Rant: Neighbors dogs think my yard is their yard, and have demonstrated how pathetic the wire fence between the yards is...
Rave: except that my dogs (past and present) were always contained by the same fence. Grant it, our current dog is quite little. Our former, Saint of a dog, Laddie, never once tried to scale or jump that fence. Man was he a wonderful dog! He wouldn't even jump the baby gates in the house. A boundary was a boundary and he was so obedient. I miss that dog! Neighbors who don't even know our names still stop us to ask what happened to our beautiful collie. Everyone knew him and clearly we're not the only ones who miss seeing that long snout trotting though the neighborhood. Man, was he awesome! He could walk right past any barking dog and hardly wiggle a whisker. As long as the gate was actually closed he never took off. Occasionally, someone would invite him to take himself for a walk by leaving the gate wide open, and he would oblige the unintended privileges. I suppose it's a testament to his character that we never received any complaints from his (very infrequent) explorations. I surely suspect God broke the mold after he made that one. Sadly, time takes us all, and after a very rapid decline in health, Laddie went back to God.
Rant: I'm not too sure of the neighbor dogs who seem to pop over quite often, especially when we're outside. I've been restricting our outdoor time because I feel we need to be on guard of these invasion. So essentially, I don't want anyone going outside without me...which is really pressing on my nerves having to take the time to go stand guard to make sure the neighbor dog isn't jumping into our yard and chasing our dog or my kids. It makes me a bit terse as well as tense.
Rave: The house behind us finally closed and the new owners moved in. They also have a large dog, however, they built a large privacy fence. It's so private back there now, I can't even see their dog. I'm hoping the adage, Good fences make good neighbors, is true!
Rant: Of course I'd love to construct a privacy fence to the sides of my yard too! Unfortunately, we've got a line of pressing home repair projects ensuring we're not going to be getting to a fence (aside from perhaps installing new wire) anytime soon.
Rave: So on that note... I'm trying to focus on the positives and the successes we've had with the home. Whenever I start to feel overwhelmed by the tasks that lay ahead I look around at those we used to see undone, now complete and behind us. Thank God for small victories!
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