This is our back door. (Ahem.) We’ve always had dogs (Labrador Retrievers and some mixed breed rescues) and over the years a few of them figured out how to let us know they were ready to come back inside: they scratched the door. Scratched it right down to the metal that started to rust. Dogs are quick to pick up habits that favor them and this one did. They scratched, I opened the door. Who says I’m not trainable?
Thursday is for doors over at Norm 2.0. (The doors I usually post are a lot cleaner than this one. Oh, well.)
It's a long story ... 
This a lovely story, and a great door!
Great! I didn’t realise that doors were made with a base of metal. In UK most are wood, through and through.
🙂 At least they just scratch (although not too good for the door.) The three pugs one house down from us scream as they jump up at the patio door, a racket I can hear from our house even with the windows closed and the owners don’t let them in any too soon. The 4:50 or 5 am time is the worst, especially in summer, when I want to have the windows open.
janet
I do wonder about that. Some of my (rural) neighbors let their dogs bark, bark, bark, usually when I’m trying to sleep.
Haha, yeah, our last house had some scratches at the back door, too 🙂 I am trainable as well!
Good to know I’m not the only one!
I loved this. Yes pets have figured out that people are trainable too 😀
Hahha, my thoughts often. We are at our first dog and door, and it’s made of glass, but that scratching noise will unmistakably make me rise and act in his favour. 😀
Isn’t that the truth!