I caught him just as he was lowering his first leg down on my fence. He's about 8. Summer was in the house so no issue - but question.
I had just gone in to put the fan in the bedroom window when I saw this kid on the fence. The adjoining fence line parallels my back fence line and the two fences are about 8 inches apart. I saw him and he hung on the top of their fence for a minute and then stepped on to my fence to come into the yard.
I yelled at him thru the window - "don't do it, get back over there" and real quick he said OK and hopped back up on his fence. He told me they lost their ball. I told him I'd be right out to look for it. I found it and tossed it over the fence and told him not to come into the yard because I have a dog. I wasn't angry with him or anything - (just thanking whoever was watching out for us all). He said "I wasn't going to, I was just looking" (yea right) anyway, he said he didn't live there and he was just visiting. He thanked me and was very polite cool little kid (a lying little sack - but he's a kid).
So - I was just leaving for the store and usually let Summer out to go pee. Thank Heaven I had a hot flash and went for the fan just before I left.:surprise:
She loves people- but that would have been quite a surprise for her and in her yard...... I imagine she would have raised bloody-ell barking and I would have been there in about 2 seconds.
BUT - what would have been the consequences if I hadn't seen the kid and let her out and she bit him? Would it be all my fault? The kid could have been 8 or 9. I'm still a little freaked out - this happened about 20 minutes ago.
I had just gone in to put the fan in the bedroom window when I saw this kid on the fence. The adjoining fence line parallels my back fence line and the two fences are about 8 inches apart. I saw him and he hung on the top of their fence for a minute and then stepped on to my fence to come into the yard.
I yelled at him thru the window - "don't do it, get back over there" and real quick he said OK and hopped back up on his fence. He told me they lost their ball. I told him I'd be right out to look for it. I found it and tossed it over the fence and told him not to come into the yard because I have a dog. I wasn't angry with him or anything - (just thanking whoever was watching out for us all). He said "I wasn't going to, I was just looking" (yea right) anyway, he said he didn't live there and he was just visiting. He thanked me and was very polite cool little kid (a lying little sack - but he's a kid).
So - I was just leaving for the store and usually let Summer out to go pee. Thank Heaven I had a hot flash and went for the fan just before I left.:surprise:
She loves people- but that would have been quite a surprise for her and in her yard...... I imagine she would have raised bloody-ell barking and I would have been there in about 2 seconds.
BUT - what would have been the consequences if I hadn't seen the kid and let her out and she bit him? Would it be all my fault? The kid could have been 8 or 9. I'm still a little freaked out - this happened about 20 minutes ago.