Sammy scare

So, I don't like to post traumatic things because they're so darn depressing, but yesterday scared me so bad!  It was so nice outside that we played a lot of the day in the backyard... then I went inside to do the laundry while the kids played on the swings...   I even put Lucy on her chain so that she wouldn't jump on kids while I wasn't there to supervise.  Half an hour later I heard Sammy crying.  I went out to see what was going on and Sammy had gone over to Lucy and she had knocked him down and between the two of them... they had managed to wrap her chain around his neck.  When Lucy saw me at the door she started dragging Sammy across the patio and choking him.  It scared me so bad!  Just hearing him choke was scary enough... but thinking about a broken neck or something like that made the 7 months pregnant fat lady get there a lot faster than I get anywhere... I got him untangled and cleaned up.  He has scrapes all up his forehead and a red chain line around his neck and ears and some scrapes on his back.  When Jer got home I told him that we either need to have a dog run or get rid of the dog... because I'm not using a chain again while there are kids younger than 5. Today Sammy seems fine... he's smiley and talks fine so I count my blessings that nothing more than a scare happened.  (anyone who really knows... we had one dog that was mine since 5th grade and two more that made appearances in our home... my long term dog died just before Jer and I got married... they know that I would never voluntarily get rid of one of my dogs... yesterday I was ready to.)