Brandon and I were both busy and not home for most of the day today and Barrett spent the day with Grandma and Grandpa. Brandon's mom and dad decided they were going to take Barrett with them for a ride to go pick up some lunch. We've gone over the "rules" (always on a leash, not left in the car alone, not allowed to walk the parking lots especially in the winter -he gets salt on his paws and licks it off and gets explosive poops or finds trash and things to pick up) for taking Barrett places time and time again, and they regularly take him for rides so we have no problems with it. Well when I got home around 4:30, Brandon's mom informed me that Barrett was in his kennel and had been a very naughty boy! I figured all his usual bad habits, getting into stuff, not listening, going after the cat, etc. Nope, turns out he got loose in the front yard and took grandma and grandpa on a wild goose chase through the neighborhood! We have a fenced in backyard which is the only place Barrett is allowed to go without a leash, so getting loose never crossed my mind! Turns out that Brandon's mom had a slight 'senior moment' when putting Barrett's choke chain on him to take him out to the truck, and clipped his leash to the wrong loop so when he pulled back the collar got looser instead of tightening! So he decided he didn't want to get in the truck and pulled backwards and right out of his collar! He then took off across the street (thankfully its not a busy one!) into the neighbor's backyard and proceeded to run back and forth through about 5 backyards! He also managed to find a rabbit which he chased, caught, and then let go to chase it some more! Luckily one of the neighbors was home and brought their Golden Retriever to the back door to try to get Barrett to come up on their deck. It took three tries, but he finally stayed on the deck long enough for Brandon's dad to grab him! Had they not tried chasing him, he probably would have come right to them, but were so worried about getting him back that all their dog common sense went out the window and Barrett got in a good game of 'you can't get me!' Needless to say he was a VERY good boy the rest of the night once he got out of his kennel... He knew he was a bad boy... He's never been very good about 'come' or any other command when he's running "free" in the backyard, but obviously we need to do some re-training!!