Sherry Shaw wrote:
> Leroy wrote:
> 
>> I live in Missouri in the middle of the woods.
>>
> 
> Whoa, so do I.  I'm east of Buffalo a ways--whereabouts are you?
> 

I live outsde Joplin near Kansas and I44.


> Didn't get much ice where I live this time, though I did have a dog 
> emergency one night.
> 
> About 4 am, heard the elderly chow/German shepherd/possible grizzly bear 
> barking outside.  My house is on a steep hillside...deck across the 
> front...steps down to a landing, patio *this* way, more steps *that* 
> way...Anyway, the old dog was on the landing at the bottom of the steps, 
> sprawled on his belly on the (wet, not-quite-melting) ice, one hind leg 
> forward and one back, and absolutely couldn't move.  The more he 
> struggled to get up, the more he slid toward a bad fall down the next 
> steps down.
> 
> Couldn't stand up on the nasty stuff, had to crawl/scoot/slide to get to 
> him and drag him away from the steps.  Then crawled back up, grabbed a 
> blanket and a big towel--spread the blanket down the steps, got the 
> towel under the dog's belly to lift him, got him started up the steps on 
> the blanket...Did I mention that this dog weighs about 70 pounds and is 
> quite grumpy?
> 
> Anyway, finally got him rescued and he doesn't seem to have suffered any 
> ill effects.  But we're both REALLY REALLY REALLY tired of ice storms...
> 

Poor Dog! Sounds like a mini adventure to me. That's one you don't have 
to leave home for.


> --Sherry "Mutt Whisperer" Shaw
> 
>

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