Let me preface this with Friday night our older son had an accident on the playground and had to go for stitches so I was all ready on mommy guilt alert. Now that the Oregon weather is on a warm roll. We have been letting our Russian Frankie out in her temporary pen that we built with remaining raised bed materials while out working in the yard. She got out yesterday and before we noticed 
had gone out the front, across the street (gulp) and into the yard of our good neighbor in the cul-de-sac across from us. Thank goodness we live in a very low traffic block. We looked all over but had no idea how far she got and so did not find her despite a search that continued after putting kids to bed. We had combed our quarter acre and put up signs and warned all they neighbors before it was warm enough this AM for Frankie to come out and sun. The neighbors were on guard when they saw the strange moving "rock" in their front yard. We would have never guessed how far she went. We are so thankful, so guilty and now so vigilant. She is an amazing climber, pretty smart and she is a wanderer who can cover major ground. The final outside pen will have high walls for our escape artist.
had gone out the front, across the street (gulp) and into the yard of our good neighbor in the cul-de-sac across from us. Thank goodness we live in a very low traffic block. We looked all over but had no idea how far she got and so did not find her despite a search that continued after putting kids to bed. We had combed our quarter acre and put up signs and warned all they neighbors before it was warm enough this AM for Frankie to come out and sun. The neighbors were on guard when they saw the strange moving "rock" in their front yard. We would have never guessed how far she went. We are so thankful, so guilty and now so vigilant. She is an amazing climber, pretty smart and she is a wanderer who can cover major ground. The final outside pen will have high walls for our escape artist.
