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Originally Posted by Cookie2  I never knew we had a hole in the fence. This is something VERY important.
I ask everyone to PLEASE walk along your fence,check each board for holes or loose boards if you have a woodfence. If you have a metal fence make sure its not easy to push or has a gap on the bottom.
It only takes a small little space for your dog to slip through. Even if you think your dog "would never fit through there" Joey's mom just proved that.
No matter how safe we feel we are it can happen in a blink of an eye.
Even with a super secure fence I highly suggest not to let them out alone to potty no matter what.PLUS make sure they are wearing a collar and tags.
Since Cookie went missing our furbabies wear collars and tags 24/7.
It doesnt bother them and I feel a little safer. Also never think"this could never happen to me , I never let the dog out" Once you accept that this could happen to anyone it makes you more prepared and your furbaby safer.
I just had to mention this and I almost sound like I'm preaching but I feel I have to.
Gen |
We have a wooden privacy fence and always watch them go to the bathroom. One night Scott let him out in the yard w/o watching and he got through a hole. Thankfully he went to our neighbors yard and I heard him bark so I knew where he was, but it was the single scariest moment of my life. Now I have lattice along the bottom of my fence. It was the plastic lattice from Home Depot, and I made sure it was driven a few inches into the ground. The hole was actually where the gutter spout thing drained.