Guest guest Posted January 29, 2002 Report Share Posted January 29, 2002 We didn't make it to the park yesterday, but today was even more beautiful, so we went to the zoo instead. We bought a membership even; the zoo is on the way home from Mikey's school, so... HE WAS SO GOOD!!!!! It was unbelievable. We did not go to the zoo this past summer. Well, we went once, and it was absolutely awful. We did not return. Not possible. Huh-uh. No way. We let him out of the stroller after we got through the front gate. We did not put his leash (tether) on. We stayed for FIVE HOURS. He was LOOSE for FIVE HOURS!!! He took off twice. In FIVE WHOLE HOURS I only had to chase him TWICE. Both times, another person opened a door and he dashed through it. I don't think he realized we were not behind him. Open doors are to be walked through - that's all there was to it. Every other time he got too far, we called him, he turned, and came back to us. There were a few times he didn't come right away & those times we walked away and waved bye, and after a moment he'd come running. The times he got through the doors, he saw me running after him, so of course he ran and giggled. There were a few times he slipped through a little wire fence into some landscaping...but IMO...not a huge thing. And every time he came back on his own. We didn't have to go in after him. Amazing. Four months ago I couldn't trust him from the front door to the van. -Sara. wife to Matt SAHM to nurslings Mikey, 9/14/99, Autism, and Gabe, born at home 5/17/01, GERD http://home.earthlink.net/~thebyks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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