Today I took Kai for our usual walk down the nature trail. Nothing out of the ordinary until we got back to our house and realized that my phone was no longer in my pocket. I knew I had it with me at the beginning of the walk.... So it was out there... Somewhere along the 2 mile path we just walked. :yikes:
So, totally freaking out, I start running back from whence I came. In jeans and flip flops with no sports bra. Running running running and scanning the ground. I was pretty sure that I knew where I had dropped it. I've been proofing Kai's recall using the Premack principle. When he sees a rabbit, I call him first and if he comes, I then release him to chase the rabbit. Only thing is that I don't want to let him go all the way, so I pick up the 20' line he drags and run with him. I think my phone fell out then. I ran back out to that area, but didn't see it. Just to be safe, I ran all the way out to where we turned back. Didn't find it. So I turned around and ran all the way back. All the while thinking "Why this phone?" This is the first phone I have ever had that is at all expensive. All my other phones have been cheap, and I have never lost one of them. Go figure!
By the time I get back to the house I'm sweating and panting. I jog a few times a week, but this wasn't jogging. I had been running like a strung out crackhead the whole way. I went for the phone to call by boyfriend to tell him the bad news. That's when I realized I had a message! Thank god it was a woman who had found my phone! I called her back and thanked her like a million jillion times for finding me. When I went to pick it up, I offered her $50 but she wouldn't take it. She said that she was just glad to help. So, as I said. There ARE still nice people in this world! What a relief.
So, totally freaking out, I start running back from whence I came. In jeans and flip flops with no sports bra. Running running running and scanning the ground. I was pretty sure that I knew where I had dropped it. I've been proofing Kai's recall using the Premack principle. When he sees a rabbit, I call him first and if he comes, I then release him to chase the rabbit. Only thing is that I don't want to let him go all the way, so I pick up the 20' line he drags and run with him. I think my phone fell out then. I ran back out to that area, but didn't see it. Just to be safe, I ran all the way out to where we turned back. Didn't find it. So I turned around and ran all the way back. All the while thinking "Why this phone?" This is the first phone I have ever had that is at all expensive. All my other phones have been cheap, and I have never lost one of them. Go figure!
By the time I get back to the house I'm sweating and panting. I jog a few times a week, but this wasn't jogging. I had been running like a strung out crackhead the whole way. I went for the phone to call by boyfriend to tell him the bad news. That's when I realized I had a message! Thank god it was a woman who had found my phone! I called her back and thanked her like a million jillion times for finding me. When I went to pick it up, I offered her $50 but she wouldn't take it. She said that she was just glad to help. So, as I said. There ARE still nice people in this world! What a relief.