Oh Giranah. Dog, you sure have timing.

oooh. dog is close to being orphaned.

If you've followed our adventures w Mz.chew-it-all, you know the solution we found was- OUTSIDE.
when no one is home, she goes OUT.

In TN, she had plenty of sticks and toys to crunch on while tied out.

Here in CO, she has a fenced in yard to run around in, she can chase the bunnies that are dumb enough to sneak under the fence (yet fast enough to get out on the other side) and of course, her toys. She also has neighbor dogs to bark at and run along the fenceline with.

So, when I walk the kids to the school bus in the morning, she goes in the yard.
Most days I'll walk her with us.

Yesterday, I did not.

I did not PLAN to anyway.

Why? well, because in anticipation of my dental surgery, I was prescribed valium, to stop the panic attacks Ikept having on tuesday. So I woke up a bit dopey and out of 'norms'.

Now, as we go to the bus stop, we have to walk past the front of the house, which includes a portion of the fenced yard, where Lyla can see us, and jump on the fence and whine and howl her dislike at being left home .

We knew this day would come.

On wednesday, when I planned NOT to take her bc I felt drunk, as we walked by the yard, she jumped it. she jumped the fence. its easily an almost 5 ft fence.

Problem : she jumped it the wrong way, into the neighbors yard, where the two dogs who live there want to eat her. Thank heavens those two were not IN thier yard at this time.

So I tell the kids to go on to the bus so I can get superbunny out of this guys yard.
Which was easy enough. amazingly she actually came to me the first time I called her. With no leash, now the mission is to catch up to the kids.

dog wants to drag me, which is why I planned NOT to take her!

Somehow I made it back to the house after seeing the bus off, and dog went to bed. and stayed there.

Now the catch with this particular dog, is now she's learned a new 'trick'.
she can scale the fence.
which means : she'll jump it to get to us, she'll jump it to get to the rabbits and prarie dogs, and anything else that moves.

This is not good, especially considering I have to leave her for the next 4 1/2 hours to get my teeth pulled.

So I find the old tether line, and attach her to the bottom of the porch stairs. Moved her water bowl and toys. cool. nice n cozy.

When I get home, I discover the dog has EATEN her way up the stairs. she has managed to mark and chew on almost every damn banister slat on the way up. splintered bits of wood are everywhere.

YOU ARE A DEAD DOG WALKING.

(keep in mind this is NOT our house, we are staying with a friend, who does indeed own a VERY nice house, a many many dolla house. )

As long as we were home, dog didn't jump the fence again.

A pal stayed the night to help me out with the kids n chores while I was recovering.
so, today, thursday, we planned to drive the kids to the bus on the way out to my checkup appointment.

obviously tying her to the porch is NOT a repeat option. so MAYBE, becasue we aren't walking, she won't do her new trick again.

As we load the kids into the car, The dog is now barking and whining from the neighbors yard.

I am NOT pleased.

Pal takes kids to bus, while I round up my hopping-giraffe-pirana-dog.

What the hell to do with her NOW?

I tied her up in the basement. I hated it. I took her bed, a bucket of water and her toy, and tied her to one of the supports ( God help me she can't possibly chew thru it !)

When I returned she was there. she had not chewed anything, but had herself wrapped around the pole so many times she could barely move. knucklehead.

So now we're back to, we have to repair the porch she ate, can't leave her inside, can't leave her outside, tying her in the basement is somewhat cruel, and totally defeats the purpose of having a big dog to 'protect' the house.

I'm at the point I want to shishkabob her.