When we moved here last year we knew there was a septic tank and field out there "somewhere" under the dog yards, but there was no access to the tank — everything was totally buried, so we had no idea exactly where it was. I know this is fairly common, but given the fact that septic tanks need to be cleaned out every several years, I've never understood why they aren't all installed with a visible, easily accessible hatch. The alternative is to grab a shovel and start digging around, hoping to find it a foot or so underground. At the ranch in Montana, we had three septic tanks installed over the years (because the buildings were too spread out to share a single one), and our contractor who put them in always put in an above-ground hatch to make access and cleaning very easy.
So when we finally found the one here and dug it up a couple of months ago to be cleaned, I had the septic contractor install a hatch cover so we wouldn't have to enjoy another treasure hunt a few years from now. The dogs have completely ignored this new object in the yard until a couple of days ago, when I saw blind Allie using it a bed and blind Louie curled up against it. I had worried that Allie, who loves to chew on things — the harder the better — might consider the hatch an oversized Kong, but so far this is the only engagement I've seen. We do try and keep her occupied with real Kongs at all times!
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Another Shelter Challenge begins — and No. 3 again already!
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