It was really a pretty scary incident mostly because I still have NO IDEA what happened. We were out in the woods, which is Mia's favorite place to go. It's very thick but there are deer trails and a ravine that Mia loves running up and down and climbing. We don't go there but in the cold months because of snakes and ticks but we'd been once before this year.
I just don't know what happened.... we were walking along and then I noticed Mia out about 30 ft behind me and just staring at me. She barked and I called the dogs to me and Mia wouldn't come.... and then I noticed that Summer was nowhere in sight. It was in the 30s outside and already getting dark. I started clapping and calling out as loud as possible and she didn't come. She was wearing a bright pink vest and between that and her white fur I thought she had to be easy to find but I searched and searched and she was just GONE. And I kept asking Mia 'where's Summer' because at home she'll look at Summer and pounce on her but she didn't seem to have a clue where she was either.
I started panicking and then backtracking along the trail, calling for her. It was probably 10 minutes or so when I found her on the trail. Luckily she tends to stay to the trail.
She was totally disoriented, which is what concerns me. And when we were hiking out I was keeping an extra close eye on her and she stopped a couple times and was just staring at something behind us.
Anyways, I'm a little bit concerned because she seemed so out of it and I have no clue how she was there behind me then just.... not there. There have been a couple times recently that have made me wonder if her hearing is going. Most the time she's been fine but a couple times I've called her to the back door and she runs to the front door and can't seem to figure out where I'm calling from. The wind was blowing pretty hard and the trees were rustling loudly so maybe she just stopped to sniff and then just couldn't hear or figure out where I was calling from?
Anyways, it was scary. I'm glad I found her though. Not sure if we're going to go in the woods again.
I just don't know what happened.... we were walking along and then I noticed Mia out about 30 ft behind me and just staring at me. She barked and I called the dogs to me and Mia wouldn't come.... and then I noticed that Summer was nowhere in sight. It was in the 30s outside and already getting dark. I started clapping and calling out as loud as possible and she didn't come. She was wearing a bright pink vest and between that and her white fur I thought she had to be easy to find but I searched and searched and she was just GONE. And I kept asking Mia 'where's Summer' because at home she'll look at Summer and pounce on her but she didn't seem to have a clue where she was either.
I started panicking and then backtracking along the trail, calling for her. It was probably 10 minutes or so when I found her on the trail. Luckily she tends to stay to the trail.
She was totally disoriented, which is what concerns me. And when we were hiking out I was keeping an extra close eye on her and she stopped a couple times and was just staring at something behind us.
Anyways, I'm a little bit concerned because she seemed so out of it and I have no clue how she was there behind me then just.... not there. There have been a couple times recently that have made me wonder if her hearing is going. Most the time she's been fine but a couple times I've called her to the back door and she runs to the front door and can't seem to figure out where I'm calling from. The wind was blowing pretty hard and the trees were rustling loudly so maybe she just stopped to sniff and then just couldn't hear or figure out where I was calling from?
Anyways, it was scary. I'm glad I found her though. Not sure if we're going to go in the woods again.