Students vs gate
so, Jeremiah and i will pick up two month old Welsey today!! 

Yesterday, in preparation for new puppy, we bought a house gate and puppy proofed the house--there are many fewer things for him to chew on now.  During this process, we needed to find a way to make the puppy gate fit the abnormally large entrance to our living room.  Seven undergraduate students were involved, from various grades and majors.  The goal was to make a 5 ft gate close a 6 ft entry.  The suggested solutions were as follows

Close the entrance with a couch
use legos
use cinder blocks
use boxes
make the wall larger with wood
use particleboard to create a fence
use the gate from wall to couch
from wall to chair
from wall to table
from wall to desk
buy a bigger gate
close the entrance with two chairs

it took an hour before we thought to just prop the gate... lean the gate against two chairs so the puppy cant push it down, and cant get out.  A
whole hour.