Remember when I lived in South Weber and my dogs would always run thru the electric fence. I spent many snowy nights looking for those stupid dogs while Chris was here in WA. I hated those dogs! I was so excited to move into this house because it had a fully fenced yard. I thought I was home free. But then I should have known better, I do have two Houdini dogs. The first escape happened within the first few weeks. Winston, who can jump very high, figured that if he stood on his dog house he could jump the fence. It happened three times, the first two times Chris or I were in the front yard so we got him right away. The last time it happened Chris had to go pull the stupid dog off the the baseball field during a Little League game. Actually, a lady in the stands had caught the dog, he was in her car eating who knows what. Remember what he did to my car (ate the ceiling liner). A bit embarrassing? Yes! Chris fixed that problem. But again, the Houdini's will not be stopped.
I live in the state of Washington. As you all know it rains here. The wood on the fence must be the original (20 years old). And 20 years of rain and wet soil tends to rot the cedar planks that make up my fence. If you have a hefty dog (Hendrix) who is an escape artist, all he has to do is jump up on the fence with all of his weight a few times and the rotted wood will peel away. So that is how they now prefer to escape. Every time they do, of course Chris is at work or worse, out of town. He left town yesterday morning. They escaped 4 times yesterday. I was so done! Then this morning was the icing on the cake. I got them out of their crates and stood in the rain watching them do their business. I brought them both back inside and shut the door. I went upstairs to shower and when I went back downstairs 20 minutes later, you guessed it, they were gone. Fatty pushed the back door open (it must not have latched all the way) and they were off. We live very close to the school so I knew they headed that way, they can't resist playing with the kids. Kaitlyn was just finishing up breakfast so I sent her on her way and hopped in the car and started driving the roads. The usual spots that I found them yesterday (all 4 times). They were no where to be found. After 20 minutes I decided to go back home and check on Josh. Yes he was at home, the TV was babysitting. He was fine. I decided peaked outside just as my cell phone started ringing. I grabbed the phone and answered it as I found Winston in the front yard, looking very guilty. The phone call was Kaitlyn saying that Hendrix was in her class room. He just busted in. They were holding him there until I came to get him. Apparently Hendrix was confused, he thought it was take your pet you school day. The kids in Kaity's class thought he was awesome and even though it left them smelling of wet dog and I'm sure the class room still smells, I got the stupid dogs back. They are now currently serving time in their outside kennel. They will not be released until this evening at 9:30 pm when their father returns home to save them. I really do feel bad locking them up for the whole day but I am done! I will not spend another day looking for them. Chris promised that he would go around the entire yard and screw not nail the fence slats together. And I suppose this summer we will be putting in a new fence. Good times in the Northwest...