Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1  This is not a squabble I am going to get into....I stated my feelings on it already.....and true, accidents can happen in the house, but they are usually supervised when in the house........but I have to correct the statement above. I live in a residential area. Typical neighborhood, with our houses spaced within 25 feet of each other......happens to be on a golf course, but I am not on the golf course....yet, I have had a bob cat resting quietly on the top of my 8 foot wooden privacy fence on morning as I left for work. I have seen coyotes running from peoples back yards, on at least 6 different occasions just since the beginning of this year, as I leave the neighborhood for work, early in the morning.....we have snakes, we have "small wildlife", ie raccoons, possoms, squirrels, rats that come from God only knows where......all coming thru yards, eating dog and cat food left outside for the people that leave their dogs outside.....all my neighbors have large outside dogs....chows, german shepards, and we now have a pit bull mix on one side....these big dogs do nothing to frighten off the coyotes, and they certainly had NO effect on that bobcat sitting on my fence.......I figure the law of averages eventually catch up us in situations we often call into questions about safety.......I walk my fence line every day before my babies go outside, because they can cross this yard faster than I can, and if there is a hole burrowed under the fence from overnight visitors, they will be gone thru it before I can get to them. THAT has already happened to me once, and thank God, I do learn from my mistakes, so THAT wont happen to me again! I was tearing boards off that fence, to get to all those dad gum little imps, before they could get to the busy street a block over......I was fortunate it worked out for me THAT time......THANK GOD I was not of the mindset, "I have a new, strong 8 foot wooden fence, and around 3 sides of the yard, I have double fenced with a chain link fence inside the wooden fence, so there is no way MY babies can get out", as I turned them out into the back yard unsupervised........it would have been HOURS before I would have even realized they were gone! The law of averages eventually bites us in the butt......dont be stunned and surprised when it gets any of you....... |