You can't leave a good dog behind

Or even a not-very-good dog. Unless you have very high fences.



And this, of course, is why dogs need to be indoors, crated, tethered, or in a fully enclosed kennel run when they are unattended for any length of time. Most of our dogs can get over the pool fencing around our house without much trouble if they really want to, and if I'd been quicker with the camera I'd have some spiffy footage of a 12 week old kelpie puppy successfully scaling a 10 foot weldmesh pen.

They might be trustworthy 99% of the time, but if you really want to keep your dogs safe and out of mischief, they need to be secured.

And average fencing won't cut it. Certainly not for Muddy, if he's being left behind while we go for a walk.