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Donna at 1pm

1 Day 1 World Project: Donna at 1:00pm – 2:00pm Saturday

dog at door jamb

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.

dog at door jamb
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.

dog at door jamb
dog at door jamb

And often times I will find her like this when I come out of the study for a break or a drink.

dog at door jamb

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.

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37 Comments

  1. How cute is that? Lovely photos :-)

    Lots of Woofs from Earl and I at Earl’s World!

  2. Great photos, especially the ones with the invisible fence.

  3. Love the photos. I had a dog that did the same thing with the paws in the kitchen.

  4. 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!

  5. 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

  6. LOL! Love that ‘look’ she gives you. Great shots. As always Donna is so gorgeous! :D

  7. What a sweet girl. Love how she pushes the limit with the paws.

  8. That is very cute. Mr. N will often curl up outside of the bathroom door and wait for me.

  9. Great images-the top one is my favorite-Donna’s eyes have so much *soul* in them-

  10. 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

    • 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.

    • 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! ;)

  11. Ha! Alma is the same way. There may be invisible barriers, but they seem to not apply to her front paws.

  12. 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.

    • 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

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