1 Day 1 World Project: Donna at 1:00pm – 2:00pm Saturday
Most afternoons proceed in more or less the same fashion for this dog. Nap time.
When Donna was newly adopted, we weren’t sure how destructive she was going to be so it seemed common sense to just limit her area of activity to the living room for the first few months.
After we discovered that she had a habit of indiscrimate peeing outside of the peepad and newspapers provided for her when it storms, it seemed prudent to continue to keep the other rooms in the flat off-limits. These rooms have laminate wood flooring which have the unfortunate habit of popping out and creating holes in the floor when soaked.
Because she knows the invisible boundaries exist, it became a habit for her to sit outside any of the out-of-bounds rooms we were in, peeking in to see when we would come out again.
Apparently the invisible boundaries did not include her paws. Donna getting uncomfortable with me taking pictures of her when she was just doing nothing and minding her own business.
And often times I will find her like this when I come out of the study for a break or a drink.
Nowadays, she is allowed into the study, which is why you will sometimes find pictures of her on the laminate floors on this blog. But somehow, she still at times choose to stay outside by the door. Perhaps it has become a habit or maybe the tile floor is cooler for her on hot afternoons.
For 24 weeks, weliveinaflat will post photos taken for a specific hour in that week.
We will cover 24 hours in 24 weeks. (I’ve no idea how we will do the sleeping hours, lol!)
More about the 1 Day 1 World Project here.
Earl Lover
How cute is that? Lovely photos :-)
Lots of Woofs from Earl and I at Earl’s World!
weliveinaflat
Thank you, Earl and you ;)
Mark S
Great photos, especially the ones with the invisible fence.
weliveinaflat
Thank you :)
Mary
Love the photos. I had a dog that did the same thing with the paws in the kitchen.
weliveinaflat
Looks like it’s a common thing for them to do, huh? :)
NW Frame of Mind
Donna is such a sweet girl! It always cracks me up to see dogs politely test their boundaries with just a paw over the line. Thanks for participating this week!
weliveinaflat
Thank you for the great idea of the project!
M. K. Clinton
What a good pup. Of course, the paws don’t count being in the room. I love the idea of a 24 in 24 days photo diary. Bentley would be sleeping in at least 20 of them! haha
weliveinaflat
Donna will likely be the same… so it is quite a challenge this project!! :)
Sonel
LOL! Love that ‘look’ she gives you. Great shots. As always Donna is so gorgeous! :D
weliveinaflat
Ah, the look. She gives me looks and snorts when something displeases her, The grumpy dog. :P
Sonel
hehehe, I love that look! It’s only they that can give looks like that and it can still make a person laugh. If a person should give me a look like that, he/she would hobble away. hahahaha
weliveinaflat
That sounds like you wear dangerous heels Sonel.
Sonel
How did you know?! LOL!
weliveinaflat
Must be ESP ;)
Sonel
Whahahahaha! Exceptional Shoe Pokes?
weliveinaflat
Wahahahahahaha, I do believe that’s the right answer that even I didn’t know about!
Sonel
LOL! Now you know! hahahaha
weliveinaflat
Yes, indeed :)
Emmadog
What a sweet girl. Love how she pushes the limit with the paws.
weliveinaflat
Love the irony – sweet girl and pushes the limit ;)
Tenacious Little Terrier
That is very cute. Mr. N will often curl up outside of the bathroom door and wait for me.
weliveinaflat
That is very sweet of Mr N too!! :)
littledogslaughed
Great images-the top one is my favorite-Donna’s eyes have so much *soul* in them-
weliveinaflat
She does!! But I’m probably biased. :P
goldenwoofs
We have wood floors and Sugar loves to be on it when its warm … when its hot, she likes the tile in the bathroom. Golden Woofs
Kyla
Oh yes. I do the early morning nap, the mid morning nap, the late morning nap, the noon nap, the early afternoon nap, the mid afternoon nap, the late afternoon nap and the evening nap. That gets me to bedtime.
weliveinaflat
Got to spend time with your humans somewhere?
weliveinaflat
Wood floors are probably kinder to their paws than hard tiles? Unfortunately flats in Singapore are commonly laid with homogeneous tiles. Glad Sugar has options! ;)
ThatJenK
Ha! Alma is the same way. There may be invisible barriers, but they seem to not apply to her front paws.
weliveinaflat
Hahaha, does Moses observe the invisible barriers for paws then?
ThatJenK
For the most part, he actually does!
Sand Spring Chesapeakes
Cute photos.
weliveinaflat
Glad you think so :)
sassmuffins
Funny how her paws don’t recognize the boundaries. And interesting how she continues to be aware of those boundaries. Sounds like it has just become an ingrained habit to me, to stay outside the room.
weliveinaflat
I think so too that it has become a habit. Honestly, I think the paws is just because she usually stands right behind the doorway, so when she drops into that position, the paws automatically shift forward. But I have to observe and verify, just a hypothesis :P