So Tom was a little surprised to come down at 4:30 this morning (his normal wake up time) to find me on the couch. I had texted him what had happened of course but he never checks his phone right away. So I basically told him what happened and then went back up to sleep for a few hours.
So what we figured happened is she was still probably extremely freaked out from the lightning strike we had yesterday morning. Her crate is right next to the electronics cabinet. We weren’t in the room when the electronics died so we don’t know exactly what happened but the lightning strike was loud enough to scare all of us in the house so I can only imagine what may have happened right next to the electronics. And she hates when it’s simply sprinkling so can you imagine how she was handling a full-blown storm with the final lightning strike?!
Also, there are two latches to lock on her crate but we really only ever lock one because she doesn’t try to get out so there’s no need to lock both of them. But she hates the rain and it started raining last night plus the memory of the lightning strike… I’m sure she tried to push her way out and then got stuck. I still cringe thinking about what we might’ve been dealing with today if I had been asleep and didn’t hear her. 😞