A few days ago I let my dog out the front door while I went to start my car. It's a pretty standard ritual where I lean in to start the car then stand up and wait for him to run up and jump in. But this time I looked up and didn't see him. He had been out of my sight for less than 10 seconds.
Across the yard at the mailbox on the corner I see a car stopped with my dog inside and I sprint toward it. There's a young woman getting into the driver's side when I get there. She says, "oh, is this your dog?" I wasn't completely awake or I would have taken her keys when I opened the door to get my dog.
She left without interference, and I kept my dog, but another 5 seconds and I'm sure I would have never seen the dog again. Only thing I can think of is she noticed me and the dog on previous days, and knew when and where to wait. A neighbor's security cam got her and her car, but we couldn't make out the plate.
It's been three days and I'm still angry. If she had had the bad luck of being the second person to try that on me, things would have gone very different.
Across the yard at the mailbox on the corner I see a car stopped with my dog inside and I sprint toward it. There's a young woman getting into the driver's side when I get there. She says, "oh, is this your dog?" I wasn't completely awake or I would have taken her keys when I opened the door to get my dog.
She left without interference, and I kept my dog, but another 5 seconds and I'm sure I would have never seen the dog again. Only thing I can think of is she noticed me and the dog on previous days, and knew when and where to wait. A neighbor's security cam got her and her car, but we couldn't make out the plate.
It's been three days and I'm still angry. If she had had the bad luck of being the second person to try that on me, things would have gone very different.
