Let me assure everyone - yes, we were only gone for about an hour - an hour and a half tops.
Let me say here that I NEVER leave the girls out when I'm going to be gone more than an hour. And I usually leave them in the den with the gate SECURELY FASTENED.
My fail for not securing the gate. But the amount of time? Usually they sleep through my absence.
Though I did catch Gracie last week atop the hutch, which is atop the desk. That's where I usually hide the dog treats.
I can laugh at it now, but Thursday night I was not so amused. I wouldn't have written it here, had I not thought I could give you all a good laugh!