Guest guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Now everyone may ot want to " do the cure " that we have done - but it works!! Going on 2 years and Elie has not run away. HEre is how we did it: We MOVED from the city to a tiny toen, out in the country. We live in a subdivision, but we bought at the very end, down a ridge, in the hollow. Then we fenced with 4 ft fence around the entire house. Then we gated with a double latch on the gate - very easy to open . Since we are at the bottom of the development, every thing out of our house is up a steep hill where it is paved. Behind us is a steep revine, unpaved, woods. Elie hates to walk up hills or on rough terrain. Thus, he may escape, walk to the mailbox up our driveway (about 200 feet, but although the cul de sac is flat and he could access the other three houses on the cul de sac, each have steepr drives then ours and geographically he is stopped! He walks to the mailbox and sits there sometimes. Usually he doesn and sit out on our deck LOOKING at the woods. Altho we have notified the search and rescue and the sheriff's department about his penchant for wandering, and we notified the neighbors, he hasn't entered anyone's home or wandered off since we left the city! We have environmentally, geographically cut his wanderlust!!!!!! -- Sara - Life is a journey- we choose the path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 Sara, I HAD to write to let you know how precious I found this! What amazing parents you are also to come up with this very creative solution! I'd love to actually see Elie as he contemplates an escape path... but now he is able to enjoy a natural setting. Our little - 11 in 4 weeks WOW- has been a bit of a wanderer but is not as bad as it once was. Mostly he " wanders " into our next door neighbor's house. We are very lucky to have fantastic understanding neighbor's though as once he escaped directly following his bath while I was getting a towel and plopped down NAKED in their livingroom! He'll also get into people's cars- this is what frightens me as it gets very hot in Texas. I wish everyone would keep their doors locked- it would help a lot! We've planned on moving on a large piece of property to prevent this problem sometime in the future. After we accumulate some equity in our present home! Hope it's not too far off... (DS/ASD) and Tatiana's(DS) Mom Date: 2008/04/12 Sat AM 08:13:06 CDT To: Subject: We cured the runaway Now everyone may ot want to " do the cure " that we have done - but it works!! Going on 2 years and Elie has not run away. HEre is how we did it: We MOVED from the city to a tiny toen, out in the country. We live in a subdivision, but we bought at the very end, down a ridge, in the hollow. Then we fenced with 4 ft fence around the entire house. Then we gated with a double latch on the gate - very easy to open . Since we are at the bottom of the development, every thing out of our house is up a steep hill where it is paved. Behind us is a steep revine, unpaved, woods. Elie hates to walk up hills or on rough terrain. Thus, he may escape, walk to the mailbox up our driveway (about 200 feet, but although the cul de sac is flat and he could access the other three houses on the cul de sac, each have steepr drives then ours and geographically he is stopped! He walks to the mailbox and sits there sometimes. Usually he doesn and sit out on our deck LOOKING at the woods. Altho we have notified the search and rescue and the sheriff's department about his penchant for wandering, and we notified the neighbors, he hasn't entered anyone's home or wandered off since we left the city! We have environmentally, geographically cut his wanderlust!!!!!! -- Sara - Life is a journey- we choose the path. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2008 Report Share Posted April 12, 2008 I just found out about a program that our fire dept. has that has a bracelet (yeah, I know, issue there for us, too) that emits a signal. The fire dept can track that signal. Their average time to find a child with this bracelet on is 22 minutes, or something around that. It also can (egads) detect the bracelet under water. Apparently you just pay for the batteries, which the fire dept changes every month for you. I'm planning a huge special needs info fair at my church on the 26th, and the fire dept. will be there with it. I'll let you know more when I find out. Beth, mom to , 8, DS/ASD/leukemia survivor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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