Darned dog

Had a little scare today.

I got a phone call around 12:00, "the dog's gone!" I assumed it was the little one, but no, Jackal is out and he's not coming back when I call. Gates are all closed and there's no other way out... Well, maybe that's not true, but Jackal knows something we don't. I rushed home and began to search. I asked everyone I saw and a few of them had seen him. They told me he was running down the street full tilt as if he were being chased by something. He kept looking back as he bolted. The people said they tried to call him over but he just ran past them. This is strange because Jackal loves people and animals. Anyway, we kept looking for about an hour. I had all but lost hope when I turned down a street and about 4 blocks away I spotted a figure that looked like a little shit-head. It was him. I gunned it and once I got there a nice crew of workers had him by the collar and I put him in the car. I wanted to kick his yellow rear, but he got in the car and seemed relieved. I wonder if he got bitten or spooked by something, because for a dog that has been out 10 times before, he has never ran for it. Even at Ma n Pa's he stayed around the yard the entire time, no fence or rope.

Anyways I guess we'll see what happens, first I need to know how he is managing to flee. I'm just glad he didn't get squashed or something, that would have been bad.