Don’t Be So Irrational

We have two dogs at home, both a breed of terrier. To say that they are high strung can, at times, be somewhat of an understatement. For example, the other day, after putting away the groceries. l wadded up the plastic bags and tossed them onto the trash. Notice I said, “onto,” and not “into,“ because the trash was already full. Of course the dogs were busy nosing about the kitchen in hopes that what l just brought in would somehow become food. l suppose the wind produced from my scampering about blew the hoard of plastic bags off of the trash pile and onto the floor. What would be the natural reaction to any sane or logical being to plastic bags falling to the floor? Probably nothing at all. Definitely not jumping out of one‘s skin, running in the opposite direction while barking irrationally at them. Right? Right! But…