new dog in the hood.

My dogs live in a limited area of movement the house and the fenced backyard and two of them are always on lead even there.Zoe is on lead because she is an escape artist and true to her mix of breeds is not lazy about digging her way out; Boba because he is small and could slip through fence gaps. They maintain a love hate relationship it the dogs to the east of our yard. Heidi and Snickers are also denizens of a fenced yard who bark in chorus with my trio and run back and forth the fence line. It is a loud and active form of play.

Today on a potty run. Zoe tugged to the end of the lead, Boba growled (actually growled) and Winston went to the fence. Reason/ A new dog in the yard to the west of us. Reddish brown and white it looks like a aussie shepherd mix. Winston wanted to play while the other too were saying you are too close to our place. Now it was just a warning because the hair on their backs had not raised.Zoe forgot to potty she was so aware of new dog. So all three dogs went in . Zoe is in her box until she recalls why she went outside. I sat down to write and zoom Winston and Boba were at the window. New dog is not on a lead and he was definitely in our yard. So it will take a wile until the boundaries are clearly set. We, the humans, can only control the dogs but the boundary setting is their own area of decision.

Guess we humans are much like dogs. Changes have to be challenged weighed and accepted. Right now a segment of our society is not comfortable that the "white race" is no longer the majority of our population and in truth if world population is considered it never has been. Our new dog in the hood is learning that skin color is just that a color not a race. Personally I am ok with the concept that all of us are humans, and if you respect me I will respect you. I can only hope others will come to this realization. After all the Christ we follow knew no limitations on his love.

Interestingly a friend said that she believes as a group these people do not live as we do. Well maybe but I recall one my uncles who worked on relocating people displaced by the TVA dam. They surveyed the people in town about habits such as house repairs, education, garbage disposal and many such mundane habits so like groups could be in neighborhoods. The results people who burned their garbage etc were equal in all color groups. Economic status determined living habits more than color. Now Charlie was well read so it may have been a report he had read, but he did work on TVA. The point is with in area people are people and one color is does not live at a lower standard than others unless economically oppressed. We are people, humans. We all love, hurt, bleed read and breathe air. WE MUST LEARN TO ACCEPT EACH OTHER AND TREAT EACH OTHER AS WE WISH TO BE TREATED. DOGS MAY SET BOUNDARIES, BUT HUMANS NEED TO OPEN THE BOUNDARIES AND LIVE TOGETHER IN PEACE.