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So, as I have already told you all, Daryl is in love with my hubby. He goes in the car with him every chance he gets. So today, my husband had come home and let him out of the car. I did not realize they were home. Hubby comes in and says , go get Daryl, he ran down to the barn. His electric collar was off due to going away. So onto the 4 wheeler I go and no Daryl. It usually just takes starting it up for him or Lucy. I drove all over our farm, including along the road, my worst fear. (our neighbor dog was hit last year.) Back to the house, no Daryl. Back down around the farm, no Daryl. I am hyperventilating by this time. I cannot even begin to know where to look. I decide to go back up to the house just to make sure and there stands my husband with ...you guessed it, Daryl. He had jumped back inside my hubby's car. Just sitting there pretty as you please while Mom is having a panic attack. Fortunately, it is only about 60 degrees today, but this is a fair warning for next summer. I had a cat once that would get into the car. I would go to go somewhere and there he would be. He even got into a repairmans truck once. Oh the fun!!!!!!!Lori and Ty Chan, Lucy and Daryl too
TY GUY, Best Black Lab ever! Diagnosed and had amp in January, 2014. Kicked MRSA's butt. Earned his angel wings on April 16, 2014. Run Free my boy and don't forget a shoe. Ty is a proud member of the " April Angels". Ty sent us Daryl, a Tripawd rescue in Sept. of 2016. Daryl is 5 +or -. We are also Pawrents to Chandler, a Border Collie mix who is 15 and 1/2, Lucy, a Corgi who is 7, 2 minis, 2 horses, and a feisty cat named Zoe. Zoe had a non skeletal Osteosarcoma removed in July 2015. No Chemo, she was at least 16. She is going strong although she is now completely blind. She is now close to 20 and her hobbies are eating and sleeping in front of her personal heater.
I know how upsetting it was for you but knowing the outcome it was kinda funny!
Sonya & "Millie"--born Feb 1999, diagnosed with OSA 8/27/14, set free 9/27/14
(RIP baby girl)
DARYL, DARYL, DARYL!!!!!! You are one little furball of mischief!!!
I would LOVE to know his thought bubble!! He hears the start of the four wheeler....he's torn...go towards the four wheeler...or sit and wait in the truck.....sooner or later Dad will come back to the truck....yeah I'll stay here!
What a delightful boy! So happy for you....for him...for Chandler...and for hubby!
When you can, we'd love to see apicture of him sitting in the truck!
,Thanks for the smiles!!!
Love to all!
Sally and Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
Oh, Sally, better yet would be a video. He does not lay down so he resembles a drunken sailor riding in the car. Sort of hard to balance with one front leg. yeah, his thought bubble had to be good. Poor thing, the doors were shut so he couldn't jump out.
TY GUY, Best Black Lab ever! Diagnosed and had amp in January, 2014. Kicked MRSA's butt. Earned his angel wings on April 16, 2014. Run Free my boy and don't forget a shoe. Ty is a proud member of the " April Angels". Ty sent us Daryl, a Tripawd rescue in Sept. of 2016. Daryl is 5 +or -. We are also Pawrents to Chandler, a Border Collie mix who is 15 and 1/2, Lucy, a Corgi who is 7, 2 minis, 2 horses, and a feisty cat named Zoe. Zoe had a non skeletal Osteosarcoma removed in July 2015. No Chemo, she was at least 16. She is going strong although she is now completely blind. She is now close to 20 and her hobbies are eating and sleeping in front of her personal heater.
I think that thought bubble says, "Gotcha!"
Many years ago we had a cat named George. He rode to the dump one day in the back of the pickup full of old fencing. We didn't find out about it until the next day when the kid who had been clearing out the fence told us that George had gone to the dump. I told him he must be mistaken because George was right there at home. He said that he saw George jump out of the truck when they got to the dump and called "here kitty, kitty", and George jumped back in the truck and rode home.
Kathi and Murphy
Murphy is a five year old Lab/Chessie cross. He was hit by a car on 10/29/12 and became a Tripawd on 11/24/12. On 2/5/13, he had a total hip replacement on his remaining back leg. He has absolutely no idea that he has only three legs!
UPDATE: Murphy lived his life to the fullest, right up until an aggressive bone lesion took him across the Rainbow Bridge on April 9, 2015 and he gained his membership in the April Angels. Run free, my love. You deserve it!
Oh Daryl....you should not be playing tricks on your mommy and making her worry!!!
