Home is where the treats are...

Sunday afternoon my husband had brushed Bailey out, then was sitting watching TV with Bailey and his oldest son in the family room. Bailey wandered away for a while, then came back later (not sure how long the elapsed time was). At some point Tim reached over to pet Bailey and noticed that his face was covered with leaves. We don't have any houseplants, and Bailey had just been groomed, so....? Tim and Ian wandered around the house to discover that the front door was open! Our front door doesn't latch well so you really have to close it and lock it, which the last person in the door hadn't done. (Not me - my bad habit is to always lock all the doors, even with people on the outside :wink: ) So Bailey had wandered to the front door, pushed it wide open, gone out to the front yard, munched on some plants... and then come back in to hang out with his dad. I guess to him the front yard is just like the back yard, and he doesn't really care that there isn't a fence out there as long as his people and his treats are in here.

Once we were done laughing, we were scared to death of course at the thought of what could have happened. We're just super lucky that nothing caught his eye while he was out there, like a kid on a bike or another dog. Bailey got plenty of hugs for being a smart boy! At least it drilled home the idea of closing and locking the front door.
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Whew!! :D Thank goodness he didn't wander off!! :D It's nice to know home is where is heart is!! :D
Oh Sue!!!! Wow! Bailey gets an extra treat for being such a smart boy!
That was very funny, and I'm glad Bailey came back in!! We have the same problem with our front door, it has to be deadbolted or it will open by itself!! I have locked myself out a few times, and one time I locked our whole family out!! :roll:

Sharon
What a riot! Big hugs to Bailey for being SUCH a good boy!

Our front door does the same thing. We had some landscaping done last fall that included putting in a paving block walkway. The landscaper was tamping down the stone base and the vibration caused our front door to open. There laid Drezzie, just watching the landscaper and not budging an inch! He just went up and shut the door and she never barked or anything. This was one instance where I was almost glad she's gimpy!

Chris
so glad he came home einy does too

one day he got out the front gate and walked round the house to bark at the other door. well we went to let him in only to find the gate open panic set in and when we ran out the other door there he was waitting to come in


thank god they love us so much
Good (bad) boy Bailey! He's just trying to keep you guys on your toes!
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