Got this song stuck in my head as I made more repairs to the dog pen fence today.
I made up some new lyrics as I worked though.
I'm fixing a hole where the dog gets out
to stop my Belle from wandering
Where she will go
I'm filling the holes that ran under the fence
to keep my Belle from wandering
Where she will go
And it really doesn't matter
If she's wrong, she's right
Where she belongs she's right
Where she belongs
See the Shepherd ambling there
Who isn't in her pen
And wonder why she isn't at my door
I'm cursing at Belle in a colorful way
because that dog is wandering
There she will go
And it really doesn't matter
If she's wrong, she's right
Where she belongs she's right
Where she belongs
Silly neighbors calling me
They worry and they ask of me
Why I do not keep her in the yard
I'm taking the time to fix me a fence
just like I did yesterday
And she still goes
I'm fixing a hole where the dog gets out
to stop my Belle from wandering
Where she will go
Where she will go
I'm fixing a hole where the dog gets out
to stop my Belle from wandering
Where she will go
And of course after half an hour of work, thinking it done, I went back in the house. Five minutes later, a neighbor called to tell me that she was out again.
Five minutes.
She's a clever girl. And she knows that it's a battle of wills with you.
ReplyDeleteYou know the saying cruel to be kind,well just leave her out ignore her take Murphy out in the garden play with him ignore her,when you feed him do that in the kitchen put hers outside the door with a bowl of water put her bed under the house see how she likes that,or put her bed in a kennel in the Garden.
ReplyDeleteShe wants you to move to the edge of a national forest, far from people, where she can roam freely.
ReplyDeleteHell, I want that too.
Deletemaybe she thinks you are playing a game with her. they are smart.
ReplyDeleteI love that dog.....
ReplyDeletePerhaps there is a business opportunity you are overlooking? Consider hiring out as a dog containment evaluator. Belle for the dogs perspective, and you for structural design and overview.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone in your area specialize in dog proofing yards? Both ingress and outgress? That also look good? Seems to me that there may be some broad and narrow angles to work there as a possible income generator.
Has Belle been watching The Great Houdini?
ReplyDeleteYou need to build a "cooler".
ReplyDeleteWouldn't help. She's seen that movie.
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