My Dog Had Me in a Panic This Morning

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My dog was laying on my bed this morning right before I took two of my kids to school. When I came home about a half hour later my dog did not come greet me like she usually does, so I called her name, and she still did not come and I did not hear her collar jiggling or anything so I checked the back yard thinking maybe I had let her out and forgot, but she was not in the back yard. I then checked the laundry room because she has gone in the there and has accidentally shut herself in since she is a big dog and her body is long and that room is narrow so she closes the door with her rear end without realizing it. She was not in the laundry room either, I checked the upstairs the basement and called her name out about a million times. Then I thought maybe she squeezed out of the door when we left this morning, although it is unlikely because like I said she is a big dog and it would be hard for her to get by without one of us seeing her. But anyways I got in my car and drove around the immediate area yelling her name, but she was no where to be found. I went back home and I was going to call the police and then I heard a little woof of a noise. She was in the downstairs bathroom and had managed to shut that door and lock herself in there, the one room I didn't even think to look in and there she was. Why she had not barked earlier I have no idea. She had probably gone in there to drink out of the toilet, which I thought we had cured her of doing, but apparently that is just when we are here. I opened the door and she jumped up and started planting kisses all over my face. We have also taught her not to jump up like that but I think in her excitement of getting out of the bathroom or knowing she had worried me she forgot about that rule. Since I was happy she was not lost I didn't mind her jumping on me this one time. She had given me quite the scare.