I stayed up late last night and this morning, in a sleep-induced stupor, I put Samish out in the fenced backyard without a leash on. It actually went pretty well and after running around awhile he came back up on the deck and went inside. But it was also pretty cold out so that may have been the reason. I decided to try it later in the morning.
Big Mistake. With the warming day, Samish was feeling like he wanted to explore. He really, really wants to wander. Sweetest little dog ever and plenty connected to people, but put him outside and he seems to channel some epic explorer. His hearing shuts off and it's just him and the perimeter of the yard, looking for a weak spot. To catch him it took a good 20 minutes of following him around, crawling around shrubs and through cobwebs and a minefield of turds in a part of the flower beds that I am obviously missing when I scoop.
The photos below document his tour of knotholes in the fence. At one point he decided he wanted to go in and I breathed a sigh of relief, only to have him tear off the deck for one last look through the fence.
He is definitely going to need a family who is okay with close supervision of their furry family member.
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| Checking to see how sturdy the gate is |
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| Looking through a knothole to check out the neighbor's yard |
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| "Maybe there's a hole in the fence back behind here." |
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| Psyching me out that he's ready to go inside |
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| Nope, he had another knothole to check out |
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