bad dogs

How did my dogs become Hudinis?
Current mood: aggravated
Category: Pets and Animals


Hi,

I have two white mini schauzers, Zeus and Icarus. Now they are cute as can be--except for when they get out of the fenced-in back yard--or slip through someone's legs as they walk into the house.

Then they become "BAD DOGS!"

Icarus found the one gate had an opening large enough to fit his little 15 lb body through. Zeus, on the otherhand, was too fat, weighing in at 25 lbs.

But then Icarus discovered a secret that he shared with Zeus. If they squeezed between the skids leaning against the wood pile, they could get behind it and there's this wooden sort of fence the previous owners put up and they could slip right underneath it and away they could go! Just like the dog who lives next door and has nearly 3 acres to run, they, too, could go for a run.

Until Mom grabbed their leashes and took off after them, that is. It took me a while to catch the buggers, but I got them leashed and home. Today Dad and brother put wire fencing across the bottom of the wooden structure and they can no longer sneak out.

Of course that doesn't fix them running out the door when they get a chance. Then I get to chase them through neighbor's yards and introduce myself to those who say, "Is that your white dog running over there?"

Instead of new collars with their names and phone numbers on them and toys for Christmas, we should've invested in one of those electronic devices you put on their collars that shocks their butts when they try getting out of the yard. That would teach them!

So here they lay, sleeping beside me like innocent little lambs who would never do anything wrong.

At least Big Maggie stayed out of trouble. She's too big to crawl through small cracks.

dg