Hi Phil, I am so glad that Chester and Barney are safe. I loved reading
about them. lol.

Praying for you all.

Love,
Pat Ferguson



At 12:15 AM 10/14/2005, you wrote:
>this morning we discovered that Chester, our parrot, had picked his lock, it
>was half broken any way, and got out of his cage.  He was still on top of
>the cage, picking at the pictures behind his cage, and trying to pull them
>off the wall.  I fixed the lock but then later, my son came over, and put a
>chain around the door and the bars with a clip on it.  The clip was from an
>old dog's chain.  Yep, Chester figured it out, too, tonight and got down on
>the floor and started running around.  One of the dogs caught Chester in her
>mouth but didn't bite down.  Gretchen pulled Chester free and we got him
>back in his cage.  Yes, he is fine.  We have a large thicker chain around
>the door and bars now holding the gate shut with a padlock that takes a key
>to unlock.  We will be ordering a new lock from the California manufacturer
>who builds the cage we use tomorrow.
>
>Additionally, Sandy thought tonight that one of the basset hounds had
>climbed up on a chair, pushed his head through a large hole in the nylon
>screen, and jumped out.  Gretchen and I went running outside calling his
>name over and over again but couldn't find him.  Sandy came out into the
>front yard and began calling his name and just then, I got an idea.  I went
>into the house and into our front bedroom.  This is now a spare room because
>Gretchen and the boys live in our basement apartment.  We keep our dog cages
>in this room for feeding times and when we have church and the like.  I
>closed the door to listen because I thought Barney may have gotten into this
>room by accident.  The dogs often get into this room when someone goes in
>there.  We store paper goods in the closet of that bedroom.  I listened.
>There he was!  Somehow, Sandy had gotten mixed up, apparently, after feeding
>the dogs and put Barney into his kennel.  Boy, was he happy when I opened it
>up and let him out.  Barney is a very friendly basset hound and he had heard
>us yelling for him and he always comes but when you are in a cage, it is a
>little difficult to get out of on your own.  Unless, of course, you are
>Chester.  Thank you Jesus for keeping Chester and Barney safe for us today.
>
>Phil.
>
>
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