Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Harvest Moon<\/p>\n
OH, boy.\u00a0\u00a0 We let Vega and Rigel out this morning and Brad, the neighbor who returned Rigel yesterday, gave us a call about 15 minutes later, “I think they’re out again.”<\/p>\n
Sure enough.\u00a0 I drove over to Brad’s, got both of them in the red car and drove home.\u00a0 They are not, it turns out, digging under the fence.\u00a0 They jump over it!\u00a0 This creates a really big problem.\u00a0 We have an acre plus of fenced yard, most of it filled with trees.\u00a0 We can’t watch our dogs on this sized property which is why we have de fence.<\/p>\n
This could be a deal breaker for keeping Rigel and Vega.\u00a0 We’re investigating several options, but the bottom line for us is that they have to have access to the whole backyard.\u00a0 If not, they can’t be dogs in the way both they and we like, that is, free roaming, able to do what dogs do within the borders of our fence.\u00a0 It’s a pretty generous space.<\/p>\n
They are, however, coon hounds as well as irish wolfhounds.\u00a0 Both have a strong prey instinct, but the coon hounds also have the instinct to follow and tree the prey.\u00a0 Jumping tall buildings, or fences in this case, in pursuit of prey apparently comes with the breed.\u00a0 We didn’t know this until now.\u00a0 It just didn’t occur to us.\u00a0 We focused on Wolfhoundness and neglected to consider the coon hound.\u00a0 Our bad.<\/p>\n
This saga is not over, but it is at a very frustrating impasse right now.<\/p>\n
They are sweet, kind, lovable dogs just doing what comes naturally.\u00a0 Not their fault.\u00a0 If we keep them, we have to find a solution that lets them roam our yard and not the neighborhood.\u00a0 Aaaarrrrgggghhhhh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Harvest Moon OH, boy.\u00a0\u00a0 We let Vega and Rigel out this morning and Brad, the neighbor who returned Rigel yesterday, gave us a call about 15 minutes later, “I think they’re out again.” Sure enough.\u00a0 I drove over to Brad’s, got both of them in the red car and drove home.\u00a0 They are … Continue reading De-fence<\/span>