I got the mowing done, so I’m going to knock a few more things off my To-Do List for the day.
Dog chores will take longer than normal, today. The idiots managed to dig under the fencing AGAIN, even after Beau repaired it, and we had a few ‘escapees’ yesterday. He didn’t have time to fix anything because they were leaving for Canada yesterday, so the dogs are squirrely as heck without being able to go outside, even though their kennel runs are big enough to trot around in if they want to. Maybe I’ll teach them to jump rope this week, or jog in place, LOL! They screwed themselves, that’s all I can say.
Beau power-washed everything for me, so when I go down to the barn later, I will let one out at a time to run around in the kennel shed while I clean the floor, refill their water, then lure them back in with dinner. Should be interesting. MOST of them are pretty well behaved and obedient. I’m thinking of ONE right off that will be a troublemaker, LOL!
Not thing you anything new here, but I can validate your experience ...
Growing up, we had beagles for pets - one of them was an excellent deer dog. The other 2 were not so good at hunting, but champion escape artists ... diggers & climbers. My niece’s hubby has beagles for deer hunting ... again, escape artists - one should have been named ‘Houdini’.
From my experience, “hounds” seem particularly interested in ‘escaping’ and are very good at it! Nothing like being ‘free’ & finding something to chase. We also had Brittany Spaniels & English Setters over the years - if they got out, they were ‘gone’, looking for feathers/fur, but they were not escape artists ... no comparison with hounds.