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She escaped! We have been putting Lexi in the kitchen blocked off by two sets of gates. The gates don't lock onto the wall, but are pretty heavy so she is not really able to knock them down and they are about 3 feet high. Today after getting back from grocery shopping she was no longer in the kitchen! I really don't know for sure how she got out. One of the gates was slightly moved, but no gap for her to really get through so I think she could have climbed over? Not sure. Anyway, now I don't know what to do. I'm worried she will try to get out again and hurt herself, but I'm also worried about her hurting herself if I leave her alone in the whole house. The biggest issue is she sometimes jumps up the back of the couch that is up against a half wall (just a foot higher than the couch) and on the other side of the half wall is our dining room with tile floors. I have been trying to teach her not to jump up there because if she jumped up and fell on the other side she would definitely hurt herself. Usually she does it when I'm in the dining room and she wants to see what I'm doing to get my attention. Not sure what I should do now. Any advice??? |
Sounds like you are going to need one of the xpens that has a floor and a top on it. Then hope she doesn't chew her way out:eek: They can be real acrobats:D |
You're Lexi sounds like my Haley. She's an escape artist. She's 13 and still climbs baby gates. Good luck!:) |
My Matese now past lil girl did the same thing, While at work she was confined to my large kitchen which has a 1/2 wall, the other side of that wall is the back of my sofa. She would bite, pull the kitchen chairs from under the table, jump on the chair on to the table, jump over the half wall onto the sofa. I would come home at night and find her lounging on the sofa, lol. I had to tie all the chairs together so they were not able to move. If I blocked her out of any room to her it was a challenge, she always managed to find a way, lol, little escape artist. I agree with yorkiemini, xpen with a top for her safety. Good luck. |
Another escape "hatch" is the kick space under your cabinets.....if you have the baby gate or what ever you are using, if she can go to the left or right of where the baby gate is butted up against the cabinet, and there is a kick space where your cabinet hangs out over the floor, she will crawl right through that kick space overhang! |
I have an escape artist as well. Chili flattened himself enough to shimmy underneath a door. And just a couple of weeks ago, we were camping and I was sitting in a chair and had him on his leash which is attached to a harness and over that was a fairly snug sweatshirt. While I was sitting there he managed to Houdini himself out of all of it. My brother in law said "Hey, isn't that Chili?" He was running free! He is a runner despite all the training trying to teach him not to, so that freaked me out. They really are determined little creatures. If Chili wants something and there is even the slightest way he can get it, he will figure it out. |
Thanks everyone. I set up the gate while home to see if she would do it again and within 5 minutes she was climbing to the top. I grabbed her before she jumped over. I think my husband would kill me if I bought another xpen (I already have 2). I did find another old thread on here and someone suggested some plastic mesh to attach to the gate so there is nowhere to climb up, so tomorrow I will be going to Lowes to pick some up. Hopefully that works! |
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