When I got home this evening Piper scampered toward the deck door wanting to go out. I obliged her, knowing she wouldn’t stay out long in this frigid cold. She walked to the edge of the deck, I turned my back for a few minutes, and suddenly she was gone.
My first thought was that something spooked her and she went in her hole which is the opening to the deck nearest the house and has always been her safe spot over the years. She didn’t come out so Steph launched a walk-around search of the yard, to no avail. Now we were getting worried as nightfall and subzero temps were closing in.
I went back to her hole and rattled a treat bag around and sure enough she stuck her nose out. The only problem was, she was trapped down there, she couldn’t squeeze out over the icy rocks. Steph suggested we try to remove the screws to one of the boards to remove it but I had no patience for that.
I ran to my truck and pulled out my emergency bag. I grabbed the large pry bar and the big hammer and made mincemeat of the board directly above the hole. A few minutes later she crawled out and is now safe and warm.
