It's, like, summer here. No joke. This weekend was frigid winter.. but this week, Virginia decided to go back to summer. I don't mind. We were on our second walk of the day -- a leisurely walk through our neighborhood. The kiddos were off from school and were joyfully totting around on their skateboards, bikes, and scooters.
And then we saw her: a little girl, around 8, riding on her pink scooter. Little girls love Piper, and Piper loves little girls. So, you could say it was mutual. She ran up to her and asked (politely) if she could pet "him." Of course, I said yes, and she and Piper went to town! Wrestling in the yard and having a fun old time. We said our goodbyes and continued on our little walk.
la la la
Then, as we came upon our house, we saw her again! The two new buddies reunited and, again, went to town with scratches and they were wallering in the grass.
Girl: She loves me! She's crazy - I think she wants me to walk her
Me: Haha.. yeah.. you're new to her, so she's excietd!
Girl: Can I walk her?!?
Hands her the leash
Girl walks her down the sidewalk and back
la la la
Piper gets tangled up in the leash
Girl tries to fix it
Piper slips out of her collar
And all hell broke loose. Like, literally
Piper darts around the yard
Piper resembles a bunny rabbit on Speed for the second time in one week
Piper darts under the car
Girl: Oh no!! She's under the car!!
Me: Come heeeere, Piper! Piper, treat!! Treat!
Holds out hand and acting like there's a treat in my hand, when clearly my hand is empty and Piper can see that there is NO treat and she probably thinks that I'm taking her for a fool
Piper stays under car and stares at us
Girl: I have an idea!!
Girl pulls out her wallet, which has cutely been clipped on her belt loop. Girl offers Piper her wallet, because we all know that puppies love pocketbooks and that sort of thing
Piper stays under car
Girl: Drat! That didn't work... Ok, I have another plan. Let's leave my wallet on the driveway and walk away and act like we don't see her. Then, when she comes out to get it, we grab her
Me: Ok...
We walk away like two clever cats and peek behind us. And, by golly, Piper does come out from under the car
Little girl whips around and tries to grab her
She isn't fast enough. Piper darts back under the car.
Me: CRAP! We're never gonna catch her!
Girl tries to grab her again - and fails - and Piper runs around the yard
Me: I have an idea! I'll get food from inside and lure her in...
Runs inside to grab a treat, brings it to the driveway, and Piper suspiciously comes to me
Little girl nabs Piper like a lump of flour and drops her in my kitchen floor
Me: Thanks a bunch for helping me! Have a nice day!
When, what I should have said was: Thanks for causing this escapade!! It really made my day! :]
I couldn't even make that up. That's a fuzzy mobile photo of Piunder my car and the elbow of the little girl. Sigh.
Edit: I forgot to mention that, upon leaving, the little girl shouted, "HEY! Next time you ought to get her a collar that fits!"
... thanks for the tip, sweetheart!
Oh dear! Thank goodness you caught her!
ReplyDeleteHow funny! When my dog Capo used to escape he would run circles around me so there was no possible way to catch him! He just had to tire out! So glad you caught her!
ReplyDeleteI am commenting for the first time. Finally got my nerve up.
This is hilarious! Especially the part about getting the wallet out!! Priceless!! :)
ReplyDelete~Amber
Too funny. Love you kiddo....Dad
ReplyDeleteAWWW, did my dad REALLY just comment on my blog!? :D
ReplyDeleteHaha! That is too funny! Is her collar that big? Cause if you want to try a different collar that would probably fit her, try a cat collar. We had to get one for BUddy because he was so small for the longest time. That little girl is to cute thought! And thanks for telling how to comment! Now I can!
ReplyDelete~Rebecca
O! And if she runs away...it will be hard but if you trust her don't go running after her. Buddy had the same ordeal. BUt if you don't go chasing after them and just stand there and be mad...they usually come back! OR at least buddy did!
ReplyDelete~Rebecca
Haha, this totally made my night! Hilarious.
ReplyDelete-Katrina
Her collar doesn't naturally fall off her.. but if you pull on it, and it gets in the right groove, it will slip off. Hehe! She's so wittle!!
ReplyDeletehahaha. ps. look at all the anonymous comments! your post WORKED! maybe mine will too! oh, maybe I shouldn't do a ps at the beginning. Too late.
ReplyDeleteThis story cracked me up. also, did you say the little girl was IN your house? didn't she get in trouble? I wasn't allowed to talk to strangers. Not that you're a stranger, but you know what i mean.