A Common Theme

Outside looking in!

This is a common 'look' at our house and I would imagine also at a lot of houses where their dogs are allowed to come in to the house or get let out of the yard or kennel.  Personally, I guess I can't blame them; I love getting outside after being in the house all day, but these are dogs and I think that their reason for wanting to basically be on the other side of the door or gate is because that is where the people are-at least with the dogs that we currently have. I have had dogs that didn't care where you were.  Their only goal when they were not 'contained' was to get as far away from you as fast as they could and then come back later when they were done touring the country side-talk about some serious frustration!!!  

   Abe, who used to be a service dog, really likes to be with people-(kind of a prerequisite for service dogs).  Anyhow, he really doesn't like to be one of the 'dogs' and hang out outside on the porch but he is doing much better with it as long as he gets his 'people' time-as I think all dogs should get; makes them better dogs!  

   Chip is Jessie's puppy.  He's about 7-8mo old now.  We've recently started putting him out into the 'big yard' area(he's growing up/graduating to the big yard) as he has shown that he isn't a wanderer and behaves well with the chickens, horses and goats.  Its kind of funny to see the change in expressions when they realize that now they are being kept on the other side of the gate, the very same gate that they so desperately wanted on the other side of to begin with.  Some of our dogs will never have this privilege unsupervised-a couple acres just isn't enough for them.

  The most desired place to be though is through this door or the front door.  This leads to the area that has the tasty foods, wood stove or swamp cooler-depending on the season and their comfy pillows(yes, they are spoiled!!)

  So, as I come to the end of this post, I wonder if there is something we can learn from this-I often think this way but don't want to over think these things either.  A couple things come to mind for me anyways; contentment is one.  We so often are not content with things in our life. Now, some of this may be do to our own lack of effort but sometimes we need to realize that we are right were God wants us to be and that He has given us already so many blessings in the possessions that we have-give thanks!!!
   The second thing that comes to mind is friendship/companionship.  We are not meant to be alone. We long for company, someone close to be able to talk to, laugh with, cry with, etc..... Ultimately, this 'void' in our lives along with the contentment issue can only be filled with God in our hearts but God did make Eve for Adam and sometimes our critters can be helpful when we need a little 'pick me up'.
  The last thing that comes to mind is............they are dogs doing what dogs will do if allowed-be part of the family as much as a dog can.