoupled from his harness. I was in disbelief holding an empty leash. Wally took off like a shot. One of our neighbors was kind enough to drive the local neighborhoods. I managed to spot Wally near the lake but he took off again. Dh came home and we went out driving to look for Wally. Our son stayed home to man the phones in case anyone called. About a half hour into our drive our son called my dh’s cell phone. The Animal Hospital across the street had Wally. Some kids saw Wally wandering around and got him to come to them by offering him food. They than took Wally to the vet. I’m so thankful that the kids knew what to do.

Dh went to Home Depot and picked up some D rings and attached them permanently to both Bean’s and Wally’s leashes so that they cannot become uncoupled. Bean’s leash has disconnected from his harness while dh was walking him. Luckily Bean didn’t run off. I think that Bean remembers getting hit by a car when he ran off last year. The hound noses get my boys in trouble.

Wally has been stuck to me like glue since we picked him up. We also weighed him since the vet had a large scale. He weighs 46.5 pounds. He needs to gain at least 10 pounds. He has already gained weight since he has come home with us so I’m guessing he was about 40 pounds then. The vet tech was telling us that he definitely needs to gain weight. I told her that he has gained weight since coming to us.