New regular posting days: Sunday and Wednesday and, sometimes, extra ‘news flashes’!
Wednesday September 30th 2015
The good news:
On Monday I congratulate myself. The fence is almost completed. I should be able to finish it today.
I notice, with interest, that many of Hairy One’s toys have accumulated along the fence. Is she marking her territory?
I watch her idly through the window as she patrols. Yes. Sorted. I’m on top of things at last.
Unfortunately, so is Isis.
Sigh. Back to the drawing board.
As I set about adding another tier, B. next door appears in his garden and remarks that the fence is good and strong and should do the job! When I relate the morning’s escapade, he breathes a disbelieving “No.”
Then, watching Isis who, having detected his scent, is looping around trying to locate him, he adds, “But she’s a lovely little thing.”
Hmmmm.
Isis came from the Aeza cat and dog rescue and adoption centre in Aljezur, Portugal. For information about adopting an animal from the centre, contact kerry@aeza.org or  www.dogwatchuk.co.uk
Isis, my blind/deaf dog 
Been there 😦 We had two men come in and build a 4 foot high fenced pen in a large area of our yard for Josey when when got her as a pup. After two days of work it was completed – posts concreted into the ground and all. Like Isis, she ran around in it for a minute – then sailed right over the top! When fully grown, she could jump up, hook her legs on the top of a smooth, 6 foot wood fence, and shimmy over in seconds. Chain link was nothing – climbed right over it. I literally cried in frustration many times over not being able to confine her – I was so concerned she would get out and get injured or killed. I finally resorted to doing the underground fence (but being lazy, I just stapled the wire to the existing fence rather than burying it) which shocked her if she went within about a foot of the fence. That combined with old age finally ended her fence climbing days. Good luck with this! I think a little more height will probably work for Isis 🙂
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Goodness me, that really is over the top Josey! (No pun intended.) I’ve got nothing to complain about in comparison. Isis has been fence patrolling quite a lot today. She’s found out that I’ve added a flimsy tier or two and hasn’t tried her luck YET.
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It’s a good-looking fence, you did a nice job! Very impressive 🙂
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Thanks Amber. I’m very pleased with it since I’ve not done concreting before – except for clothes drier which I put in crooked!
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