This morning I opened the front door to check the mail at about 10:00. I didn't open the door very far because it was wet outside and I didn't want to get my socks wet from stepping down onto the mat, so I just reached from the door way. I came back in, shut the door and that was that. I watched an episode of Sopranos, heated up some lunch, and watched another episode (rainy day here, not much else to do). At about 12:30 or so I heard Dori meowing very loudly and she kept meowing over and over. It wasn't her normal meow so I immediately knew something was wrong. I looked through the entire house for her. I was becomming frantic because I couldn't find her anywhere. I turned the tv off and stood there to see if I could hear her meowing again. I did, I followed my ears to the front door and opened it. There was Dori, wet and jumping up for me to hold her. She had to have somehow snuck out the door when I checked the mail. This has never happened! She is always too skittish to walk out the door. She had to have been outside for over 2 hours by herself! It's just so hard to believe that she ran out in the few seconds I had the door open.
We live on the corner of our street. The street that runs to the side of us is one of the main neighborhood roads and tends to be busy. There is a high school near us and often 16-17 year olds and racing up and down the road. She could have been run over. She has never been outside before, so I am looking at it as a mircale that she didn't run off somewhere and hide. It was raining and thundering a bit. Thank God she came back and meowed at the door. This could have turned out so much worse.
This served as a reminder to me of how careful I need to be. She could be gone in an instant.... I was hoping that by sharing our afternoon it might remind everyone else to take a second look around when they open and close doors.
We live on the corner of our street. The street that runs to the side of us is one of the main neighborhood roads and tends to be busy. There is a high school near us and often 16-17 year olds and racing up and down the road. She could have been run over. She has never been outside before, so I am looking at it as a mircale that she didn't run off somewhere and hide. It was raining and thundering a bit. Thank God she came back and meowed at the door. This could have turned out so much worse.
This served as a reminder to me of how careful I need to be. She could be gone in an instant.... I was hoping that by sharing our afternoon it might remind everyone else to take a second look around when they open and close doors.