Chasing Keno.....
That little stinkpot Keno got out again! When he got out last time, I only assumed that he climbed over the chicken wire and through the opening above it because my vision was obscured by this big tree in our yard and he was on the other side of the tree. So the other day he was outside with his coat on and hubby saw him push against the bottom part of the chicken wire where it was low and he wriggled himself under the fence to the other side. He wriggled himself right out of his coat!! He was on the other side, and his coat was laying on the grass on this side as he bolted for freedom.....
My husband gave chase yelling "TREATS!"..."COOKIES"....to no avail. Keno could care less about treats when he is in pursuit of a SQUIRREL! My husband finally got him to come to him about 3 houses away....only after Keno lost sight of his prey.
I was in the bathroom doing my makeup while all this was going on and missed the whole thing. I only heard Keno yipping outside the door so I let him in and then hubby asked me if he was in there and I said "yes". Later when I came out he informed me of Keno's little adventure and that is why he was hiding in the bathroom with me. He knew his little butt was in trouble.
So apparently he went under the fence not over the chicken wire like we thought. Hubby can now reattach the upper part of the chicken wire since that is not the problem. He has temporarily put some bricks on the ground on that low spot to block his exit-to-freedom spot. By next spring he will have to secure the whole bottom part of our fence better. Also I am putting his coat on over his sweater. The problem before was that his fur is so silky and the coat just slid right off him rather than inhibiting him from getting through a tight spot. Now the coat is tighter on him and won't slip off so easily.
He reminds me of Dennis the Menace.....LOL
My husband gave chase yelling "TREATS!"..."COOKIES"....to no avail. Keno could care less about treats when he is in pursuit of a SQUIRREL! My husband finally got him to come to him about 3 houses away....only after Keno lost sight of his prey.
I was in the bathroom doing my makeup while all this was going on and missed the whole thing. I only heard Keno yipping outside the door so I let him in and then hubby asked me if he was in there and I said "yes". Later when I came out he informed me of Keno's little adventure and that is why he was hiding in the bathroom with me. He knew his little butt was in trouble.
So apparently he went under the fence not over the chicken wire like we thought. Hubby can now reattach the upper part of the chicken wire since that is not the problem. He has temporarily put some bricks on the ground on that low spot to block his exit-to-freedom spot. By next spring he will have to secure the whole bottom part of our fence better. Also I am putting his coat on over his sweater. The problem before was that his fur is so silky and the coat just slid right off him rather than inhibiting him from getting through a tight spot. Now the coat is tighter on him and won't slip off so easily.
He reminds me of Dennis the Menace.....LOL
posted by Diane @ 7:24 PM
1 Comments:
At 11:33 AM,
Judy said…
you may have to get an invisible fence or something like that to keep him home. It works great for my daughter's run away dog.
There is something that attaches to his collar and shocks him a tiny bit when he gets near the lawns edge--now, he won't go near it because he knows he will get a shock. Behavior modification.
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