We have a huge fenced in yard and my husband, just recently, chained linked a smaller area in the back yard for our furbabies. We have a doggy dog in the den and this is where I stay when ever they are out.
When they used to have run of the entire chain linked area, with three strains of barbed wire on top, they also wore a collar for the under ground fence that went around the perimeter of the fence so that they would never get close to the fence. On two sides of the yard we also have privacy fence along with the chain link and barb wire. Not attractive, but we wanted it secure as possible for them.
Anyway, when my husband built the new smaller fence in the back yard, we decided to take their collars off since they would be right here beside the den. Today, I let them out, stayed out with them for awhile and came back in. My two little yorkies love to sun on the den porch not more than ten feet from my recliner. All of a sudden I I heard my girls barking hysterically. I looked up, they were gone. Went to the door and seen Maggie outside of the new fence, still barking like crazy at the vacant acreage next to us that is overgrown to the point you can not see through it.
Thank The Lord, my girls are well behaved. I called for Maggie and she came right back. I immediately put the girls up and went out to inspect the fence and found someone had made a hole in the new chain link fence and tried to steal my babies!
Our oldest baby is 11 and has played freely in our yard all this time without any problems. Now I feel scared and violated. I called the authorities and reported the incident. They told me that there had been a rash of missing dogs reported lately.
I didn't mean for this to be a novel. I guess I am in shock.
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