I just came back from vacation...dog free for a week!

I missed them, I think they missed me, but we decided to try a different method of dealing with the dogs while we were gone.  We hired a "house sitter" who lived in our house and took care of all our pets and the farm while we were gone.  It worked out pretty well, since we would have had to pay someone to come out to the farm and feed the goats, chickens, horses, cats, and the guard dogs.  Then we would have paid a boarding charge for the three house dogs.  I like just having a single bill for everything, plus the house was occupied the whole time we were gone with the mail collected.  I felt a lot more secure about that, too.
    I thought you might like to see some photos from our fantastic 20th anniversary vacation. So, just head out to my Facebook page and take a look!

Why do they do this?

I live in a home with three dogs.  They love to go outside, they love to go inside, then outside again, then back in.  In fact, they go out the back door.  They know how to open the back gate, to go either in or out, so they go out, then they go around the house and scratch at the door to come in the front of the house.  They don't stop or look around as they walk through the house to the back door.  They either scratch to go out the door, or if it is standing open, which it usually is, they go right back out. Repeat ad nauseaum.

No doubt about it.  As long as I don't modify the back gate so they can't play ring around the housie, they will continue.  They have me trained to keep letting them in.  And out.  And in.

Does anyone have any idea WHY they do this? My guess is, well...because they can.

I do it because she is so happy when I am not going in and out that she lets me lay on the couch for a while. ~Caesar

I was just looking for the Cats, Mom.  ~ Sin-o-min

I was right here with Caesar the whole time.  Not my fault!~ Mr. Stubbs