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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Dog Breaks out of Kennel Cage Helps Buddies, And Helps Self to Food!
2004-10-04
HAT TIP DRUDGE...

A dog outsmarted staff at Battersea Dogs' Home by breaking out of his kennel on a nightly basis to raid the kitchen. The lurcher, called Red, unbolted his door before releasing his favourite canine companions. Mystified staff at the animal shelter arrived in the morning to discover the dogs running amok through the centre. The reason for the breakouts only came to light after video surveillance was installed.
"Tonight on Fox - When Good Dogs Run Amok!"
Shown on GMTV today, the footage reveals Red escaping and then pushing back the bolts on the other dogs' kennels to free them too.
Becky Blackmore, from Battersea Dogs' Home, said: "We had come in to chaos in the morning. It happened probably about a dozen times. We would come in to lots of dogs out on their block." Red arrived at Battersea in June in an emaciated state which, staff believe, is the reason for his urge to seek out food. His kennel has now been made more secure.
More About Red
Posted by:BigEd

#19  Fred,

Can we get a dog? Huh? Can we, can we ! ?
Posted by: cingold   2004-10-04 9:58:32 PM  

#18  Rusty lives!
Posted by: half   2004-10-04 8:02:16 PM  

#17  
The other pix of Red from the website

Fred... If we can make Red the official
"Dauggey" you will probably have to save these two pix's in your image file. Someone will adopt this fellow quick, so the page will go away...
Posted by: BigEd   2004-10-04 6:10:38 PM  

#16  #10 ex-lib - I vote YES too! Great idea.

Fred, can we, huh? Pleasepleaseplease? :-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-10-04 6:00:08 PM  

#15  muck! - YOU RASCAL!
Posted by: BigEd   2004-10-04 5:11:01 PM  

#14  speking of dog breakin out.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-10-04 4:45:39 PM  

#13  "was working" ???? sorry, bad grammar day ...
Posted by: rkb   2004-10-04 4:45:25 PM  

#12  The first Champion English Cocker I bred could open spring-loaded latches from inside his run, with his teeth and paws.

He also figured out how to push a chair up to the fridge, jump up, and dispense ice cubes for himself and the other dogs.

He was known to sit quietly while my husband or I was working on our PCs and then push the CD eject button with his nose, just to see the tray pop out. Once when he really wanted attention he hit the power button instead -- and my husband had not saved his intricate spreadsheet model for an hour or so ....

He also pushed the ON button on our stereo, until I cued up some Stravinsky and cranked the volume knob way up.

I miss that boy ....
Posted by: rkb   2004-10-04 4:44:52 PM  

#11  ex-lib = I like it!
Posted by: 2b   2004-10-04 4:38:53 PM  

#10  Red -- should be the Official Dog mascot of Rantburg.com--Thinks for himself, and leads others toward freedom. : )
Posted by: ex-lib   2004-10-04 4:34:48 PM  

#9  had a wolf hybrid who could bring beers from the fridge.
Posted by: 2b   2004-10-04 4:34:44 PM  

#8  Had a Chihuaha once that would climb the fence,
Posted by: Raptor   2004-10-04 4:21:31 PM  

#7  Yup. My Mother-in-law's poodle, "BOB"...

You had to spell a lot of words in front of him...

He understood alot...
Posted by: BigEd   2004-10-04 3:44:21 PM  

#6  Honestly, I once had a dog that could open doors by turning the knob. She even had two ways of doing it -- I caught her standing on two legs with her forelegs on the knob, and once when staying at my sister's place, she wanted to get outside so badly she left tooth marks on the door knob.

I posted her picture here a couple of days ago. She was one hell of a dog.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-10-04 3:37:41 PM  

#5  If he only had opposable thumbs...
Posted by: Frank G   2004-10-04 3:14:10 PM  

#4  I expect they put a combination lock on it. You know, just to give Red a sporting chance.

He'll be out in no time, anyway. And a lot of his mates, too, I shouldn't wonder. Just in time for Christmas...
Posted by: Bulldog   2004-10-04 3:00:41 PM  

#3  His kennel has now been made more secure.

A latch has been added to the door.
Posted by: Robert Crawford   2004-10-04 2:13:42 PM  

#2  "Pssst.. We're goin' over the wall at midnight. Pass it on..."
Posted by: mojo   2004-10-04 1:26:01 PM  

#1  Red arrived at Battersea in June in an emaciated state which, staff believe, is the reason for his urge to seek out food.

Yeah, tough to see how Red outsmarted these folks...
Posted by: tu3031   2004-10-04 1:11:10 PM  

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