Trying something new - trust!

I took these photos a few months ago after returning home from being out. It had been raining and I used them in an older post back in March to explain how ever since we enclosed our outdoor room we were forced to lock Marley and Jasper outside in the yard whenever we were not home so they wouldn't jump on all the furniture and mostly because Marley is such a chronic chewer and would destroy all my soft furnishings - cushions, towels, old cane lounge. I returned home to find them both hanging by the back door - soggy doggys!

Daddy had cleared out the cubby house and put a bed in there and made it all cosy and warm for them - but to no avail. They would just sit by the back door in the rain waiting for us to come home.

Everyone is always telling me - They are DOGS!!! They will survive a bit of rain. But I am such a softy and I feel so sad whenever I have to go out and lock them out in the pouring rain. I don't mean just a small drizzle. It rains here....and rains....and rains....all day. When I wrote that post in March it had rained the whole month. I work from home so I don't have to leave them alone often. When I do, this is the face I get from Marley who hides right outside the back door under the roof eaves and pleads with me "Pleeeeeeeeeese don't lock me out Mummy...

....this is where I'd rather be. I promise I'll behave myself."

Well....since the dogs have come home from our month at Oma and Opa's house they have been so good. Sleeping in their beds at night with no barrier to keep them there. Today when my husband was home from work because of .....RAIN!!! of course, we decided to do a bit of shopping and I just didn't have the heart to lock them outside. So.....we decided to trust them alone... inside the house... for two hours. When we returned home they were waiting to greet us at the door just as in this older photo...

...and had spent the two hours sleeping peacefully. They really CAN behave themselves! Hmmmm....not sure if I'll let them make a habit of it... but for a short trip out maybe they can stay inside and mind the house.....dry...and warm and cosy.