It was a Sunday afternoon and we’d had a lovely walk in some woods a short drive from home. We’d almost reached the gate to leave the woods when we were surprised to hear voices. We turned the corner in the path and could see a group of people and large dogs by the gate.
As we drew closer, my male biped asked, “What’s happening?”
The Great Dane’s biped replied, “The gate is locked, it shouldn’t be locked till dusk. None of us can get a signal on our mobile phones and we’re trying to figure out what to do. Do you know another way out?”
My biped replied, “The only other gate I know of is right at the other end of the woods and opens onto the main road. It’s a loop of about six miles to get back here – there’s no footpath along the road and it would be dark by the time we got there.”
The Great Dane’s biped asked, “Do you think we can lift them over?”
My biped looked at the gate, which was high with barbed wire along the top. Then he looked at the stile which was very high and narrow with barbed wire next to it.
The stile was similar to this one but higher with more barbed wire next to it
My biped said, “I think it will be very awkward. Have you seen any gaps or joins in the mesh of the fence?”
The Great Dane’s biped said, “Yes, I found a join, but no one else was strong enough to help me with it. I think we could probably hold a gap open together. Do you think we’ll be able to persuade all the dogs through a gap?”
My other biped chipped in, “Hopefully we’ll only need to persuade one and then the others will get the idea.”
One of the other bipeds took the Great Dane’s lead so that his biped had his hands free. Then he and my biped pulled at the mesh. When they had an opening, no one wanted to try to get their dog through first.
My female biped said, “I’ll go round and get Clowie to come through the gap to me.”
She climbed over the stile and made her way to the gap. They passed my lead through to her and she called me. I stood there, uncertain what to do. I wanted to please her, but I was still quite young and the gap looked rather small. I decided to stay where I was.
My biped said, “I’m coming back, I have another idea.”
She passed my lead back through and a moment later she’d climbed back over the stile and was beside me again. She explained to the male biped and the Great Dane’s biped that she thought she could climb through the gap and then she thought I would have the confidence to follow her.
They held the gap open again. It was rather awkward for her as it was a roughly oval gap starting about eighteen inches off the ground. She put one leg through and then bent right over and wriggled through and then she had to hop a bit to be able stand up and get the other leg through. She did look funny! But, I suddenly realised that it was really easy to get through the gap after all and I had no idea why I’d been worried. I popped through to join her!
It was as easy as this!
She patted me and told me how clever I was. While she was still leaning over me, the Great Dane decided to follow me. The person holding him was taken by surprise and couldn’t hold onto his lead. The Great Dane took advantage of the fact that my biped was still leaning over, meaning her face was on a level with his, to give her a big sloppy kiss! My biped told him he was clever as well and took hold of his lead.
After that it was fairly easy to persuade the Old English Sheepdog and the Newfoundland through the gap. The two Labradors were then happy to jump through! The Great Dane’s biped and mine allowed the gap to close and pushed the mesh back into position. Then they climbed over the stile to join the rest of us to stroll along to our cars.
All the bipeds were very happy and thanked the Great Dane’s biped and mine for their help. They also told me I was very clever!
See you next Wednesday!
Pawesome escape! Wooooowoooooooooo!
Thank you! It was quite exciting!
Good job Clowie, I had to do that for Tyler once. We were stuck and he was not going to leave us to squeeze thru so I (Mom) managed to get thru knowing he would always follow me. He trusted me completely and followed thru no problem. It’s wonderful that you have that trust in your female biped:-)
It is lovely to have that complete trust. It’s a very precious thing.
My late Lexie and my Mica will also follow me anywhere, that kind of trust is so special 🙂
I hope Mica is feeling a little better.
Wow Clowie, you were so brave to go first! I know your Mummy was on the other side but still, pawesome job!
The Pigs xx
Thank you. It wasn’t nearly as tricky as it looked at first!
Well done to your hoomans for being so clever and working out a way around the issue! Sounds like you had quite the adventure and even made some new friends
Nacho, Noah, Buddy & Basil
xxxx
Yes, it was quite an adventure! All the dogs were friendly, so it was nice to meet them.
That was a rather entertaining and amusing incident Clowie,
your lead by example certainly paid of.
Ian
Yes, it’s one of those things that’s funny afterwards!
Youz sure iz clever Clowie, no way would I go through a hole, I just don’t do hole’s or hula hoops BOL xxoxxxx
Mollie and Alfie
They could probably have carried you over the stile without too much of a problem, Mollie.
