May all be well or on the mend.
I've been having a problem here for a couple of months.
Rhodes, our canine friend, has been getting out of our fenced yard. We thought he had been somehow been climbing/or digging out. Nope.
Rhodes has been with us for what...several years ...and he had not done that before. Now, all of a sudden (2/3 months) he is out of the yard.
Long story short, we had to tie him up when we not at home. Bummer. (He's okay inside the house when we are awake but he gets upset when we go to bed. He likes to be outside.)
We got one of those stake thingies
and a cord
to hook him up to his dog collar
He wasn't happy and neither were we but we had to keep him safe.
That worked for 2/3 days until I went out early one morning and found that screwy stake thing unscrewed from the ground and the cord to his collar ...empty.
Our Rhodes is an excellent dog but he doesn't have thumbs so, how could that be?
We found Rhodes ( thank goodness) and using a tire iron my son screwed that 17 inch stake down to the very ground where only the triangle part was showing.
Saturday morning I went out and I found the triangle top of that stake cut. Yes, that metal stake had been cut. The cord was lying nearby. No Rhodes. I called the non-emergency police line and asked for a police officer to come out and make out a report.
I explained the situation and showed him the cut stake and cord. His response, " My guess is a dog lover doesn't like seeing your dog tied up and let him off." Ummmm. Rhodes has access to water, food and shelter and a *dog lover* is willing to jump my gated/chained/locked fence and let him go? Run free to be picked up by animal control or be hit by a car/truck?
I made an official police report and I have the report number.
BTW-The very nice police officer informed me I have the right to protect myself and property. Whoever is jumping the gated/chained/locked fence is trespassing.
On the one hand, I would like to get Rhodes to another home for awhile and see if this whacka doo gets tired of messing about, on the other hand we love our Rhodes and he protects us. Although, whomever is doing this has scammed Rhodes into thinking s/he is a friend. And if s/he cannot frick with Rhodes...what will they do next?
My brothers and BIL are all up in arms (literally and figuratively).
Last thing-the police officer suggested getting motion cameras to video tape the intruder(s)...I don't have the financial means.
Ideas? Advice?
Peace.
I've been having a problem here for a couple of months.
Rhodes, our canine friend, has been getting out of our fenced yard. We thought he had been somehow been climbing/or digging out. Nope.
Rhodes has been with us for what...several years ...and he had not done that before. Now, all of a sudden (2/3 months) he is out of the yard.
Long story short, we had to tie him up when we not at home. Bummer. (He's okay inside the house when we are awake but he gets upset when we go to bed. He likes to be outside.)
We got one of those stake thingies
and a cord
to hook him up to his dog collar
He wasn't happy and neither were we but we had to keep him safe.
That worked for 2/3 days until I went out early one morning and found that screwy stake thing unscrewed from the ground and the cord to his collar ...empty.
Our Rhodes is an excellent dog but he doesn't have thumbs so, how could that be?
We found Rhodes ( thank goodness) and using a tire iron my son screwed that 17 inch stake down to the very ground where only the triangle part was showing.
Saturday morning I went out and I found the triangle top of that stake cut. Yes, that metal stake had been cut. The cord was lying nearby. No Rhodes. I called the non-emergency police line and asked for a police officer to come out and make out a report.
I explained the situation and showed him the cut stake and cord. His response, " My guess is a dog lover doesn't like seeing your dog tied up and let him off." Ummmm. Rhodes has access to water, food and shelter and a *dog lover* is willing to jump my gated/chained/locked fence and let him go? Run free to be picked up by animal control or be hit by a car/truck?
I made an official police report and I have the report number.
BTW-The very nice police officer informed me I have the right to protect myself and property. Whoever is jumping the gated/chained/locked fence is trespassing.
On the one hand, I would like to get Rhodes to another home for awhile and see if this whacka doo gets tired of messing about, on the other hand we love our Rhodes and he protects us. Although, whomever is doing this has scammed Rhodes into thinking s/he is a friend. And if s/he cannot frick with Rhodes...what will they do next?
My brothers and BIL are all up in arms (literally and figuratively).
Last thing-the police officer suggested getting motion cameras to video tape the intruder(s)...I don't have the financial means.
Ideas? Advice?
Peace.