Creatures of Habit

While I always knew dogs were creatures of habit, I did not realize how much they were creatures of habit until the porch was being removed. The screens, kick panels, and door were removed first leaving the roof, foundation, corner supports, and for no apparent reason the dog door with it's flap.

We took the kids out to potty. You guessed it they ran out, took a hard left and ran through the dog door rather than going straight out into the yard or even through the open doorway. Business completed all three of them ran back to the dog door politely waiting as the dog in front of them went through the door until everyone was back on the porch.

Hmmm. I wondered. With them watching me I walked through the now non-existent east wall. I called them. Yep, all three of them did an about face, ran through the dog door, out into the yard, and around to where I was standing.