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I really don't understand some people. My neighbors dogs have been escaping their yard since they moved in. Normally the dogs wait until their humans are not home to play Houdini. They dig, go under the fence, and roam the surrounding fields.The neighbors even tried invisible fence lines under the real fence to no avail. They have asked me for advice on how to keep them in. I suggested keeping them indoors when not supervised. They didn't want to do that. I then suggested a chainlink kennel on their concrete patio with a roof. They thought that was a great idea. Apparently it was so great they promptly forgot about it. Meanwhile the dogs keep escaping on a nearly daily basis. They've had several close calls with animal control picking them up (would have been best-case-scenario for them if they had actually caught them...maybe an impound fee or two would have motivated them more to solve the problem).
Anyway, today I'm sitting in my living room and suddenly hear a bunch of honking. I get up and look out my window and see an SUV pulled over on the side of the road, lady getting out of her car, and a familiar black dog dragging his rear end away from the lady and into the pasture in front of his house. I know exactly what happened. The other dog is running around him looking very worried. I'm home alone with my two young boys who are sleeping, so I can't go out to help the dog. I do the only thing I can...call my neighbor to give her the bad news. The lady in the SUV, unable to get to the dog who is now through the fence, gets in her car and drives away.
Neighbor is home within minutes. Again she asks me how to keep them from escaping. First, I tell her the name and location of the nearest emergency vet. Then I again suggest keeping the dogs indoors. She tells me she has been keeping them indoors but only left for five minutes, etc. There's not much else I can tell her other than, I'm so sorry this happened. Because I am. I didn't want to see those innocent dogs hurt because their owners didn't want to be inconvenienced by having them inside. Such a sad, totally avoidable tragedy. I really hope the dog lives.
Anyway, today I'm sitting in my living room and suddenly hear a bunch of honking. I get up and look out my window and see an SUV pulled over on the side of the road, lady getting out of her car, and a familiar black dog dragging his rear end away from the lady and into the pasture in front of his house. I know exactly what happened. The other dog is running around him looking very worried. I'm home alone with my two young boys who are sleeping, so I can't go out to help the dog. I do the only thing I can...call my neighbor to give her the bad news. The lady in the SUV, unable to get to the dog who is now through the fence, gets in her car and drives away.
Neighbor is home within minutes. Again she asks me how to keep them from escaping. First, I tell her the name and location of the nearest emergency vet. Then I again suggest keeping the dogs indoors. She tells me she has been keeping them indoors but only left for five minutes, etc. There's not much else I can tell her other than, I'm so sorry this happened. Because I am. I didn't want to see those innocent dogs hurt because their owners didn't want to be inconvenienced by having them inside. Such a sad, totally avoidable tragedy. I really hope the dog lives.