Ficken Chicken

We've had our dog now 6 months.  I have to admit I am just as attached (if not more) than the kids.  It's just mild mannered (most of the time he is a puppy).  I have on occasion let him in the house to hang out with me.  However he has this habit of wandering.  Our goal is to get an under ground fence in, but my husband has never "found the time."  (he likes to procrastinate :) 
This morning after the kids and Steve were gone, I let the dog out of his cage to go to the bathroom.  I went inside and checked on him periodically.  Usually if you yell his name, he comes a running.  Well, it had been an hour and still no Jack.  I kept thinking, "if Ashley comes home and there is no dog, I am dead!"  So I call the neighbors, I go to the neighbors houses, I look around, I drive around, NO DOG!  I called my mom (not that she could fix anything being 20 minutes away, it's just something I do :), I called Steve (again he couldn't fix it :)  We had some errands to run, so we left the back door open to the garage and we left.  I prayed numerous times he'd come back but I was prepared that he wouldn't. 
When we got home, guess who came trotting out the garage.  JACK!!!! Oh so happy we all were!!We instantly tied him up.  Macy asked him, "where did you go?"  Brooke said, "don't leave again unless you tell us where you are going?"  hehe
So with everyone where they needed to be I called the neighbors to tell them I found the dog.  I put out the flags for the underground fence and my neighbor lady told me how to start training him.  When the girls got home from school we watched the video that came with the fence and we started training.  As the night goes on, Ash comes running into the house, "MOM THERE'S A CHICKEN UNDER OUR BUSH! JACK WAS MESSING WITH HIM."  Sure enough there is a wounded chicken under our bush.  So I call our neighbors that have chickens, their son comes over and retrieves his wounded chicken.  He said, "it has bite marks in it."  Broke my heart!!!  His mom was so kind saying, "maybe the chicken walked across the field."   Or MAYBE my DOG went and STOLE a CHICKEN!!!
It appears the chicken is going to be ok.  We apologized to the neighbors and pray they still like us.  And the dog shall remain under close watch until the fence is in (hopefully Saturday) and he is properly trained. 

                                        The Jail Bird :)  Good thing he's cute!!   He looks so sad!  He's a springer spaniel (bird dog) and lab retriever (he retrieved his bird)  I am making excuses for his actions :)

 

Oh for the sake of the chickens!!