Escape from Dogatraz

We own two purebred malamutes and one mix. Well our youngest, and 
largest, is a male, Dakota. We live on a very quiet road and when we 
are home, turn them out for runs through the woods and yard but do not 
want them going across the road. They know this, but Dakota insists that 
he will go "visiting" as soon as we turn our backs. So one day, as 
punishment, we decided to lock him in his kennel and leave the others 
out for their play time. Dakota cried and cried. Then when we still 
didn't come and let him out, he pick up his fence in his mouth. Well, 
he couldn't figure how to hold up the fence and get out at the same time 
so Nikita, the female, came to the rescue. She sniffed around the bottom 
of the fence and door trying to find him a way out of 'prison'. (Now 
how's that for loyalty.) After watching this entire display, which took 
only a few minutes, I released him on good behavior. After this, Dakota 
didn't go "visiting" until our neighbor-across-the-road's daughter, who 
is four, called and asked if I would bring them for a visit.