Recreation Yard is Closed

I worked setting fence posts and running wire a couple of years ago so Lily would have somewhere to run. She can't be turned loose because her nose takes over and she just runs away. When we added Rose to the mix we knew we had a new challenge. Lily wants to go out and spends her time digging and barking. Rose goes out and runs the perimeter of the recreation yard looking for any weak spot she can exploit to escape. She digs along the fence and under the deck. I was spending time trying to fix the areas she was working on but eventually her persistence paid off and she escaped. Rose is not as difficult to catch as Lily but still a challenge. The good news for me is that her escape was before the foliage was out on the trees and bushes in the woods. I could at least see her. The bad news for me was that the thorns do not fall off the bushes. Say what you want about blue jeans but they are not the quality the were in the past. The material is lighter and the thorns go right through them now. As for Lily, the pictures below feature some of her digging skills and barking.

This is one of the times she decided to follow a mole trail across the yard, The good news is the digging is shallow.

She took a short break to do some barking. Coon hounds are known for their distinctive bark. It is said that hunters who use them can tell their dogs apart at a distance by their bark. I must admit Lily's full volume coon hound bark is impressive.

I include the two pictures above to give you an idea of what a stubborn dog can accomplish. While it may be a bit hard to see the hole Lily excavated here is 24 inches deep where the ground is level. The only reason it is not deeper is that I made her go in the house. She was not happy about being run out of her project and gave me a serious cursing in the form of barks.

Recreation will now be limited to walks with me and occasional outings to the dog park. We have to do those when other dogs are not at the park. Lily does not enjoy the company of other dogs with the exception of Rose.