Absent WithOut Leash.
this post was submitted on 23 Jun 2026
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not mine, but my grandmother's last dog was picked up by animal control so often they knew her and the dog by name and I think pitied her attempts to keep the dog contained. Mixed breed of multiple herding dogs, scaled her six-foot fences with ease, dug tunnel networks like ww2 prisoners, and generally wanted to be anywhere but in her yard and was seen half way across chicago at various points. Great dog but serious case of poor fit for the environment, that dog needed acres to roam.