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Dog Chaos!

 We had fun yesterday! We have a passive income of renting out our backyard to dog owners for a safe place for their dogs to play off-leash.

Rob wanted to work out front on the yard, and we have a 5 ft solid wooden fence blocking the backyard from the front, so I figured it was OK while a guest was here.

I reminded him before he went out, that he had to come in the front door, not thru the back gate, while the quests were here.

I took our dogs out for a walk, while they were here, and stopped to remind my husband to come in the front door.

I reminded him again when we came back from our walk.

So of course, he came in thru the back gate, opened up the back door, and the guest's dog came racing into the house, running everywhere!!

My dogs are chasing her (thankfully all of them were just little dogs, not reactive) and I am sure the dog was a bit panicked!

I tried talking softly to the dog, directing her back to the back door, closing gates (thank goodness for my dog gates) behind us. Her owner was standing at the back door with it open, and I told the dog, "here she is, here she is..." and finally the dog found her way back outside.

I apologized profusely, the owner seemed OK - and is a regular so hopefully she really was. She was already here on a freebie due to a calendar malfunction, or I would have offered to give her a refund.

I have worried about Rob opening the back door while guests are here, I remind him constantly. Up till now, he has been good about coming in the front door. But he said he came in that way because he didn't want to leave the tools outside (which he does all the time!).

I found the tools he was using outside, leaning up against the garage door.

I am starting to feel like I can't leave him alone for a minute, and I thought he was still in early stages!

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