Had a scarey thing happen today

I can't even imagine what was going through your mind.  Holy cow!  How old is she?  You've just given me a really good reason to buy another crib for when the baby comes instead of putting the Poppet in a 'big girl' bed. 

*gets the shivers*

i know it's not funny AT ALL, but i'm picturing little maddie walkin nekkid down the road with a pack of pitties and it's making me giggle a little bit....
 
I'm glad she's ok...

She is only 3.  Sara, I was also thinking that no one could have gotten near her even if they wanted to!  I am soooo glad that she is safe and that the dogs stayed with her the whole time.  I don't know what I would have done if something would have happened to my baby.

Good God you were lucky!
similar thing happened a month ago.... i had a house full of kids, everyone had just gotten back from swimming. my husband stayed home, which i was cheesed off about - i am really big on families spending time togather and he just totally blew us all off that day... so he knew i was mad and knew why and we were arguing while unloading the car. my cousin and her kids were all milling around in and out of the house, my husband was holding our son when he decided he just wanted to leave for a while (he didnt like getting his butt chewed obvisiosly)
Later on everyone is in the house when my mom says "Where's Cajah?"   [:-] i thought he was in the living roomwith the kids? nooo.... everyone starts franticly looking and i see him out of his bedroom window walking up the hill headed for the woods..... i'm not so worried now cause i can see him and see that he is safe so i head out to get him - he's only one, and doesnt know better and i wasnt about to freak him out.. i also dont normal panic in bad situations. people think its because i dont care, but quite the contrary...i just cant.. but my mom just runs past me to go get him, she is the one paniccing and scaring him, he cries and gets upset if other people cry and get upset (not what i wanted).... 
so when my husband got home i told him what happened and he said "i told you i was leaving and that i was putting him inside the house" ... i swear to God i did not hear him say a single word....... even if he did put him inside.. with several kids running in and out the screen door doesnt shut all the way and my son knows how to open it. i've learned to watch him like a hawk and lock the doors. my husband gripes about that, but i gripe back about our kid going walk-about when no one is looking.....

we live pretty rural.... i hate to even consider the worst that could have happened that day.... Kaydee is a good tracker by nature, but... i hope i never have to test her on it...

Aww, Im so sorry for that experience!!  I have to agree the image of a little nekkid girly walking down the street with pitties is a pretty cute thing!  (all being safe and secure of course  [])
 
Im so glad nothing bad happened! And sorry for your stress and scare!

I was pretty scared.  We live out in the boonies.  Woods every where and the people drive like they are on the Daytona Speedway.  To top everything off, Justin said that it was ALL my fault.  He was the one that left without telling me but it's my fault.  I was terrified that someone had took her.  People are just too mean.  God was watching over my baby today with a little help from the pitties.

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I was pretty scared.  We live out in the boonies.  Woods every where and the people drive like they are on the Daytona Speedway.  To top everything off, Justin said that it was ALL my fault.  He was the one that left without telling me but it's my fault.  I was terrified that someone had took her.  People are just too mean.  God was watching over my baby today with a little help from the pitties.

i'd smack him for that.
you're a mom and you need to rest when you can. he should have told you he was leaving, and POSSIBLY checked on her.... your kid is old enough to think for herself and open doors. she knows this too. its gonna take BOTH of you to watch over her now. not just blame the other when something goes wrong.
kids go missing every day and they arent often found. he needs to talk to some of those parents and see how the "blame game" REALLY works.....

i'm not chapping your butt, or trying to bash him, and not defending him either. but when things like this happen and dont have happy endings you both end up guilting yourselves to death.
i already know how you feel. if its anything like i felt the day my own kid walked off without anyone knows then you feel beyond rotten. you dont need any help from him with guilt.

Holy cow! Has your heart started beating again yet?!?

All of a sudden I'm really glad our house has locks on all the doors that require a key to be used on the INSIDE of the door as well as the outside. Right now (we don't have kids but we're trying) it's really irritating, but I think the former owners, who had twin toddlers, knew what they were doing!

I'm glad things turned out okay. She didn't want to her clothes dirty and be in trouble for that. And the dogs did their job well. She was safe with them and protected by them. And they stayed with her. They should get all kinds of treats.
 
And I don't think it was your fault. I think the changing of the guard should involve something more than someone whispering that they are going off somewhere. Whoever relinquished the duty shift before you were awake is the one with the problem.

I am glad your baby girl is ok and that she had the good sense to take the dogs with her. I also agree that your husband should have made sure you were up when he left. I would suggest child proof latches on your doors and deadbolts too.
 
I had a simular situation happen about 10 years ago, I went to my parents home, parked in the front and went into the house through the front door. I found my mom sleeping in her room and my sister sleeping in hers, the one thing I did not find was my 3 yr old niece or the dog. I woke my sister and asked her where the bud and the dog were, she said with mom...oh crapola, we ran through the house and sure enough the kitchen door was open, we rushed out and there she was, calm as can be sitting in a chair with some juice and coloring, the dog on her tie out sitting right beside her.
 
While my mother and sister got into a heated discussion I talked to her about why she should never leave the house alone, her reply, in total kid logic was that she had her Babe so she wasn't alone. The bud,  who weighed maybe 30 lbs wet,  took a 70lb dog outside and clipped her to a tie out. To her she was "safe".
 
My father attached deadbolts that night.
 
 

Pitties are so smart. You're right; nobody would have been able to get close to her.

Paula 

You never know what these kids are going to do, or when!  My son and family had recently moved into a new house, and one night in the middle of the night, his 3 yr step-daughter decided to go visit Grandma.  They did wake up, but she was in the street.  The next day he put latches on all the doors up out of her reach.  

Oh my goodness. I am so sorry that you had this scare!

Thankfully she is ok, and what a smart little girl to take the doggies with her.

I have to agree, a naked toddler walking down the street with her APBTs must have been quite the sight!

Something similar was on our news the other night. In this case though, some concerned neighbors took the girl in and called the police. The child was taken into state custody after the police went and woke the parents up.

I'm glad your situation had a happy ending.