Time Out ………….. making the impossible, possible

For as far back as I can recall, our home was always surrounded by security dogs, that neighbours, friends and strangers feared, but that I considered the most affectionate pets. One phenomenon that always amazed me was the ability of one particular Rottweiler to amble along the double barrier of chain link fence and suddenly he would stop and sniff the base of the fence. Inevitably, this signalled that he had found an escape route in the fence and if I wasn’t swift enough, he would wriggle his way through to whatever lay beyond. What distinguished this Rott from the other four Rotts in the yard? Why did the others believe that the perimeter of the fence was their limit?

The thing about it is, no matter how many times we paced the fence; we were unable to spot the opportunity that our Rott had the ability to discover. He…