The Making of An Escape Artist

I had gone out of town, for a few days and left the care of the dogs to my boyfriend and our son. One evening, our son had witnessed Denali showing Storm how to crawl under the fence. I just laughed this off and said no way, he would not do that. Little did I know, I was about to see just how mischivous my obedience trained siberian could be.
About a week after I had been home, I decided to let the dogs out in the back yard. It was a nice evening and they could use some exercise. After they did their business and checked out every inch of the yard for new squirrel activity, Denali headed straight for that hole under the fence. He was also making sure that Storm was right behind him. I stood looking out the kitchen window in total shock as I saw Denali gently tug on Storm's collar to get him to go under the fence.
By the time I got out there, they were both in the neighbors yard. Denali had come back under the fence back into our yard with that innocent sibe face - like look at me mom - I came back - Storm made me do it! I was very mad at Denali. I tried to get Storm to come back under the fence, but to no avail. I ended up grabbing a leash and collar and walking around and bringing him home.
Silly, silly dogs, I thought. The minute I put Storm in the back yard, they were both running around and looking at each other with that look of, we did it man - and ooooohhhh did it feel so good! From that day on, I knew that Storm was getting more confident in his new home - and his abilities! For Denali was the same way when I first got him, very shy and scared of what was on the outside of that fence. I knew that day was coming - just did not expect it to come so soon.
Beth