[Miss Marple]

Well, my day is not starting too well. Two days ago Cassie, the extremely expensive coon hound, discovered a portion of the back fence that she could push down and get over. (Our side and front fences are chain link, but the back fence line, which is heavily wooded and has lots of shrubs, is the remnant of an old farm fence from the original property that was subdivided).

Yesterday, Mr. Marple went to Tractor Supply and bought 2 fence posts to reinforce this area, which he and my grandson installed yesterday.

I just looked out to see the dog CLIMBING the fence. She has now taken off for a romp through the neighborhood and will no doubt return winded and hungry. You cannot catch her because she is too smart and will NOT come when she is in escape mode.

Great. A fence-climbing dog. Grrrr.

[Neets]

Well Cassie is certainly one determined pooch Jane!!! LOL.

[lysie]

Awwww! That stinks.

Let me tell you a story about one of our dogs. When our 1st German Shepherd was about 14 months old, hubby tried to get her to come to him one day. She was feeling quite spunky and disobedient. No matter how much pleading with her she would not come. Finally, he got a tad upset....picked up a small branch that had fallen in the yard and whooshed it around. It never even came close to her and he had no intentions of hitting her. Since she had never heard that sound before or seen her "daddy" get so angry she immediately jumped into the truck like he had wanted her to do. After that incident all he had to do is carry a big stick. :-)

When we got our 2nd Shepherd, we did the same thing. Now all I have to do is say...I'll get my stick" and Elsa comes running.

This may not work on designer hounds,however, we are batting 100% with German Shepherds. :-)

[tillacum]

MM I have one too. We had a dog run for her. The first and second days she was in there, over the top she came. Grunting, groaning and then flop to the ground, happy as a clam at high tide, to be out of those confines. The dog run is now a garden room.