You know that Oscar is afraid of his own shadow. I had been playing with him in the living room downstairs. After a while I put him back in his little fenced area but he was still pretty full of energy. He isn’t supposed to go behind the recliners because there are cords and things back there that he will chew on.
This morning I went through a box of cords, trying to figure out what went with what. The ones I couldn’t match up to devices, I rolled up, like you would a water hose, and stacked them behind the recliners. I was going to bring down some velcro ties and put around each cord to keep them from getting tangled and put them in a tote labeled “Misc. cords”.
I opened the gate to Oscar’s fenced in area and he ran out and was able to get behind the recliners. Before I could get to him, he had managed to get himself tangled up in a couple of the cords and came running through the living room like “HELP ME!” He couldn’t get out of the circle and they were wrapped around him, loosely, and the more he ran, the more they came unwrapped and turned into a bigger mess that was snuggled around him. He kept looking back and the cords were following him but he was running like a race horse trying to get away from those cords.
I started picking them up and thought . . I should get a picture of this to show Vince.
I think Oscar was one happy little puppy when I grabbed him and the cords stayed behind. I would love to think he’s learned his lesson and will not try to sneak behind the recliners but . . he’s a puppy!
Liz says
There are lots of options to contain cords. One that I use is a tube which has a slit on one side so you can add and remove cords. But that is for appearances, not puppy proof.
An option may be to take a container with a top and make some holes on two sides – most of the cord lengths and the hard-cased adapters could be in the container. Less to attack.
judy.blog@gmail.com says
It’s super easy to contain them with the velcro ties and we have tons of those. Then we just toss them into a Rubbermaid tote that we keep on a shelf in the downstairs garage and it has a big label “Stray Cords”. We know to look there for cords and to put all cords in there. Actually, we probably have 40 or more cords already in the tub. Vince never throws away a power supply . . ever! 🙂
During the move, some of the cords seem to have been separated from their device; some devices may have been tossed but as we’ve found cords that appeared to have no device, we had put them on top of a shelf and then I cleaned off the shelf this morning so . . that’s why there were cords waiting to be secured and then taken to the Stray Cord tub.
Nelle Coursey says
Unless it really hurts them, there are no lessons learned. LOL
judy.blog@gmail.com says
It was definitely funny but you’re right, he probably didn’t learn a lesson.
Carol says
Judy, can you tell me where you got Oscar? I have a dear friend here in Bella Vista who just lost her minature dachshund and is looking for another. Thanks!
Peggi says
I had something similar happen with my cat, he had such an awesome personality. One day I came home from grocery shopping and was emptying frozen items from plastic bags. One of the empty bags drifted from the counter to the floor, and my cat pounced on it playfully. Somehow he managed to slip his head through one of the handles and it ended up being a cape. Well of course when he moved, it rattled, which freaked him out, and he was off and running, the plastic bag-cape rattling behind him and chasing him. The more it rattled, the faster he ran. And the faster he ran, the more it rattled. I felt so bad for him but it was soooo funny! I was laughing so hard I was crying. Fortunately I was in a small apartment at the time and it didn’t take me very long to catch him and remove the cape. He must not have been *too* scarred from the experience, he kept playing in the paper grocery bags for years after that (I made sure to keep the plastic ones away from him).
judy.blog@gmail.com says
Oh, my! That story had me laughing out loud. I can just see it happening.