Crisis Averted
On the way home from work I stopped by HEB to get the goods for a delicious soup (I’ll post that recipe on Friday)…then went home to begin dinner. Normally, I let Tegan inside as soon as I come home, but since the weather was so nice yesterday afternoon, I decided to start dinner and THEN let her in. Also normally, when she hears me come home, she starts crying to come inside. Yesterday, she didn’t. I thought that she was just enjoying the nice weather, so I didn’t think anything of it…. Until I went to let her in halfway through cooking the soup. I opened the door and called her…and she didn’t come. I searched EVERYWHERE outside (thinking that obvs there’s a hole in the fence or something, b/c the gate was shut)…no holes. And then I looked at the gate. So much for thinking. Gate was open, and Tegan was nowhere to be found. I drove the neighborhood until it was almost dark, then I walked the neighborhood. I called my neighbors, who were also going for a walk and they looked for her. No luck. Posted ads on craigslist and our HOA website message board. No calls. I got up this morning, still sad and scared, because let’s face it – Tegan’s spoiled and she was gone ALL NIGHT! So, I printed out fliers this morning to plaster the whole town with, and was on the phone with Urs when I realized that you can’t post signs on mailboxes… So, I found a metal pole that had a Lost Dog sign on it…only when I got out to post my sign, it was a FOUND LOST DOG flier…with pictures of my TEGAN! 
I called the guy immediately, and he said that she was in his garage and safe. He found her when he got home early from work yesterday, shaking in the rain at the foot of his driveway. This nice man took her in, fed her and gave her water, and I get to go pick up my baby after work today.
Needless to say, I will be double and triple checking the gate from now on…and Tegan will be getting a pretty new collar and microchip VERY soon! Thanks everyone for sending good thoughts for her to be returned – I would have been completely devastated if something had happened to her!
My two babies, Tegan and Midge. Had to put Midge down recently 
so now it’s just me and Tegs.
*Hugs*