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On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:11:56 -0500, madgardener
wrote:

just ended my day badly, and started my day off worse
when I discovered the other destruction she'd done yesterday I didn't
find. and no, I didn't punish her today. that's stupid. I yelled at
oldest son for not noticing her outside. I also put my foot down and
told everyone in the house that this dog is not to be let out unless
someone is supervising. No more letting her and Rose out to do their
business and have freedoms. I'm not willing to pen this dog up
because I live in the country and don't believe in it unless you live
around other people and animals. I live isolated to a large degree and
she's not distroyed Miss Mary's gardens or yard. Just mine. Not the
woods (where she could dig to Australia if she desired and I'd not
care) or the pastures next door where there are acres to dig, no MY
gardens I've worked at for the last eight years.

Oh, then you're human? :-) Subject to frustration and fatigue?
Occasionally go all purple and regret it in a few minutes? Truly, Mad,
if you can get a copy of one of McConnell's books and persuade your
co-habitees to help, you might be able to prevent the damage. Since
digging is such a common problem, I'm *sure* she has some material on
it. Am *still* trying to persuade my sister (with a lively home-alone
Airedale) to check out the books, which I discovered her library
*does* have. Sister mentioned the dog's chewing on interior drywall,
f'r heaven's sake, and lo, something similar showed up as a question
(with a solution) on the radio program.

Dig to Australia? I always thought if we dug deep enough, we'd get to
China. I think I dug a few holes myself, as a kid, toward that goal.