[Beamers Mom]

Someone is opening our gates so the dogs can get out!
I check on the dogs often when they are in the yard. It is fenced in with a gate on the side and a gate at the back. The other day Bruce looked out and Fritz was the other side of the fence near the back gate. He noticed the gate was open. He brought Fritz in and closed the gate. A little while after he noticed the gate was open again. He thought that Fritz may have opened it - he thinks Fritz could easily jump up and knock the latch to open it. So he went and closed it and fixed it so it couldn't be opened.

A few minutes ago our neighbour brought Beamer to the door. We checked to see where he could have got out and the side gate was opened. There is no way any of the dogs can have opened that and it is always kept closed unless the kid that mows the yard has to open it to take the mower to the front - and this time of year he hasn't had to come and mow the yard.
It really looks like someone is deliberately opening the gates. Luckily we check the dogs often when they are in the yard, so Beamer couldn't have been out for long.

Bruce has just gone to the hardware store to get some padlocks for the gates. I think we need to set up some kind of video camera!