Re: Don’t do what I did.

GingerHead · ‎03-10-2010

Oh my dear, what a scary ordeal!

I'm so glad you kept your wits about you and were able to get yourself and your pup back to safety.

Definitely hide keys in the front and back, like you said. Good idea!

Now take care of yourself and your sweet little pup.

"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals" -Immanuel Kant

"Once you have had a wonderful Dog, a life without one, is a life diminished"-Dean Koontz

Mom2Dogs · ‎03-09-2010

@Puppy Galore LOL!! I hear you.

Puppy Galore · ‎10-21-2025

@Etoile308 wrote:
@Puppy Galore, what an ordeal! Glad you came through it okay. Shows you're stronger than you realize.

I have one of those heavy unwieldy 65 gallon trash cans. I keep it empty and push it out to the curb empty. The trash bags are stored through the week in an old smaller bin in my garage. On trash days I use to place two at a time in a yard wagon and roll down the driveway to the trash can.

When I felt my walking with heavy items became more unsteady, I took my mom's old rollator and placed the bags on the seat to roll to the trash can. Now it's a breeze to take out the trash and recyclables.

I have a keypad on my garage door if I need to get in the house. If the door between the garage and house is locked, I have a key hidden in the garage.

I keep the bin next to the door leading to the garage and open the heavy lid to put light trash into it. I had a neighbor until last week he would roll the bins out for me, if he was outside at the sametime I was. Sadly he bought a house and moved a few days ago.

DrakesMomma · ‎06-02-2010

@Puppy Galore - I am so sorry this happened to you. The trash service in my small town offers curbside service for older adults or the physically disabled. The drivers won't/can't go into a garage or back yard to get the bins. Most people just leave it in their driveway. Check to see if it might be offered where you live. I would start by calling the phone number that is on the bill.

Puppy Galore · ‎10-21-2025

@LdyBugz wrote:
@Puppy Galore. It's so scary when stuff like that happens, right?!  I'm glad you are o.k. though and we're able to find a solution!

All last summer long, I was outside in the evenings watering my new lawn. To ease my fear of locking myself out, I would unlock both the front and back doors, and, I made sure I had my phone and keys with me before I stepped outside. Overkill? Perhaps!

Maybe you could hang an extra key on the inside doorknob of the door you use. That way you will see it and could put it around your neck before you head out.

BTW, those huge trash barrels are a pain, aren't they?! Sometimes when I get home from work, a windy day has made those darn barrels travel down the street! Aaarrrgg!

Be safe, glad you are o.k.!
@LdyBugz

I think I'm going to buy what another poster suggested, something to go around my neck for my keys.
The wind here can knock the bins over.
Yes ! They are a PAIN!

Puppy Galore · ‎10-21-2025

@DrakesMomma wrote:
@Puppy Galore - I am so sorry this happened to you. The trash service in my small town offers curbside service for older adults or the physically disabled. The drivers won't/can't go into a garage or back yard to get the bins. Most people just leave it in their driveway. Check to see if it might be offered where you live. I would start by calling the phone number that is on the bill.

@DrakesMomma

Thank you ! I know the service is available, a home down the street uses it.
I'll call tomorrow, thank you again.

DrakesMomma · ‎06-02-2010

@Puppy Galore wrote:
@DrakesMomma wrote:
@Puppy Galore - I am so sorry this happened to you. The trash service in my small town offers curbside service for older adults or the physically disabled. The drivers won't/can't go into a garage or back yard to get the bins. Most people just leave it in their driveway. Check to see if it might be offered where you live. I would start by calling the phone number that is on the bill.
@DrakesMomma

Thank you ! I know the service is available, a home down the street uses it.
I'll call tomorrow, thank you again.

@Puppy Galore - I am happy to have helped you!!

Puppy Galore · ‎10-21-2025

@Pink123 wrote:
This is a very sad but enlightening post you made. I am happy you are ok though first off.

Please never go anywhere without your phone in your pocket, by your bed, wherever, and your keys. They have these little wristlets stretchies in all colors I saw at the Home Depot when making another set of house keys. 99 cents - or you can also hang something around your neck if walking is a difficulty for you including the phone.

My boyfriends daughter teaches school in Spain and when she came to visit I said why are you wearing your cell phone around your neck? She said that the kids (mostly gypsies) steal and so she hangs everything around her neck. She is only 45 but it is smart. I guess she did it out of habit. lol.

Thank goodness you made it and you are ok. Take care, best.

@Pink123

Thank you, I decided to get something for my keys to wear around my neck, the cell phone is too heavy. We're okay.

Pink123 · ‎07-10-2019

@Puppy Galore perfect, a key is weightless and just keep it on during the day at home. Won't happen again. Even a cheap silver or gold to match your key will work to match. It will become routine. (oh I've accidentally slammed myself out of the house many times and it has nothing to do with age.)

Puppy Galore · ‎10-21-2025

@KittySoftPaws wrote:
So sorry you had to go through such a scary and uncertain situation. As I read it, I was thinking that you showed such great strength and resolve, and I admire that. Especially being as scared as you were and with your limitations. I often times look back at things I have done in the past, and wonder how I ever did them.

There is a saying by Eleanor Roosevelt that goes, "A Women is like a tea bag, you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water" So true, and if there was ever a strong Woman.....

I also thought while reading your post that any one of us could, and may become, just as you are and in your current life situation.

As for your pup, and as someone without children like yourself, I feel having a pet gives you a purpose other than your own, and is one of the greatest joys there is. I'm so glad you have one another.

Lastly, what you did was nothing short of amazing, and you should feel very proud of yourself. It's not what or how you got in the situation that matters, it's how you handled it. You did it albeit some bruises, but I for one, am impressed. God Bless you, and your pup.

@KittySoftPaws It was uncertain, all I could think about was getting my old pup into the house. He had been barking the whole time and then he stopped. It frightened me.

I'm positive he was telling me to come home.

This old tea bag isn't ready to call it quits.

I've always been active, hiked, kayak ocean and rivers, backpacked Yosemite, too many places to mention. Never smoked anything.

My descent gradually started two years ago, with no explanation.

I'll be 75 in two weeks.