Lance Strikes Again
Posted on May 16, 2009
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I have a room in my basement, about 10′x10′ what has my well pump and a few shelves in it. I have it set up with pet beds, food, water, a rug, etc so the dogs have somewhere safe and warm to be on cold days while I’m at work. I have a cinder block I use to secure the door shut from the outside.
I came home from work the other day to be greeted by Lance. Just Lance. Now I’m thinking, okay, he’s strong maybe he managed to push the door open. But any gap he could get out of, Emme could easily fit through. What’s going on here? I look around the house for Emme to see if she’s sleeping or something and didn’t greet me. No Emme. So I proceed to the basement.
About halfway down the stairs, I notice some boards I had stood up against a wall were on the floor. Odd. I get a few more steps down and see why.
There’s now a hole, about 4′ off the ground and 8″x12″ big, straight through the drywall. I go around to the door and inside there’s Emme, just as angelic as can be, awaiting my arrival. Below the hole there is a 30 gallon tote that Lance apparently stood as he dug a hole as high as he could reach. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38442320@N02/3536424448/) Emme couldn’t jump high enough to get out. Upon moving the tote I find the mess of shredded paper backing and drywall powder that was my wall when I left for work that morning. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/38442320@N02/3535609301/)
I can’t punish the dog, He’ll think he’s in trouble because he greeted me at the door. I have a home appraisal in about 3 days and no way to cover this hole. What kind of a dog digs through a wall, really? Thanks Lance. You have once again proved yourself to be the stupidest dog ever.
I fixed the link so that the photo shows up.
Clayton
You could always give him to me. I don’t lock my dogs in small flimsy rooms for the entire day.
Mark did this with Radar years ago, and Radar destroyed everything in the room too.
Now Kate, let’s not get into a public debate about what the other person lets their dogs do. It would get very ugly.
Thank you for fixing the link, Dad.
What I let the dogs do and what Mark let’s the dogs do are two completely different things.