Bad deal last night

[bssage]

I was in the basement. DW was in the living room. Got a call from a neighbor. Chloe was in the road stopping traffic about 5 blocks away. I raced to the van and pulled out just as the neighbor pulled in with a wet Chloe in her PJ's. Whew.

She is so freaking quiet. Putting bells on the doors blocked them with chairs last night. So at least she would have to make some noise before she escaped. Gotta be careful not to make the locks so we cant escape in case of emergency.

[mom2many]

Have you tried those cheap alarms for the doors that you can pick up at any store. My MIL had to do this when her mom lived with her cause she was a great escape artist also....


I am glad she is ok, that would have scared the bajesus outta me!!!!!

[bssage]

Been on the hunt today for alarms today. Also talked to the local police to see if they had been educated on how to deal with Autistic people.

A few minutes ago I was playing with her and the dog in the yard. She probably had 50 yards on me. Boom strait for the road. Stood in the middle of the road until I grabbed her little arm and drug her back in to her room. This is a very recent turn of events. But one we had a feeling would happen before long.

[Jordy]

wow.. i have no idea how to combat this other than what has already been said, alarms or bells on the door so you hear when she leaves the house.... I'm so glad she is okay

[Xero]

Wow that's scary! I'm so glad she's okay. I would have been freaking OUT. I would definitely get one of those little door alarms. It basically just goes off whenever the door it is put on gets opened. My aunt had one for a foster child of hers that tried to run off and stuff too. I have never tried to get one myself, but I have heard they are easy enough to find. I really hope she drops this bad habit soon! How scary.

[Father_0f_7]

Have you guys come up with a decision about the tracking device thing you were going to do for her?

[Antoinette]

I'm glad she is okay... oh yeah i was also wondering about the tracking device thing

[bssage]

Originally Posted by Father_0f_6

Have you guys come up with a decision about the tracking device thing you were going to do for her?

Good question. I need to pull the trigger on that. I have been waffling becuase some unexpected things (Sewer lift station broke) came up which made us a little short. At best stretching our dollars.

There is still the unknown of will she keep it on. Or will she dammage it (bang it against the wall) I guess we need to do some testing. Thanks for reminding me.

[Jeremy+3]

If you don't want to keep the front/back door locked incase you need to get out quickly, why don't you get a lock for your gate? Thats what we do when our children aren't ready to go out alone, you can get a postbox to go on your fence so the postman doesn't need to come through the gate either.

[bssage]

I have almost 3 acres of yard. Its not fenced. It does have a three wire barb going around. but thats very defeatable. The yard in front has a large hedge which is a effective barrier but there is a break in the hedge where the driveway leads out.

If we gated its quite far from the house. Would be a problem to walk to open for others. Not a bad idea just hard to get others to comply with.

Also IMHO somtimes the belief that a safety is in place when it is not is more dangerous than one that is nonexistent. For example. Us thinking the yard is gated when it isn't so we don't worry when she is there. As opposed to always worrying when she is there.