These young pups need eyes on them constantly because of the mischief they find themselves in. It's not funny in the moment but looking back I'm sure you and hubby can have a chuckle. I know me and my husband just shake our heads and laugh at some of Lucian's antics.
Sahana and her Angel Leland
November 17, 2009 - June 30, 2014
May you finally be healthy and running free at the Rainbow Bridge. Until we meet again my sweet boy!
We knew Daryl was going to be a prankster. He is what Ty thought you needed....Enjoy him!
I think Daryl feels safe in the truck, and it is also maybe another way to be close to your hubby.....I would love to know what goes on in the minds of our fur kids......!! It's funny about how Daryl rides in a vehicle, my Polly did the same thing....she wanted to stand the whole time we took her anywhere, and trying to balance on her only front leg made me nervous. I would usually sit in the back with her and make her lay down, so she wouldn't fall and hurt herself.....I was a nervous mom I guess.....
So glad he is safe, and he must be pretty settled and happy with you and your husband, he didn't try to go anywhere.....
Love,
Bonnie & Angel Polly
OMG ... those pups do like to give us mini heart attacks early on, right? Remember when Jasper took off down the street?! I had a heart attack and then another!
So glad Daryl is safe and sound...he knows where his home is and where the love is!
XO
Alison with the Spirit of Shelby fur-ever in her heart
Shelby Lynne; Jack Russell/Shiba Inu mix. Proud member of the April Angels of 2014.
October 15, 2000 to April 8, 2014
Our story: Broke rear leg in June 2013 - non-conclusive results for cancer so leg was plated and pinned. Enlarged spleen in September 2013 and had it removed and was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and started chemotherapy. Became a Tripawd January 8th, 2014 and definitive Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis. Three major surgeries in 7 months and Shelby took them all like a champ only to lose her battle to cancer in her brain. We had 8 amazing extra months together and no regrets. #shelbystrong #loveofmylife
Daryl you sneaky pup you!! This made me laugh so much b/c you KNOW Ty is rolling around hysterically laughing about it too. *Sigh*, its comforting to know I'm not the only one with a mischievous, crazy, 2 yr old tripawd. I think I have gray hairs with Tanner's name on them and I bet you just grew one with Daryl's name on it! hehe
Mom to Tripawd Angels Jake (2001-2014) and Rosco (2012-2015) and Tripawd Tanner. “Whatever happens tomorrow, we had today; and I'll always remember it”
Daryl Daryl Daryl. Don't be giving mommy a heart attack. At least it was cool and someone found him. I would have been panicked. I know how I was when Snickers & Jazz got loose. I was freaking out. Running around crying. Driving down the road screaming for them.
I am so glad everything turned out ok
hugs
Michelle & Angel Sassy
Sassy is a proud member of the Winter Warriors. Live long, & strong Winter Warriors.
sassysugarbear.tripawds.com
07/26/2006 - Sassy earned her wings 08/20/2013
05/04/2006 - Bosch, Sassy's pal, earned his wings 03/29/19 fought cancer for 4 months.
"You aren't doing it TO her, you are doing it FOR her. Give her a chance at life."
YIkes! What a jokester!
About balancing on three legs in the car..it's a great workout for core-strengthening, so the more car rides the better. And of course I'm sure Daryl agrees 
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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Simple solution- teach Daryl how to honk the horn! That way while Hubby is in town Daryl can honk if he takes to long in a store, and if he gets closed in the truck again he can let you know where he is! Sort of a self rescue tactic.
Maggie used to ride in the back of my little SUV standing with her front legs on the rear door arm rest and look out the window (I had the back seats folded down so the pugs had the whole back). After her rear amp she couldn't do it anymore, or so I thought. A few months after her amp I was stopped at a stoplight and when I glanced in the rear-view mirror I could see Mag's head. I turned around and she had her front paws on the arm rest, looking out the window and was balancing on the one back leg. I felt soooo proud of her which lasted about 5 seconds until the light turned green- I was in the left turn lane! I went as slow as I could but the inevitable happened- she barrel rolled across the back of the SUV. I was laughing so hard I had to pull over (of course to check if she was OK too). That was the one and only time Mag tried that. She decided standing with her front paws on the center consul, her one back foot in the back and the two front seats on either side of her was a better place to ride!
I'm glad you were able to get a little aerobic work out without any harm coming to Daryl.
Karen
Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
1999 to 2010
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