The Great Escape
It's been four months since I returned to find a new fence up on the east side of my property. Immediately upon looking at it, I decided Gracie could pretty much walk right under it. However, until she figured that out, I was not going to spend endless time and money correcting this little design flaw in the fence. I have however made a point of never leaving the dog outside alone for more than five minutes.This has not been a problem. Although recently I'd noticed Gracie eyeing the fence and acting suspiciously. I've distracted her each time with treats or something. Yesterday I let her out while I was making dinner. While I was frying up some stuff, I just knew without even looking that she was out. I called her name and made the treat noises that usually has her come running and got nothing. Then I looked over and saw her peeing on the neighbor's snowmobile. Unfortunately, by the time I went in the house, found a leash, grabbed some treats, took the food off the stove, put some shoes on and got out the front door, she was gone.
So I went back in and shut off the stove, grabbed my car keys and went driving around the neighborhood. No Gracie. After a while, I decided she'd have to come home on her own and went home. I pulled into the driveway and she came running up to me looking all proud of herself. She had a grin on her face that said "Look at me! I'm outside all by myself. Aren't I clever?" Damn dog.
posted by E @11:07 PM