Runaway Dog

This evening I got to see what would happen when Jenny got off her leash while we were outside. She had been wildly (read: Cujo-like) barking and growling at a little chihuahua who was innocently having his nightly walk. Somehow her collar slipped over her head. As I looked down I saw that I was holding nothing but a leash attached to an empty collar and Jenny was off sprinting down the street. For a split second, I thought "Huh, she's gone. Oh, well!" Then just as quickly, I realized that was probably not a very nice thing to think and thought that I should probably run after her. As I was running, I yelled to Alex who was outside playing basketball in the driveway. He saw Jenny running away and went after her. Amazingly, he lunged after her, just barely missing her as he went face-first into the neighbors yard, just managing to scrape his knees on the side of the road. I think that his fall and the scream of frustration because he couldn't catch her, startled her. She immediately stopped, walked back to me and innocently looked up at me. I picked her up, Alex grabbed the leash and we brought her back inside. I wonder how many neighbors witnessed that bit of comedy.