The escape artist

I guess we were a bit naive to think moving a working dog of 10 years into lonely retirement over night would be easy.

Apparently, Patch loves company 24/7. Whether it's someone he knows or not :)

Yesterday he dug out under the fence to reach 'freedom'. (Which just meant exploring the neighbours front yards & getting some ice cream from an old lady).

Lucky for us, our neighbours are pretty friendly and like dogs. (Especially gentle giants who lay on their backs & want a belly rub.)

Last night we went to the shops and got Patch a silver chained collar. We bought a metal tag & quickly got it engraved with our phone numbers. He looks so 'bling' with it on :)

So after Romeo barricaded the hole in the fence, all seemed well. Patch spent a cosy night inside with us while we watched TV. (He must have been pretty tired from his adventure, cos he slept like a big heavy log... and snored louder than Romeo did!!)

Early this morning (just after Romeo left for work) i heard a loud bang from outside. I knew Patch had escaped again. i got up and walked to the front door, and there was our neighbour about to ring the doorbell. I thanked him for bringing Patch back. Once Patch was inside, he wimpered and searched the house looking for Romeo. His big brown eyes looked so disappointed when all he could find was me.

With the back gate now broken open, i figured the best place for him was with Romeo at work. I gave him a quick phone call and he came home to collect his lonely gentle giant.

i just hope he stays clean & doesn't get any more ticks from the other dogs at work.