Ali has a habit of ” Rescuing ” strays, and Lolly is one such Staffy..big boof of a dog, that is fine around pretty well everybody, but hates other dogs with an absolute passion, so when some hapless dude walked his dog past the side boundary she lost her shit, and a hefty dog hurling itself at a colourbond fence .. something had to give, she was able to get out under the bottom. Got a kicking from the other dogs owner, and was recaptured by Arik, who returned her to the back yard, a little the worse for wear from her encounter with the fence, iut went unseen at the time but she has cut herself on the sharp edge of the fence panel, and so this morning 2 things happened.. firstly she is off to the vet for a shot and a once over, and second Ali and I have been reconstructing the fence to make it more dog proof.
I think this underscores the reason that small dogs are a better deal , a jack russell or a terrier isn’t ever going to kick down a fence.. a boof headed staffy is a different thing.
Anyway it gave me a bonding time with my handy person daughter, as we worked to pop rivet the fence back into order.. follow that with a nice hot cuppa and it has been the highlight of my week.