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Piyomi and Sikari Ride Again
posted Saturday, 6 May 2006
Yesterday was another great escape moment, all the more perfect because we didn't even know the little brats were gone until there was a ringing doorbell. As I was walking down to answer the door I heard barking dogs and knew they were mine. One sounded like it was coming from the back, which was normal. The other ... that sounded odd. I opened the door and there was a concerned neighbor, saying he didn't normally see my dogs out running free so thought we should know. There was Piyomi, running around in the road and barking at another neighbor dog. I think my eyes bugged out of my head.
This neighbor is in fact a K-9 cop, which is kind of amusing and embarrassing given the circumstances. But, at least he recognized that we don't normally let our dogs roam. It turned out that the other barker (Sikari) had also gotten free, but had had the sense to run around the side of the house to hide from me. Actually, she had run toward where they'd gotten out in the first place but she couldn't get back in.
Luckily both girls came to me pretty easily. I was able to pick up Piyomi (no small feat, she's our biggest dog) and bring her in, Sikari following and bouncing with this look that said, "Throw her, mama!"
When I came in, Rob said that he'd come half down to see what was up and had the surreal moment of seeing Piyomi trotting along the street in front of the house. So, he was in the process of closing the dog door so that he could go seal up the breach. It didn't take long, really, it was just a matter of finding the staple gun to secure the mesh that had come free from its anchor.
The neighbor said that at least they had stayed pretty close to the house. Turns out someone else had tried to knock and let us know earlier, but Maia gives us so many false door alarms that we hadn't though someone was actually there.
At some point in the next few years we need to replace our fencing anyway. By then we'll have a better plan for how to deal with that one spot aside from wire mesh. The mesh actually works quite well all things considered. It's also the easiest fencing issue to fix.
This neighbor is in fact a K-9 cop, which is kind of amusing and embarrassing given the circumstances. But, at least he recognized that we don't normally let our dogs roam. It turned out that the other barker (Sikari) had also gotten free, but had had the sense to run around the side of the house to hide from me. Actually, she had run toward where they'd gotten out in the first place but she couldn't get back in.
Luckily both girls came to me pretty easily. I was able to pick up Piyomi (no small feat, she's our biggest dog) and bring her in, Sikari following and bouncing with this look that said, "Throw her, mama!"
When I came in, Rob said that he'd come half down to see what was up and had the surreal moment of seeing Piyomi trotting along the street in front of the house. So, he was in the process of closing the dog door so that he could go seal up the breach. It didn't take long, really, it was just a matter of finding the staple gun to secure the mesh that had come free from its anchor.
The neighbor said that at least they had stayed pretty close to the house. Turns out someone else had tried to knock and let us know earlier, but Maia gives us so many false door alarms that we hadn't though someone was actually there.
At some point in the next few years we need to replace our fencing anyway. By then we'll have a better plan for how to deal with that one spot aside from wire mesh. The mesh actually works quite well all things considered. It's also the easiest fencing issue to fix.
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1. pedersen left...
Wednesday, 18 October 2006 12:57 am
We need more blogs like these, on a variety of topics. If that is possible.
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