My foster dog Allie is a ninety pound Akita/Border Collie mix. She has the size of an Akita, and the bark of a Border Collie. She has the intelligence of both breeds, which is quite scary. This is the dog who learned to open the back door and come into the house anytime she wanted by grabbing the door knob with her mouth, and leaning against the door while turning her head.
In addition to her intelligence, Allie is quite the energetic and inquisitive dog. She does not like to be left out of things, and this is never more obvious than when she is in the back yard and someone stops by. The six foot privacy fence makes it difficult for her to see into the driveway to find out who is visiting.
The picture below is taken from the driveway, looking toward the back yard.
You can click on the picture to enlarge it. Why would you want to do this, you ask? Well, think of it as a Where's Waldo game, only in this case we'll call it "Where's Allie?"
Keep in mind that this six-foot fence has the posts on the outside of the fence, so from the backyard there are no posts - we did this purposely to keep the dogs from using the crossbars to launch themselves over the fence.
Here's a closer picture.
This is what she does when she wants to see what is going on in the driveway. She jumps up, puts her front paws over the top of the fence, and hangs on! At first she could only stay up there a second or two. But she's been practicing.
She's up to about seven or eight seconds of hang time before gravity wins and pulls her 90 pound body back to the ground. She also seems to be gaining height as time goes on. I've decided the best solution to this, other than keeping her in the house 24/7, is to feed her more. If she eats more, she'll weigh more, and won't be able to jump so well. This is my theory, and she seems quite happy to go along with it.
