Puppy LOVES The New Back Yard...

 There are many reasons to put up a fence to separate your yard from those around you...economic, privacy, esthetics, and many many more. But, to our dog, none of those reasons mean anything. All he knows is for the first time in his relatively short life, he can leave the house without a leash. 

Freedom.

It's wonderful.

Almost twenty years ago, we welcomed into our family our first dog...a shih tzu we named Patch. Patch was a great dog. She did not need a fence, however. Patch has gone the way of all the earth and now we have a different dog--a standard poodle. This guy, well...he has a lot of energy. We didn't need a fence with the shih tzu, but with the poodle, that's a different story.

We've had the fence for a short time. Now, every time we go outside via the back door, the dog is up and running to see if he can go outside, too. Last weekend we threw some of that newly-acquired firewood into the fire pit and enjoyed the backyard.

No one more so than the puppy.

I took out my phone and shot a slo-mo video of the fun.

Yes, there's many reasons to put up a fence...we think to make our puppy's life immensely better, is a darn good one.