We trained the dog so that when he wants out, he goes to the front door and waits.
Somehow in his little golden retriever brain, he interpreted this to mean “go to the front door, and lick it.”
If he’s at the door, but isn’t licking it, he doesn’t need out, he’s just chilling.
So, this was our routine - when he wants out, he goes to the front door, and licks it. And then we moved house, and he got very, very confused.
He knew he had to go to the front door when he wants out, but this was a new house with obviously a door that was completely new to him.
Despite our condo having only one door that leads outside, and him going out this very same door literally at least five times a day, every day, for about a year…he still has no idea where the front door is in this house. Absolutely no idea at all.
Now whenever he needs out, he will go to any random door and start licking it. And I mean any door - the bathroom door, my bedroom door, my closet, the goddamn door of a kitchen cabinet, even.
I don’t know if he’s really smart or really dumb. Because clearly, he understands conceptually what a door is. I don’t know if he thinks my closet or the kitchen cabinets lead to outside, or if he’s just hoping to find doggy Narnia, or if he’s just hopelessly given up on ever being able to find the door by himself and is just doing the best he can, but every goddamn time he wants out, he’s right there licking the glass door to the shower or something.
He doesn’t alert us he needs out any other way. So if you haven’t seen him in a while, you have to search room by room until you find him with his tongue pressed up against the linen closet because he thinks outside might be that way.
He’s the biggest, dumbest dog I have ever met in my life and I could not love him any more. He’s perfect.
Here he is, patiently licking the door of my wardrobe.
everyone reblogging those XKIT GUY SAVE US I HOPE THE XKIT GUY FIXES THIS XDDDD posts can go fuck themselves bc we literally drove the man to a mental break by circulating an accusation of him of being a SEXUAL PREDATOR. with no fucking proof at all. not even a goddamn name.
the fact that he does this level of coding (read: FIX A BILLION DOLLAR WEBSITE) for absolutely free and only asks for meager donations and suggestions in return is astounding. but you all fucking take advantage of coders and programmers like it’s just slapping a keyboard when half of you can’t even install a script on your theme. i sent an ask with a problem and in 10 minutes he’d quietly updated both the extensions and now it’s perfect again.
all it took was an anonymous ask to ruin this man’s life and i am being 100% serious when i say i hope that infected sore of a person steps some fucking broken glass.
to the xkit guy, if you’re out there: we love you so much and thank you so much for all you do. i’m so sorry.
jlm-15 Asked: Your dog sounds amazing, you need to tell us about that door licking story Dumb dogs are the best!
