They like to scare you!! Mia gone missing

Dont panic - shes back

Walking today I decided to find out where a wee path went
after a while I was crawling tru bushes I realised it prob wasnt a human path - but I was enjoying the adventure (its great with dogs, you get to be a kid again)
Ben went off after something in the undergrowth Mia following
Nothing unusal there
Ben was back withing about 10s, Mia is usualy a little later so I carried on walking
after 30s still no Mia, unusual for her
I call once - dont even hear anything
(and mia isnt exactly dainty when she is running)
Ben starts to get stressed and running off in all directions and back to me
I cant follow the path the dogs took as it is thick undergrowth so I keep following the path

Then I hear Mia yelping really loudly

Starting to panic - I dont really know where she is!!

Path is a dead end

Ben is zooming and getting really frantic

I retrace my steps and find another way round
Mia is now HOWLING

I start charging tru the undergrowth calling to her saying it will be OK - and really worrying about what has happend

she goes quiet
I am not sure exactly where the noise came from

Then when I am thigh deep in brambles and nettles (in shorts of course) I see a movement over by the path
I head over there

Up trots Mia, a little sheepish but not a scratch on her!!

Ben gave her lots of kisses and I gave her treats and cuddles

Goodness knows what happend!! But she is safe and fine (and biting my feet as I type)

What a scare!

How grey are you now ?

Glad she is ok and hope you are none the worse for your little adventure.

Aww Bless....That must have been scarey

So glad she came back to you though

So glad it all ended well These dogs put years on us!

I took Tala in the forest today. She'd never been there before but of course she went zooming off along the path. When she disappears I stand still and wait for her to realise I'm not with her and then she comes galloping back. It's only about half a minute but seems like forever cos I think if she gets lost I may never find her again. She hangs around for a little bit and then she goes charging off again

Maybe we should get them one of those tracking collars.

Glad she was ok and I hope you are not in pain ref the nettles xxxx

Glad to hear Mia got back to you safely & that she is making up for all the worry she caused by giving you feet nibbles

oh that sounds so scary! i always panic when jake does things like that (although he has only ever really disappeared once and he came back a few minutes later after my frantic screams of his name). glad you found her safe

omg, I cant imagine how scared you would have been for them few mins, bet it felt like a life time! wonder what made her scream, maybe not being able to get find her way out the bushes, and she got worried herself? who knows but atleast she is back now, unharmed! phew!

OMG! So glad she is okay! How scary!

Thanks guys
I think I aged about 10 years a min out there but I am no worse for it - and not even stung that badly

The only other times I have heard Mia yelp like that is when she got tangled up in her seatbelt - so I can only guess she went charging headfirst somewhere (she does leap before she looks) and got tangled up in a ditch or something
But managed to get herself free eventually

I had such visions of what could have happend to her!! I was expecting lots of blood!!