King and Molly are 8 and a half years old now, and doing quite well. The next door neighbor's have three mixed breed dogs, two females he is friendly with, and a male he isn't too friendly with, Jake. Jake is very jealous when any male dog approaches his two "girls", and he has gone after King several times. Not real fights, just a lot of snarling and "punches" from King. Jake backs down pretty quickly, as King is a little bigger, and has a lot more "gumption" than he does.
About a month ago, King found a spot along the fence between our houses where he could just climb over. This was fixed pretty quickly, but he now after all this time, figured out the fence wasn't as tall as he thought (It's 5 feet), or he could jump a lot higher than he thought. Now he just jumps over, no running start, no contact with the fence at all.
After a few trips over, the Jake problem went away, as they settled their squabbles, and Jake is now #2 under King. He's not happy with the arrangement, but he controls himself and limits his protests to an occasional dirty look. He will not confront King at all, he won't look at him directly. The two females get along great with King, who loves the attention he gets from them, and the eight people who live next door.
A few days ago, I took them out in the back yard, figuring King wouldn't jump the fence with me there. Wrong! After a few minutes, he flies over it, and runs to the doggie door, goes into the neighbor's porch, and into their house! Oh, by the way, it's 6AM! I hear their dogs start barking, and run and grab a leash and go next door to get him. When I get to the front door, their dogs are barking, and then I hear the dogs go up the stairs, since the staircase is right by the front door of their house. Silence.
I ring the doorbell, and nothing. I ring it again, and nothing. Not a peep. I ring it again, and I hear their dogs start barking and come downstairs. I ring the doorbell a couple more times and finally, I hear someone, the guy who lives there, coming down the steps. He opens the door, and he's laughing, he says, "King's in bed with my wife, she's necking with him!" They were already awake, so it wasn't a big deal. I talked with him a while, and finally, here comes King downstairs with the wife. She's smiling away, and says, "I had no idea King was such a smootcher!". She said he wanted to sleep and she just laid there and held him and hugged him, and after her hubby left, he did fall asleep for a few minutes.
I found out that King had come into their house several times before, once before I even knew about him coming over the fence at all. One time, he climbed up on the couch with their granddaughter, and slept with her for quite a while before I realized he was gone. I called for him out the back door and he heard me. I can't see the fence from the back door. When he heard me call, he came back over the fence and then went back into the house without me having a clue.
So far, King hasn't tried to go over the fence in the other 3 possible directions. The neighbors and I will be splitting the cost of lattice to raise the fence up to 8 feet at points there aren't trees blocking his way over to their side.
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About a month ago, King found a spot along the fence between our houses where he could just climb over. This was fixed pretty quickly, but he now after all this time, figured out the fence wasn't as tall as he thought (It's 5 feet), or he could jump a lot higher than he thought. Now he just jumps over, no running start, no contact with the fence at all.
After a few trips over, the Jake problem went away, as they settled their squabbles, and Jake is now #2 under King. He's not happy with the arrangement, but he controls himself and limits his protests to an occasional dirty look. He will not confront King at all, he won't look at him directly. The two females get along great with King, who loves the attention he gets from them, and the eight people who live next door.
A few days ago, I took them out in the back yard, figuring King wouldn't jump the fence with me there. Wrong! After a few minutes, he flies over it, and runs to the doggie door, goes into the neighbor's porch, and into their house! Oh, by the way, it's 6AM! I hear their dogs start barking, and run and grab a leash and go next door to get him. When I get to the front door, their dogs are barking, and then I hear the dogs go up the stairs, since the staircase is right by the front door of their house. Silence.
I ring the doorbell, and nothing. I ring it again, and nothing. Not a peep. I ring it again, and I hear their dogs start barking and come downstairs. I ring the doorbell a couple more times and finally, I hear someone, the guy who lives there, coming down the steps. He opens the door, and he's laughing, he says, "King's in bed with my wife, she's necking with him!" They were already awake, so it wasn't a big deal. I talked with him a while, and finally, here comes King downstairs with the wife. She's smiling away, and says, "I had no idea King was such a smootcher!". She said he wanted to sleep and she just laid there and held him and hugged him, and after her hubby left, he did fall asleep for a few minutes.
I found out that King had come into their house several times before, once before I even knew about him coming over the fence at all. One time, he climbed up on the couch with their granddaughter, and slept with her for quite a while before I realized he was gone. I called for him out the back door and he heard me. I can't see the fence from the back door. When he heard me call, he came back over the fence and then went back into the house without me having a clue.
So far, King hasn't tried to go over the fence in the other 3 possible directions. The neighbors and I will be splitting the cost of lattice to raise the fence up to 8 feet at points there aren't trees blocking his way over to their side.
