Our new dog, Coby, is giving me fits.  Sure, he’s gentle, friendly, and a well-behaved model citizen most of the time, but…

The other day we were off to Sam’s soccer game and decided to leave Coby in his kennel while we were gone.  Previous times we left him home, roaming the house freely; we came home to find that he’d busted out the screen of an open window, into the front yard! Another time he had escaped through a different window into the yard.  Still another time, we found another busted screen.  No escape that time, but an attempt that left another screen trashed and the blinds too.  No way could we leave him out while we were out. (Brilliant, right?  Only took us three times to figure it out!)

So, we put him in his kennel. (I can hear the guy from “Cool Hand Luke” saying, “Any one caught trying to escape spends the night in the box.”) He’s in there with some of his favorite things–a couple of chewy thingies, a snack, and his blanket.  Seemed okay, except for the sad doggie eyes.  Well, when we returned from the soccer game, we were all stunned and amazed to see that Coby had escaped from the kennel! Didn’t try to get out of the house this time, but he escaped from the locked cage! He busted out the side.  Latches still latched! Incredible!  Came to the door as nonchalant as you please, happy to see us.  Ta Daaaa! 

Today I’m anxious.  We got a new kennel. Different make and model.  What will he do for an encore?  If he escapes this time, one of us will be wearing a straitjacket tomorrow!

“A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.” — Ogden Nash

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