The kind of leadership we’ve come to expect from you Clowie – your biped is clever to know how you’ll react to situations too!
Thank you. I think some of the other bipeds thought she was rather strange when she started wriggling through the fence!
Well done to you and mum Clowie! we have to negotiate the barbed wire fence here sometimes and you have to be quite careful! they are old and rusty and just waiting to grab you!! Bravo hugs Fozziemum Pee Ess of course it had to be a group of large doggies!!!
Thank you. Yes, barbed wire can be nasty!
A lot of the other paths in that area have stiles with no way round them, so that path is quite popular with large doggies!
I bet it is Clowie 🙂 large pups and barbed wire don’t mix!!
Clever you Clowie. LOL and sounds like a fun time was had and mum even got a slobby kiss for Mr Great Dane. Have a wonderful Wednesday.
Best wishes Molly
Thank you, Molly. I think she secretly enjoyed that kiss!
You’re a born leader, C. And your mom is, too! What a fun escape story! Mom predicts I would’ve turned to stone and been there still…..
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Thank you, Cupcake. I think you’d have been okay with it when you saw the other dogs go through and survive!
Clowie, you are indeed quite clever and quite brave. You did a fine job of leading; You should be quite proud of yourself. Take care, biped Bill
Thank you very much. My bipeds were quite proud of me.
That was the perfect plan for an escape from “Alcatraz”, well done! maybe next time you can dig a hole… I’ve heard escape tunnels are in fashion :o) Have a great wednesday! btw: I met a lot of your relatives at the show on sunday, it was a pleasure to watch them :o)
I enjoy digging, they could have used my skills in that way!
Did you get to say hello to any of them, Easy?
just my mom, the pup said hello and she got a big “pawtograph” on her pants, but it’s always amazing how big they are… and how good-natured, one was presented by a little girl, maybe 10 years old, it was to cute to watch them :o)
Yes, we do look cute with young handlers!
Good for you and your biped Clowie! Clever to figure out how to solve that problem and be the “leader of the pack” to get through a most awkward situation! BRAVO!
Hugs, Sam
Thank you, Sammy! It was a tricky situation with such large dogs.
what an adventure.. I love jumping but going under I am not sure but I am skinny I could shimmy
It was quite an adventure! I think you’d have got through the gap easily.
You sure were smart and brave, Clowie! And your bipeds were so clever to figure a way to get all of you out. Well done to all! 🙂
Thank you, it would have been very difficult to get such large dogs over the stile!
Good job! You are so clever..and brave Clowie!
Thank you, I was very pleased with myself when I got through the gap!
I know you were afraid Clowie, and we all are when we face a strange,frightening new situation! Good girl I hope you got a well deserved treat!
Thank you, I did get a treat and I was given lots of praise.
BOL! Great story! I love how you titled this too! haha! Well, I am glad you all got out safely without being pricked by some barbwire! OUCH! That would have hurt, and Clowie, oh could you imagine what it would have done to your beautiful fur?!
ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
I’m glad you enjoyed my tale. It was a tricky situation with large dogs!
I seem to leave clumps of fur on any fence I get near!
Way to go, Clowie! 🙂
Thank you!
Oh, Clowie, you are so nice and well behaved as well as smart. I’m not as nice–if that had been my biped, by the time she was a third way through, I would have jumped on her to get through before she did. It is so important for me to be first and in the middle of stuff that I sometimes trample bipeds, quadrupeds, furniture, etc. etc. but I’m learning. guess I’m a slow learner! Have a good week. Mack
I think my biped would have got in a terrible tangle if I’d given her a shove!
Have a great weekend!
We’ve definitely had to crawl through some barbed-wire fences with the Newfs in our day – with not much fur left behind, either! The dogs are usually more graceful about it than the humans. And Alma can be lifted by the Husband if need be, but Moses is a bit more awkward about it.
Yes, the obstacles on some footpaths are not very friendly for large dogs.
The male biped can lift me but he only does it if he really has to.
Humph. For some of us vertically challenged canines going under things is the only option.
They’d probably have lifted you easily enough!
Well, if you have a Labrador and a dog biscuit, you shouldn’t have any problems getting a volunteer! Way to be very brave Clowie, particularly since it sounds like NO ONE gave you a biscuit. A “good girl” is nice, but a dog cookie really says ‘job well done’. 😉
Yes, my bipeds thought a Labrador should be easily tempted, but the people with them didn’t think so!
I did get a few treats on the way back to the car, so it was worth it.
Great job! YAY!
Thank you!