Fixing up Day

Nothing stops me from SMILING; not a pair of ear muffs, and definitely not a broken tooth !! I'm a "live in the moment" kinda gal, I try to soak up everything in life and enjoy every moment of life!!

Today, mom and our next door neighbour, Malcolm (who is an excellent architect), decided to fix up the fence that I broke through the other night and add some reinforcement on other parts of the fence. It's a great idea because, well, I'm a "terrier" who is built like a "tank", and I'm a "determined" being. So when you put "terrier + tank + determination = lots of broken fences "


We added plywood boards along the bottom of this cedar wood strip fence so that I can't pull those cedar strips off as if they were tooth picks. I am usually able to control my actions, but if I see a darn raccoon or some other critters on the other side of that fence....I tend to lose self control.............

There was a lot of sawing involved today, and since I saw both mom and Malcolm had ear muffs on to protect their ears from the piercing noise, I brought up my concerns with mom. I mean, hoomans have "sub-standard" hearings as compared to us canines. So for them to feel the need to wear ear muffs, doesn't that mean I need to wear at least ten pairs of ear muffs??

This is my negotiating face with mom....

Mom gave it a long thought, and decided it would not be a good idea to argue with a terrier who had just broken through a sturdy, cedar fence. So off she went to look for the ear muffs. I was a little disappointed when she only came back with one pair since I requested ten! However, being the reasonable, cool headed girl that I am, I decided to let it go this time.

How do I look??

Well remember this sight??

It is now all fixed up, ready for more abuse!!

Mom and Malcolm also finished my ramp with the gate and all!! You see, I have had a bad elbow ever since I was 18 months old. So mom tries to come up with ways to minimize impacts to my arthritic elbow, and this is just one of them. The theory behind this project is that, since I love to fly off my patio stairs (sometimes missing all the steps) to get after squirrels and etc, it would be ideal if the stairs were blocked off, and I have a gradual sloping ramp to run off of.

This is the view of the ramp from the patio

This is a gate that we put in to block off access to the stairs. It can, however, be swung open for those hooo-mans to walk up and down.

Lastly, Malcolm cut up a gate through the fence so that I can run from my yard into his yard to play and dig!! (Ok, that was a joke, Malcolm's wife, Rebekah does a lot of gardening, so doesn't matter how much I'd love to dig up her garden, I have to get control of my itchy toes!!) The main purpose of the gate is to make it more convenient for the hoo-mans to get to one another's house!!

Malcolm working on the gate:

I am so happy my yard is all fixed up now! See, I'm SMILING again!!

My safe haven!! (for now.....)

PS. mom and I would like to THANK all of you who suggested ways to keep the pesky raccoons away. We will be trying a few things in the near future. BTW, Butchy & Snickers, mom says she likes your mom's way the best considering what I had been through. Unfortunately, she doesn't think it is legal over here .... hehehe!!