Hank or Houdini?

As you may know, Hank didn't care for his baby gate much. We brough Hank home on Tuesday, and Wednesday I left him for about 2 hours behind the baby gate. Mind you, I didn't set it up correctly, so he pushed it down, and ran all over the house. He didn't pee on anything, OR break anything, but the pillows from the couch & chairs were on the floor and there was dog hair everywhere.

On Thursday, I secured the gate, and went to work. Jeremiah came home 4 hours later to work from home. The gate was still in tact, BUT Hank had jumped OVER it! At this point, we were getting pretty frustated. Jeremiah had Friday off and the boys hung out.

On Saturday, I went to a pet store and got him some "puppy downers" or a natural anti-anxiety medication. When I left the house, I left him behind the baby gate and put a blanket over it, thinking if he can't see what's on the other side, he won't jump over it! Correct, he won't jump over it. JEremiah got home 10 minutes later! and Hank had broken the gate into 3 pieces!

So, we bought a crate. We tried it out for about a half hour yesterday and went to the grocery store. He was barking when we got back, but still in his crate. SUCCESS!

Today, we left him for about 3 hours to go to a Young Life fundraiser. We got home, and looked in the window to see what state Hank was in, and if the drugs had helped. We didn't hear him barking which was good, but we didn't see him in the crate either! I looked, thinking maybe the blond of his hair and the cream of the bed were blended together. NOPE! Hank was gone! Jeremiah could see that he was sitting on his red chair looking out the window. We opened up the door and he came bounding towards us, so glad his people had returned. We looked at the crate...we had missed a latch at the bottom, and he figured it out, and pushed his way out, and bent the crate at the same time. SO, tomorrow...Jeremiah will zip tie the crate's extra doors, and I"ll make sure that the door is properly locked. We've also moved him to the garage for the time being. What is a puppy parent to do!?!?!?

Only 2 more weeks till he's fully vaccinated and can go to doggy daycare! Hooray!