Waiting.....patiently. Or not.

Roxy sits by the back door a lot. She wants to go out. But once she's out for a few minutes, she wants back in. Then she wants out. Then she wants in. It's pretty much an all day thing if you let her.

Tim will go to the door, but before he opens it, he instructs her out loud and in English "Now, you've just been out, so if you really want to go out again, I'm going to make you stay outside for 15 minutes. See the clock? It is 5:00. I'm not letting you in until 5:15. Not a minute sooner. So you better decide if you really want to go out. Oh, you do? Okay. Go out." Meanwhile the dog is wagging her tail furiously and wiggling her butt all around as she dances around his feet.

I remind him that the dogs cannot understand human language (even English), nor tell time.

So, Roxy goes out and then scratches and whines at the door to come in. But she has to wait 15 minutes unless one of us forgets we were timing her and accidently let her come in early. Truth be told? All she has to do is bark at the neighbors dog and we are quick to make her come back in.....but don't tell Roxy. She hasn't figured that out yet.

Panda is smarter. Panda has that figured out. She will automatically come to the back door when Roxy starts barking. She wants to make sure she is NOT a part of any dogs getting into trouble for barking.

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