DOGS... Oh My God!!!

Rusty is our 10 1/2 year old dog/son and the only trouble ive had with him is that he pulls the towels of the line and he's not too friendly towards other dogs. He is otherwise a fantastic dog, he'll cuddle up to you, he'll come to you when you call him, he'll sit when you tell him too, i just love him to bits BUT........ Keith and i have been trying to make him sleep outside more now because half the time its cooler outside than it is inside (although Rusty doesnt see it like that)

So this morning Keith went to let Rusty inside once he got up and he wasnt at the back door... Keith thought he'd sneak upto him around the corner and softly say 'Rusty' and Rusty would be all excited and come running inside to see me in bed..... that is how it was suposed to go. But Rusty wasnt around the corner either, so keith crept to the other side of the house, peaked around that corner to find that Rusty wasnt there either!!!! So the loader 'Rusty' comes out of Keith and still... nothing!!! I was panicing thinking that there was no way that he could have gotten out so he must have been passed out somewhere in the backyard or even worse... After searching EVERYWHERE Keith went out the front and who was sniffing the plants 2 doors down... bloody Rusty. Lord only knows how long he was out there for but he came straight to Keith.

So we stayed out the back with him for a minute and he kindly showed us where he had DUG a hole into the neighbours backyard (they dont have a fence between their house and the side fence yet) So after the initial shock that he had been digging we put bricks down so it wouldnt happen again. (obviously we are still working on getting the backyard done)

So Keith leaves for work and i hop into the shower and when i came out i thought... ill just check to make sure he is there... BUT HE WASNT!!!! so out the front i go and there he is... down the end of the street... I CANT BELIEVE IT!!! So i go out the back to find that he likes this digging thing so he's dug a hole next to the bricks that Keith had just layed down.... little bugger.

So today, on this day that is expected to be 39 degrees Rusty is locked up in the laundry for the day... But Rusty isnt too concerned because he'd taken himself for 2 walks this morning so he's happy.