The Great Escape...

Well.. adventures in the night! I woke up at 1:30am to a "mouse" in the house... a little squeak, I listened.. silence, then another little squeak. It occurred to me that the pups had escaped from their room, so I switched on the light and got out of bed... had a good look around.. NOTHING. All the dogs were lying in their spots in my room, and nothing was out of place. I decided to take a little walk up the passage to check everything else... and another little squeak...

In the pups' room, the barrier had been moved slightly, and there was a baby on the outside, loyally propped up against the gate, waiting patiently to join his brothers and sisters. I put him back, as well as the barrier, and before I left, as usual did a head count... 1,2,3,4,5,6,7... OK so I counted again a few times because it WAS the middle of the night... There was definitely 1 missing... So back to my room I went to have a look for the 'squeaker'. All the dogs were still lying in their spots and Chakotay had a very guilty look on her face... I leaned in for a closer look (no contact lenses at that time of night) and lo and behold, there were 4 little legs sticking out of her chest! Little Mellie Vanelli was there! She looked up at me, wide awake, almost smiling (damn, you caught me!) hehehe

So it was back to the pen for her, with an extra holder for the fencing.. and I DON'T know how I kept missing the little puppy-doo on the floor that I found this morning!