An afternoon not to be repeated

Dog owner's worst nightmare?

Dog escaping from garden :(
Dog gone for around 5 hours :((
Dog returned :D
Discovered dog been found in neighbour's duck pen :(
Told ducks not doing too good :((

This was taken with my phone half way round the river walk that I was doing whilst calling and whistling him every 100 yards - got the call 2 minutes before this to say he'd been found - and still had another 40 minutes to go before I was going to get back home.

Fingers and toes are now crossed for the two wee ducks.