A couple years ago I showed my wife some pictures that Swingman had posted
about his cute little dog. Since we had recently lost our dog after about
15 years, she decided that we would look for something of a similar breed.
So we looked around a bought a bouncing little puppy which we named Bucky.
When I bought him, I went through my back yard and puppy proofed the fence.
I had fantasies that would be the end of it.
It turns out that this dog, who weighs 15 pounds, can escape through an
opening of an inch or so. I have replaced numerous fence boards, piled up
rocks on the bottoms of fences, applied mesh fencing over the wood fence and
even stacked up some tires in strategic places. I have reinforced the fence
in numerous places and even replaced a couple posts. And the little bastard
still gets out.
He is a sweet dog and loves people, particularly kids. He gets out and
finds someone and makes friends. Today, it took us about an hour and a half
to find him. He was scooped up by a friendly neighbor, who I have not met
until today, and I ran into him while looking for him. He is a nice dog,
but definitely intellectually limited. We can not continue to rely on the
kindness of strangers for him to come back. We are putting some kind of ID
tag on him and getting him microchipped.
It turns out he got out through a small animal trail under the corner. It
was completely covered with vegetation. I am sure he just followed his nose
and kind of fell through. I filled in the hole with concrete chunks and
will finish it off tomorrow with some concrete. And it turns out I have to
do some fence repairs on the fence from two different neighbor's property.
The neighbors are all totally cool and love little Bucky. The guy who found
him has three small dogs of his own. And they are happy to help with fence
repairs with paying for materials and helping me do the repairs.
If all goes well, I will spend the next three days doing these repairs.
Sooooooo....., ask me what I am going to do for labor day weekend? That's
right, creating a puppy fortress, a Bucky jail, a fence system that can
withstand full scale frontal assaults from zombie hordes. I feel like a
prepper preparing for Armageddon. I also have to totally surround the deck
in back with some wire mesh fencing.
The neighbors have been totally cool about this. Another neighbor heard
about out little adventure today and offered to contribute some fencing
materials for any kind of repair. He just fenced his yard and had some
surplus materials and had met Bucky while my wife walked him. And he wanted
to help. That was nice. I will go by tomorrow and see what he has. I am
being totally paranoid. All common repairs are not adequate against a wily
little escape artist who can somehow or another squeeze through a small
opening that a mouse would have trouble getting through.
My honey wanted a small dog that was social and did not make big messes in
the back yard. Bucky certainly qualifies in this fashion. But this escape
artist BS in a pain in the ass! Swingman, this is all your fault! I should
have never showed Dawn the pictures!
Grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch.
End of rant.
On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 17:46:52 -0400, krw wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:59:35 -0700 (PDT), "Gramps' shop"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Lee ...
>>
>>Had the same problem with our dogs escaping the yard. Ended up
>>investing in an electronic fence. Works perfectly. Our dogs are
>>chasers and we get a lot of wildlife -- deer, foxes, racoons -- running
>>through our yard. My gals will chase them right to the border and then
>>jam on their brakes.
>
> I had a neighbor who thought the same. Their lab would run full speed
> at the "fence" and take his medicine. He was then free to roam until
> they could track him down. Then he didn't want to come home because
> he'd just have to do it again. He certainly would no longer come home
> on his own.
I had a chow that would get down on his belly and belly crawl until
he cleared the shock zone, howling in pain the whole time, it was painful
to watch.
basilisk
On 8/31/2013 4:46 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:59:35 -0700 (PDT), "Gramps' shop"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Lee ...
>>
>> Had the same problem with our dogs escaping the yard. Ended up investing in an electronic fence. Works perfectly. Our dogs are chasers and we get a lot of wildlife -- deer, foxes, racoons -- running through our yard. My gals will chase them right to the border and then jam on their brakes.
>
> I had a neighbor who thought the same. Their lab would run full speed
> at the "fence" and take his medicine. He was then free to roam until
> they could track him down. Then he didn't want to come home because
> he'd just have to do it again. He certainly would no longer come home
> on his own.
I've had three Black Lab's down through the years that I trained for
duck and goose hunting.
