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<DIV>I would let Gus post, but he's not telling me the truth about his 'venchur,
so I can't put him on the computer. We had a real scare yesterday.
Gus is still a buppy and smaller than Sirius. He got spooked by the
fireworks (actually, ONE firework) and escaped from the fenced yard by getting
under the gate. We keep logs there, but he was so scared he managed to
move them and scrunch around them. After searching for an hour, we got a
call from the precinct (which we had called to report that he was
missing)...some wonderful person found him, the equally wonderful cops brought
him to the station, and we picked him up there after one of the worst hours of
our lives. Happy ending! Our thanks to the anonymous person who
found him and didn't leave their name or address with the police and to Long
Island's finest for their efforts!! Thanks also to Suzanne for her help in
guiding us during the search process. </DIV>
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<DIV>So, any suggestions? The fence is new and a good one, but the land itself
is not perfectly even, so some areas have a bit of air underneath. The
worst spot, probably the only one a basset of 13 months could wiggle through, is
the gate itself, so it can't be fully closed off. What could we put there?
Would an electronic fence/collar thing work for that purpose, as an adjunct to
the fence itself? Has anyone had and solved this problem? The little guy
was fine until the fireworks, but now that he knows it's there, I would not
trust him to stay away from the escape route if, say, a varmint came
along. </DIV>
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<DIV>Other than that, Gus is a little smoosh, a real velcro dog. Different
from Sirius who wants attention when he wants it, but also spends time on his
doggie bed doing his own thing. Gus is one of those dogs who won't let me
go to the bathroom without company. </DIV>
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<DIV>Drool for Conley being sent from this end--hope his eye thing turns out to
be nothing. </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>