Why NOT to get an English Pointer...

Many of you have heard some of the crazy stories about our dog, Raider. I think we could have our own “Marley & Me” if we just put all of those stories on paper and here is just one example. I went outside to feed and water our dogs this morning before I took the kids to swimming lessons and all was well. A few minutes later I heard a lot of yelping (not necessarily anything out of the ordinary), but this kept on so I went to investigate. I found our other dog, Daisy, sort of nervously wandering around, but Raider was nowhere to be found. I was then aggravated because this dog should have been named Hoodini. He has gotten out of our yard despite our 6 foot fence, a regular electric fence, an electric fence that was strung on posts 36 in away from the actual fence at 18 in from the ground and at 4 ft from the ground, and now has managed to get out of an invisible fence (which is basically an electric fence, but he’s got a shock collar that shocks him if he gets within a certain distance of the wire). So, I started to go to the front yard and search the block for my runaway when I heard the yelping again and it was in the yard. I did a quick survey, but didn’t see him so I let Daisy show me where he was. At this point I was thinking maybe he got out, got hit by a car or something and barely made it back in the yard. Luckily he wasn’t hurt, but I went to the side of the house to find him barely balancing on top of the 6 ft fence like a bird. He looked ridiculous so I took pictures! He was yelping because he had managed to get out and when he tried to get back in, he started to jump the fence, but was getting shocked by the collar so he only made it half way. This is a good reason NOT to get an English Pointer!

Have a good week!