The Escape Route, Mom Found the Stash and Roxie

Hey Dogs, Cats and GirlGirl! Andy here.

Last time, Sammy told you all about going on a great adventure. Aunt Bec found the escape route and here is a picture of it.



You'll notice there is already a board across the bottom of the fence because Mom thought the bottom edge was the most likely area we would use. Little did she know that Roxie and Sammy have been slowly digging out by breaking up the board. The reason the picture is in shadow is because the hole was behind the magnolia trees. Needless to say, it is blocked now. Mom bought some nails and will be nailing the new board in place and we will be captive again.

Mom has also been trying to find the tennis balls. I carry one out every time I go outside, so she knew there must be some out there somewhere. She looked under the magnolia tree and she looked all around. Finally she looked in the doghouse and found one.



But wait a second! What is that at the very back of the doghouse? BUSTED!



I was hoping she would buy me some new ones so I could have lots and lots of tennis balls but I guess that isn't going to happen.

And finally, we haven't posted any doggie pictures in a while. We posed for our Christmas card picture today. We will show you some of the funnier rejects later but here is a pretty one of Roxie. Once we left, she made herself comfortable. Roxie hopes Thrawn and Pippa both like it.



Well, gotta go. Mom is going to a wedding tonight. She says she needs to get a nap in so she can party the night away. Yeah, right ...

Our Trip - Part 1

A bunch of stuff happened before we left but it was all boring stuff Mom did. Once that was over, Aunt Bec showed up with Maggie and Jake. Everybody got into the car and off we went.

When we got to the country, Mom and Aunt Bec let us out of our crates and put us in the yard so they could unload our stuff. We ran off and found ... A SECRET ESCAPE FROM THE YARD!!! Mom and Aunt Bec were busy so we slipped out and ran for the cowdogs. Aunt Bec looked up and realized some of the cowdogs were really short ... and red ... and looked like dachsies. She called to Mom and you should have seen those two old ladies move! Aunt Bec grabbed our leashes and started walking toward us and Mom went into the yard to find the secret escape. Mom said she should have taken a picture but she was so worried about us and the cowdogs, that she wanted us in the yard more than she wanted a picture. She found our secret escape and was going to close it but then she saw Andy. She called to him and the silly boy went running to Mom. So much for his freedom. Jake, Sammy and Roxie were with the cowdogs and Aunt Bec got leashes on them and we all had to come back to the yard. It was fun! We have never had that much open space to run in. But, you know, we bark at the cowdogs a lot more when there is a fence between us and them. Those things are REALLY BIG when you get up close to them.

But, as we found out later, the secret escape was closed for the rest of time we were there. You can bet we will check it the next time we are out there!



This is Sammy looking at Mom because she closed the secret escape. Sammy is very brave and he wanted to get to know the cowdogs better but Aunt Bec interfered.



This is Andy wondering why he came when Mom called. He didn't get to run free on the open plains with his ears flapping in the wind.

After that, we got dinner, ran around in the yard and then it was bedtime. Mom and Aunt Bec go to bed early when we go to the country because they know we are going to wake up at 5:30 (or 6:00, if they are really lucky) and we are going to stay awake. They figure they might as well get their sleep early and drink coffee and tea to wake up in the morning.

This is what it looks like from the front porch really early in the morning ...