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Post by roman on Jan 14, 2015 8:44:14 GMT -6
Our daughter’s two Goldens died about a year and a half ago. About six months ago, she and her husband obtained a rescue dog. They live overlooking the Fox River, a few miles north of St. Charles. Because both my daughter and her husband were working, they had to leave the dog at home. After the dog tore up their drapes, they realized that they need to get a crate. They were also puzzled that she was slightly wet.
Accordingly, they bought a crate. When our daughter came home from work, she found the crate empty and the dog missing. Somehow, the dog had gotten out of the crate into the fenced-in backyard and had gotten over the fence. In a panic, our daughter solicited some friends and began to search for her. As they walked along the path by the river, they described the dog to neighbors and asked people if they had seen her. One woman said that she hadn’t seen her today, but had seen her yesterday.
After a fruitless search, they returned home to find her wet and sitting on the porch. They added extra bars to the crate, but decided that she needed company. Accordingly, they went to another rescue shelter and let their dog pick out a new sister. The two dogs are something to watch. They are constantly playing, and Houdini has stayed at home.
I am somewhat concerned because our daughter and her dogs are planning to stay with us for a few weeks. We have no fences.
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Post by dive61364 on Jan 14, 2015 10:20:56 GMT -6
dogs are just like most people they don't like to be left alone. this is a very heartwarming story and it was fantastic that your daughter went to a shelter for both of her furry friends. the dog sounds like it is a very smart one to escape from the crate.
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Post by chevypower on Jan 14, 2015 15:54:51 GMT -6
When the owners are gone'' the dogs must play'' as the story goes lol they are very smart indeed.
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Post by roman on Jan 14, 2015 18:33:07 GMT -6
I could figure out how she could "nose" open the sliding doors to the outside. I cannot figure out how she got out of the crate. My daughter explained her technique but I couldn't follow it. Because she is not a big dog, I could not figure out how she got over the fence. My daughter has watched her go over the fence. She doesn't jump over the entire fence. Instead, she puts a paw into the fence and leverages herself over.
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Post by toshiko on Jan 14, 2015 18:59:53 GMT -6
You need to get this on video!!!! Too, funny!
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Post by dumdave on Jan 15, 2015 12:52:53 GMT -6
I had 2 labs in a fenced back yard in TX. One loved to bark at the kiddos when they got off the school bus at my corner. Then we had to replace the fence. NO FENCE, but yet the same barking and they never went past where the fence had been. Go figure. CHESTER had to be escorted as he was into tunneling.
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Post by roman on Jan 15, 2015 14:24:04 GMT -6
Houdini is on the left.
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Post by roman on Jan 15, 2015 15:26:39 GMT -6
I had 2 labs in a fenced back yard in TX. One loved to bark at the kiddos when they got off the school bus at my corner. Then we had to replace the fence. NO FENCE, but yet the same barking and they never went past where the fence had been. Go figure. CHESTER had to be escorted as he was into tunneling. The dog our kids had growing up never left the yard by herself: no electric fence and no training.
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Post by roman on Jan 25, 2015 8:04:09 GMT -6
Houdini is driving me crazy. Yesterday, we were driving down an expressway; and I noticed that she was half-way out the window in the backseat. I told my daughter to pull her back into the car so I could roll the window up. A couple of minutes later, she was half-way out the window again. She had figured out how to lower the window. I had to pull over and read the manual to see how to lock the windows.
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Post by dumdave on Jan 25, 2015 10:34:31 GMT -6
Almost lost a dog while going to school in Austin. We managed to grab his two back feet before he fell out of the car.
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Post by roman on Jan 26, 2015 8:35:51 GMT -6
We let the three dogs out just as it was getting light this morning. After a few minutes, our daughter blurted out, "Is that a bear on that tree?" I replied, "I don't think that there are any blond bears." Goldie (AKA Houdini) had managed to climb up at least eight feet on a long, slanted tree. She was determined to get a squirrel who was higher up the tree.
If we had a video recorder, she would be a sensation on Youtube.
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