Harley's tricks

Well, Harley was up to his old tricks again yesterday. I do not allow him to run loose. I know from experience that he comes home eventually, but it is against the municipal by-laws for dogs to run loose (I wish they had one for cats as well) and I do not want him to end up in the hands of the dog catcher. I am also worried that he could get hit by a passing car. Since he has the ability to open doors I had to install hook and eye closures near the top of the door to keep him in. Yesterday, whilst coming in with a couple of bags of groceries, he squeezed past me and before one could say Jack Robinson, was across the street chasing the cats. When this has happened in the past he teases me by letting me get to within a few feet of him before taking off again. This time I followed him for a while and then sat on a chair which happened to be available. Well that ruined the game for him. He came towards me and was easy to put on the leash. However, the bad news was that he had passed through a burr bush, and was covered with burrs! I had to spend the next couple of hours de-burring him. Oh well, at least he was patient with me!