Dammit! We Have a Hoodlum On Our Hands...
I finally enticed Maggie in with some tasty and expensive cold cuts (Black Forest ham). Food is the only way I have found that works reliably. Maggie can think with her stomach sometimes. I let her smell it first and then she quickly followed me inside through the front door. The door slammed shut behind her as I sighed in incredible relief. If I were a cat, I would have just lost one of my nine lives.
What did Maggie want once I got her inside? Yes, it was more food. I put the rest of that ham on a paper plate and sat it down on the floor in the laundry room by her usual food dish. She ate her regular dog food as well.
I can't make the call myself because of my phone phobias, but I am getting dad to call city utilities tomorrow or Monday about what happened. This is the second time they left the fence open.
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I used to have this problem. Often, it was the mailman who would leave the gate unlatched.
I put a sign on my front door: "If you opened the gate and came into my yard, make sure you latch it again on your way out. " End of problem for me.
Of course, I put my sign (typed on my computer and printed on an 8 1/2 x 11" paper) on the inside of the window in my door. It can be seen, but not damaged by the weather.
But, people who know how to open a gate when they come in and don't re-close it on their way back out should be shot! Of course, I am kidding, but I find that to be such ignorant behavior!
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