Escape artist

[dvick . willbeck]

Jennifer,

Oh, I know exactly what you are going through. If he wants, my Bueford can open any door from either side. It began by him opening our bedroom door (mom & dad asleep in bed) on Saturday mornings and then opening the exterior doors when he wanted to go outside. No, I did not teach him to do this, nor did I encourage him to chew on my door knobs. Though he has never 'ran away from home' I have installed chains on all the exterior doors - just in case. I tried dead bolts, but one day while I was gardening outside and the dogs were playing inside Buef locked ME out of the house!
He also gets excited when he can't find our BooBoo dog. He will run from room to room opening all the doors looking for the Boo Boo dog - who, of course, is hiding. I have on occasion come home to find Buef has locked himself in the bathroom and he does leave the door open when he lets himself in from outside. Sometimes he does it just for kicks; the other night while I was watching TV he frantically ran into the room opened the closet, went into the closet and shut the door behind him. Five minutes later he let himself out. His version of hide-and-seek?

- Denise
Still a proud mama