I don't know if anyone can help me here, but I've got a big problem with my escaping Cavaliers! We've lived here 4 years, got the place fenced when we moved in, chain link, right to the ground. We live on about 1/3 acre, not huge by any means, but no neighbours (perfect for having dogs). We also live on a highway! The dogs have the run of the yard. Problem: black & tan girl seems to feel the need to escape! She digs under the fence and goes. I have heart failure. My husband has put chicken wire down inside the fence line - doesn't stop her, she finds a weakness and digs under. Last week, two others followed her out, cars slowed down, a lady stopped and we got the 3 delinquents back in the house - wet, muddy, and none the worse for wear - except me of course! OK, so we go and buy 4 X 4 X 8 ft. wooden planks and lay them inside the fence line, with 12 inch spikes to hold them down. Now I feel somewhat safer - until an hour ago. Same black & tan (grrr!) CHEWS through the chain link, near the ground where there is about 4 inches of space between the 4 X 4s and out she goes, followed by an adventurous 10 month old blenheim. Did I mention this gives me heart failure?????
So far, their luck has held, but after screaming like a banshee at all of them and putting them in the kitchen with no yard privileges, I'm a wreck and at the end of my rope. They DO come to me when I go out the front of the house to get them, and I usually know instantly they're out (the others tend to let me know by their frantic barking), but one of these days a passing car or truck is going to get them (or her)! Help! What can we do next? My thoughts are turning to the hidden fence, and I have a call in to a company for an estimate. But is there something else that might work? And why is it the wholecolour that does this? The others don't even try to get out - until she leads the way! Sorry for the length of this post, but I thought someone might have had the same problem and have a solution that we haven't thought of. Peggy Wallace Burbrook Cavaliers Ontario, Canada www.burbrook.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
