Good for you, ManiacQuilter!
Nice to read you again
My husband got me a magnet on a long rod so that I could find them easily
Good idea, thanks. I also have a dog, but I sew in the living room, so it's complicated not to let him enter... fortunately, he doesn't seem interested in my quilting stuff other than the fabrics.
I used to work in a hospital and people do get hospitalized from accidentally swallowing pins.
Uh... that sounds even worse than what happened to me!