Occasionally someone has asked to see where my dogs live, which is actually various parts of my house---pregnant and nursing dams are in the bedrooms, weaned puppies in kitchen and foyer, most everyone else in basement. I hate taking people to the basement--I have a pretty house, but it's 120 years old and basement unfinished and ugly. It's the safest and most fun part of the house for my adult dogs because it's big and has direct access to back garden, and is easiest to keep clean, but it's an old, unattractive space. I should learn to say NO a little better. If someone can't tell by the entrance foyer that my dogs live well, it's probably useless to show them around. |