In the field they were disciplined, responsive and hard working, but
given the opportunity back at the house, would end up five miles away in
a heartbeat. Seemed to be a trait.
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KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)
Lee ...
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lot of wildlife -- deer, foxes, racoons -- running through our yard. My g=
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Larry
On Saturday, August 31, 2013 2:12:17 AM UTC-5, Lee Michaels wrote:
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> It turns out he got out through a small animal trail under the corner. I=
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> If all goes well, I will spend the next three days doing these repairs.=
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> Sooooooo....., ask me what I am going to do for labor day weekend? That=
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> right, creating a puppy fortress, a Bucky jail, a fence system that can=
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> prepper preparing for Armageddon. I also have to totally surround the de=
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> The neighbors have been totally cool about this. Another neighbor heard=
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> End of rant.
"Leon" <[email protected]> wrote
>
> LOL. Would you like for me to send you pictures of our Great Dane?
Well, I can be reasonably certain that your big dog can not escape through
small holes in the fence. Just think, as a big dog owner, you don't have to
deal with that little problem.
"Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*nadaspam* at comcast dot net> wrote:
> A couple years ago I showed my wife some pictures that Swingman had
> posted about his cute little dog. Since we had recently lost our dog
> after about 15 years, she decided that we would look for something of a
> similar breed. So we looked around a bought a bouncing little puppy which
> we named Bucky. When I bought him, I went through my back yard and puppy
> proofed the fence. I had fantasies that would be the end of it.
>
> It turns out that this dog, who weighs 15 pounds, can escape through an
> opening of an inch or so. I have replaced numerous fence boards, piled
> up rocks on the bottoms of fences, applied mesh fencing over the wood
> fence and even stacked up some tires in strategic places. I have
> reinforced the fence in numerous places and even replaced a couple posts.
> And the little bastard still gets out.
>
> He is a sweet dog and loves people, particularly kids. He gets out and
> finds someone and makes friends. Today, it took us about an hour and a
> half to find him. He was scooped up by a friendly neighbor, who I have
> not met until today, and I ran into him while looking for him. He is a
> nice dog, but definitely intellectually limited. We can not continue to
> rely on the kindness of strangers for him to come back. We are putting
> some kind of ID tag on him and getting him microchipped.
>
> It turns out he got out through a small animal trail under the corner.
> It was completely covered with vegetation. I am sure he just followed his
> nose and kind of fell through. I filled in the hole with concrete chunks
> and will finish it off tomorrow with some concrete. And it turns out I
> have to do some fence repairs on the fence from two different neighbor's
> property. The neighbors are all totally cool and love little Bucky. The
> guy who found him has three small dogs of his own. And they are happy to
> help with fence repairs with paying for materials and helping me do the repairs.
>
> If all goes well, I will spend the next three days doing these repairs.
> Sooooooo....., ask me what I am going to do for labor day weekend?
> That's right, creating a puppy fortress, a Bucky jail, a fence system
> that can withstand full scale frontal assaults from zombie hordes. I
> feel like a prepper preparing for Armageddon. I also have to totally
> surround the deck in back with some wire mesh fencing.
>
> The neighbors have been totally cool about this. Another neighbor heard
> about out little adventure today and offered to contribute some fencing
> materials for any kind of repair. He just fenced his yard and had some
> surplus materials and had met Bucky while my wife walked him. And he
> wanted to help. That was nice. I will go by tomorrow and see what he
> has. I am being totally paranoid. All common repairs are not adequate
> against a wily little escape artist who can somehow or another squeeze
> through a small opening that a mouse would have trouble getting through.
>
> My honey wanted a small dog that was social and did not make big messes
> in the back yard. Bucky certainly qualifies in this fashion. But this
> escape artist BS in a pain in the ass! Swingman, this is all your fault!
> I should have never showed Dawn the pictures!
>
> Grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch.
>
> End of rant.
LOL. Would you like for me to send you pictures of our Great Dane?
