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I had to go into DC on Friday. Sometime between when I left the house around 11:45 and when I got home around 8, Jasper lost his collar. I went out to run some errands and got back at 10:30. Still gone (of course). I looked around for it (the last couple times it came off, I found it right away), but I couldn’t find it. I knew he hadn’t gotten out, so it had to be in the house. I figured it had come off when he’d tried to squeeze into someplace he doesn’t quite fit.

Saturday I was out from 8:45 in the morning until around 5. Got home, looked for collar, nothing. Started bitching, because the collar has his ID tag, his microchip tag, and his rabies tag on it. The ID tag costs about eight bucks at Petsmart, getting the microchip tag replaced requires emailing Bayer customer support, and the rabies tag isn’t replaceable and I’ve lost the accompanying certificate (meaning that if I were to need to take him to Canada or on a plane I’d have to have him re-immunized or something).

So I started looking in earnest. I got out a flashlight and looked behind the bookcases, under the sofa, under my bed, behind the washing machine, behind the toilet, under my dresser, and so on and so on. No collar. I did find nine of his toys and a knickknack of mine that’s been missing for months (his fault), but no collar.

Sunday I got up around 11 and came downstairs.

To find the collar in the middle of the living room floor.

I have no idea.