Originally posted by micki76
Sorry, but if it's happened before why didn't you already have a lock on the gate???

We didn't give ours a chance to escape, we had a lock on the gate the first day we moved in.
It's only happened maybe 2-3 times in the 13 or so years we've lived here. We rarely even use the gate......just opening it to get back there to mow the lawn (its just for the back yard, front yard is not fenced). I always like triple check it every time somebody mows the lawn, lol.

Also we don't leave our dogs outside there for more then maybe 5-10 minutes to go potty......longer then that, it would be me outside playing with them......we've never left them outside while we're gone (except the dog run, which is always locked).

But yeah, we should have had a lock on it a long time ago, I'm going to go buy one tomorrow. Right now I have a stick stuck in it.