Yesterday one of the contractors working on our house came over to pick up a bunch of tools and spare materials that had been left here over the past few months. They actually started taking stuff with them yesterday but they didn’t have enough room in their van in the end…which only shows a bit more just how much junk they had laying around and why Ayla has an endless supply of things to stick in her mouth.
When the guy arrived, he rang the bell on the front gate and I just buzzed him in. I didn’t open the front door for him because I knew he’d be taking all the stuff from the covered patio outside and I didn’t think he’d need to do anything in the house since they’d taken most of the stuff from inside with them already yesterday. But apparently Ayla had a different plan about how things were going to work. When she saw him walking in the courtyard, she started going nuts. I didn’t want to let her outside since it was wet and I didn’t want her bothering him but she was jumping on the door and barking like crazy. Not a mean bark but a playful, “Hey, you forgot to say ‘hi’ to me today” routine.
This guy is definitely a dog person so he came inside for a few minutes to greet her and she could finally settle down then. She watched him working outside and you could see that she wanted to “help” but since he had the front gate open already and was carrying tons of stuff, I knew the last thing he needed out there was a Newf getting in the way and trying to supervise.
Since the guys will be gone for close to a week and then only be back to for a day or two to finish up some small stuff, it should be interesting to see how she reacts when she sees him again then. She had just seen him the day before so I don’t know what she was so wound up about yesterday aside from the fact that they usually let themselves in with their key but they gave that back to us already. So perhaps the doorbell ringing started her off on a crazy foot and then when she saw it was him who she loves to love on anyway, it was just too much excitement to contain. Crazy doggo lol
