Walkabout

Mom is on the computer A LOT so I don't get many chances to update my blog, but this weekend was great so I just had to tell everyone about it. Dad was off on Friday and very busy trying to get chores done. We like it when he's home because #1 we don't have to go into the crate all day, and #2 we can do pretty much anything we want cause he pretty much ignores us. Usually we sleep. Dad was busy in the back yard so he left the sliding glass door open so he could go in and out easily. That meant we could go in and out easily too. Next thing we knew he had left the gate open. So next thing he knew, we were gone. Yep, we went off on walkabout wherever our noses took us. We love trailing scents. We wandered all over the place. When Dad realized we were gone he ran all over the neighborhood trying to find us. He was pretty worried I guess. But eventually we headed back. We know we've got a good thing going on here.

On Saturday Dad was away in the morning and just Mom was at home. We pulled a good one on her. She heard me in the side yard barking like crazy and scratching at something. She yelled for me to come in and I didn't come, neither did Chloe. Mom ran outside to find us and she didn't see us anywhere. She didn't hear us either. She got very worried. She ran into the house, got dressed, then went out to the car to drive around to look for us. She drove all around the neighborhood and didn't see us anywhere so she went back home. She went out to the side yard again and called for us. We didn't answer but she heard our collars jingle and knew we were near. Then Mom went out to the front yard and called and then she went back into the house where she met Chloe who had suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Chloe tried to tell Mom where I was but Mom couldn't understand her. Mom went back out to the side yard and started checking out the fence near the gate, looking for our escape route. She pushed on the fence between our house and the neighbors and it moved, and there I was on the other side in the neighbor's yard. Then Mom pushed hard on the fence and I was able to get back into my yard again. Mom made us go into the house after that and wouldn't let us out again. When Dad got home she made him fix the fence. Now we can't escape into the neighbor's yard anymore. Rats!