Our youngest child, 1 year old mutt Aiko, has pulled a failed Houdini act.
She somehow managed to escaped the fenced back yard & disappear for maybe upwards of an hour.

Indian_Dad hunted her down and brought her back home. At first glance she had a little boo boo on her head and a leg. I went to inspect it closer. I saw more cuts, then more, then more. her legs are all cut up (back legs mostly). A cut on her head. I rolled her over to check the insides of her legs. her belly - every part of it that doesn't have fur up to her chest (and some that does and also her girly part) is flaming red & raw. She's limping. She's hurting.

Being the genious blonde I am I couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. My sister clued me in. She was probably hit or skimmed by a car. Come to think of it, she does like to "chase" trucks through the fence.

Poor girly. Indian_Dad went out and got her some aspirin for the pain & swelling, antibiotic ointment for the oozing wounds. We'll keep an eye on her & see if she needs to go to the vet tomorrow.

Moral of the story: dogs are sneaky animals.