I take our dogs to a local woods and river every morning, its a site of Special Scientific Interest , I`m lucky enough to be a volunteer warden so following the recent storm , I took and then e mailed photos of the damage done to ancient trees and bridges . The owners Natural England responded quickly , coming to inspect the site which , to those who don't know it well , is now frankly dangerous with most paths washed away . Off we went this morning , to find a huge wooden barrier across the entrance with a notice saying that the site was closed to the public due to work being carried out . As it was very early , no work force had arrived , so Millie ran under the bottom cross beam , I climbed over it , then turned to see Sam , standing there quite perplexed . He could have easily jumped over , but no one had shown him the way to do this , he could have scrambled under it , but no, there he stood, at the far side , waiting for a miracle to happen There was also room at the sides of the barrier for him to squeeze around but as he has never encountered a barrier before , this was out of his thinking range . Much coaxing by me , still he stood there until eventually , I walked back, slipped his lead on and gently lead him around the side of the barrier . All good until we left when the same situation occurred , isn't it funny how they get so used to a route that anything different throws then into utter confusion Maybe not a bad thing .
yes, he will jump over fallen trees, logs, bushes , but a barrier is something else entirely ! Or maybe he is more clever than I give him credit for and he read the notice
Perhaps he was waiting for the gate to be opened for him to walk through . I think Sam has lovely manners to just sit and wait to be guided by you rather than go charging through
Not a bad thing at all Kate, I think Sam did the right thing waiting for your guidance. Good boy Sam!! xx