On 8/31/2013 2:12 AM, Lee Michaels wrote:
> My honey wanted a small dog that was social and did not make big messes
> in the back yard. Bucky certainly qualifies in this fashion. But this
> escape artist BS in a pain in the ass! Swingman, this is all your
> fault! I should have never showed Dawn the pictures!
>
> Grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch.
LOL ... sounds like Bucky may be smarter than his masters. ;)
Feel your pain. We have his twin, a juvenile delinquent named Sadie
Belle, AKA "Houdini". She's a master of escape, or entry, whichever
suits her purpose at the time.
We couldn't figure out how my pup's, Pandi Belle, food was disappearing.
We'd put food in the indoor pen when Pandi was too young to fend for
herself, only to come back an hour later and the bowl would be empty,
but no one in the pen ... Mystery solved:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0tcIdhKX_I
Like you, I escape proofed our front porch, let Sadie out, and before
I'd quit congratulating myself, she was already out and strolling down
the sidewalk.
Pandi and I are together in AR at the lake house as we speak. She would
rather ride in the truck than eat. She and I spent 7 hours driving up
here yesterday, and she's at the door right now wanting to go somewhere.
Here's what I have to put up with:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaRM3AiNSfk
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KarlCaillouet@ (the obvious)
On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:59:35 -0700 (PDT), "Gramps' shop"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Lee ...
>
>Had the same problem with our dogs escaping the yard. Ended up investing in an electronic fence. Works perfectly. Our dogs are chasers and we get a lot of wildlife -- deer, foxes, racoons -- running through our yard. My gals will chase them right to the border and then jam on their brakes.
I had a neighbor who thought the same. Their lab would run full speed
at the "fence" and take his medicine. He was then free to roam until
they could track him down. Then he didn't want to come home because
he'd just have to do it again. He certainly would no longer come home
on his own.
"Gramps' shop" <[email protected]> wrote in news:4e1b1a9b-ad89-4d44-ae08-
[email protected]:
> Lee ...
>
> Had the same problem with our dogs escaping the yard. Ended up investing in an
electronic fence. Works perfectly. Our dogs are chasers and we get a lot of wildlife -- deer,
foxes, racoons -- running through our yard. My gals will chase them right to the border and then
jam on their brakes.
+1
Similar problems here. Same solution works like a champ.
On 8/31/2013 1:25 PM, Lee Michaels wrote:
>
>
> "Leon" <[email protected]> wrote
>>
>> LOL. Would you like for me to send you pictures of our Great Dane?
>
> Well, I can be reasonably certain that your big dog can not escape
> through small holes in the fence. Just think, as a big dog owner, you
> don't have to deal with that little problem.
;~)
On 8/31/2013 5:23 PM, Swingman wrote:
> On 8/31/2013 4:46 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>> On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 04:59:35 -0700 (PDT), "Gramps' shop"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Lee ...
>>>
>>> Had the same problem with our dogs escaping the yard. Ended up
>>> investing in an electronic fence. Works perfectly. Our dogs are
>>> chasers and we get a lot of wildlife -- deer, foxes, racoons --
>>> running through our yard. My gals will chase them right to the
>>> border and then jam on their brakes.
>>
>> I had a neighbor who thought the same. Their lab would run full speed
>> at the "fence" and take his medicine. He was then free to roam until
>> they could track him down. Then he didn't want to come home because
>> he'd just have to do it again. He certainly would no longer come home
>> on his own.
>
> I've had three Black Lab's down through the years that I trained for
> duck and goose hunting.
>
> In the field they were disciplined, responsive and hard working, but
> given the opportunity back at the house, would end up five miles away in
> a heartbeat. Seemed to be a trait.
>
Our chocolate lab was the same way. The only way to retrieve her was to
get the truck and drop the tail gate. She would be in'it in a second.
Lee Michaels wrote:
>
> My honey wanted a small dog that was social and did not make big
> messes in the back yard. Bucky certainly qualifies in this fashion. But
> this escape artist BS in a pain in the ass! Swingman, this is
> all your fault! I should have never showed Dawn the pictures!
>
> Grumble, grumble, bitch, bitch.
>
Sounds like quite the entertaining fellow. Better you than me Lee...
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