In or Out Already!

Don't get me wrong. I love my dogs. Probably more than most people love their pets (I said most...not ALL! I know the exceptions out there!). I even love the fact they probably think they are just short, hairy humans who are for some reason limited to walking on all-fours and have been somehow stripped of the ability to talk. (Though Duke can "speak" on request!).

But seriously...if they scratch on the back door ONE MORE TIME within 5 minute increments of JUST HAVING BEEN outside, I'm going to let loose a scream that will reverberate across this Great State.

Not only are they doing this so frequently, but I swear they KNOW it is irritating me. How do I know this? Whenever I come to the door to either let them out or in, as the case may be, I get a soft stare up to me as if to say, "I'm sorry. If I had opposable thumbs, I'd do it myself." then they hang their little heads down as if in shame. Whatever!

Love 'em...but they are seriously walking on extra-thin ice at this point. In or out people! I mean dogs!