"DIXIE"
"ROXIE"I have added another dog to the family. Her name is Roxie. She and Dixie get along beautifully. Too beautiful, in fact. Roxie has been here about 3 weeks and this past week they have discovered that Roxie has the ability to dig. Dig under fences. Dig under fences to where they can get out. Roxie, who is a lab mix, will just roam around and then comes home. Dixie, who is an English Setter, takes the opportunity to take off like a bat out of hell. She will run until she is exhausted. As I write this she is running. I have already been out looking for her and I found her but I couldn't catch her. I even had my hands on her and she slipped away. She mocks me. Thankfully she doesn't take to running the roads but instead runs through ditches, woods, backyards, etc. After I fix the hole that has been dug I will resume the search. The bad thing is that she won't do all this running around and then come back home. She gets close to home then someone will catch her and I will go and pick her up. She will come to anyone but me. She knows if she comes to me she'll have to go home. She hasn't been on a rampage since I broke my leg in February and now this week she has been out twice. Hmm, must have something to do with Roxie. I caught them conspiring to dig and Roxie was going at it and Dixie was standing back looking like she was giving direction. Like she was the General and Roxie was the grunt doing all the work. I had already bricked up all the spots I thought were vulnerable but it looks like I am back to the drawing board. Any suggestions on how get a lab to quit digging? I am open for any suggestions.
