Canine Houdini

D'Or has always been an escape artist. Still, with our ongoing fence and gate replacement work, she has reached a new peak in her abilities. Knowing that we would be without a proper fence for some indeterminate period of time, Dara constructed a temporary barrier to keep the dogs on the back deck, with access to the wild nether regions of the back yard. She used some cheap plastic temporary fencing, connecting it from the house out to the back and side fence. A few strategically placed temporary posts, a copious amount of staples from the good old staple gun, and we were set. Not.

We have witnessed D'Or clawing down the plastic fencing, and we added more posts. We have witnessed her go under, and we added tent stakes to hold it down. We have witnessed her climb a tree to jump over, and we added another level to it to block the way. We have witnessed her wedge herself between the places where we had to connect things together, and we put down objects ranging from chairs to umbrellas to block her access. We figured if she could not see through it, she would not want to escape, so we draped tarps over it. Part of the barrier is a folding metal dog fence from our puppy foster parenting days, which she managed to push past part of the deck so she could duck under it. More staples, more nails. She has probably escaped 50 times by now, and we may have another month of adventures ahead. She always comes back. Why wouldn't she? Where else is she going to find such fun?