What a shit time of it.
I was fortunate enough to visit the Alps again at the beginning of March. It is my holiday of choice. Going somewhere hot to drink, lay on a beach, drink some more an over eat is not my idea of a great time. Hurtling down a mountain on a plank of wood is.
Some interesting conditions across the Alps this year. Our trip was fun however, even the transfer. We were in Alpe dâHuez which has a famous Tour de France climb up to the resort. Fascinating and great seeing it first hand.
Been thinking about the need for a new fence in our back garden. Yep, confirmed, need to do it!
We have a Jack Russell terrier, along with a Labradoodle and a Bernedoodle. The doodles are bigger, friendly, laid back and arenât bothered about anything. The Jack Russell is about 8-9 months old and is starting to notice rabbits, and she tries to catch them. She will get one soon, Iâm sure.
Anyway, the little bugger made a hole in the wooden fence (itâs not in great condition) and has been outside four times today. Once she did it once, she did it again and again. I will need to patch it but now that she has learned what to do I think we need a new fence, a metal one.
Itâs almost 11pm and I just let her out for a wee, before going to bed, and she saw a rabbit, chased it right through the hole in the fence, and sprinted off after it into the night. I got a torch and called her and she came back. There are coyotes in the area and it wonât end well if she spends much time on the other side of the fence.
We now have an extendable lead by the back door. This will be the new system, and hopefully we will get a metal fence installed soon. Mrs ROTW has been looking tonight. There is something called a puppy fence, where the metal bars on the lower part are closer together, so puppies, or small dogs like Jack Russell terriers, canât wiggle through. Thatâs the idea anyway. We will probably spend thousands and she will find a way to tunnel under, or something.
I love the breed. Had one growing up and they are so intelligent, but also crazy, feisty, adventurous, and all the things that make you either love them or hate them.
When digging the holes for the posts of the fence. Also dig a channel 1 feet wide by 1 feet deep between each post. Pour contrete for posts and into channel between posts. Then lay fence. Would stop dog digging under fence due to contrete. Also would stop rabbits getting into garden.
Theyâre awesome dogs but being terriers they tend to go full terrier, if you get my meaning.
That fence will need to be partially buried if possible. The little bugger, being a terrier thatâs designed to go down fox holes, will quickly figure out that some tactical excavation could be the route to some rabbit goodness.
just flipping through the TV channels in the background, and the world curling championships are playing between CAN and USA in Schaffhausen, CH. reached out to my cousin in Frauenfeld who is now enroute to go watch in person.