Yesterday Mari asked, “They ring bells?”  Yes, Mari my dogs ring the above bells to go out.  The bells are attached to the door that leads from the kitchen to the back porch.

     We taught our old male, Malcolm to ring the bells when he wanted out.  When we added our rescue girl Sadie to the household, he taught her how to ring them.  After he died, Sadie was our only dog for a while.  Then we got Gavin.

     Sadie was old by then, but she passed on the lesson of the bells to Gavin before she died.  Gavin became an expert bell ringer.  He can ring those bells so well and loud that it will drive a person (usually me) up a wall—he likes to go out, often. 

     Gavin taught Patty how to ring the bells after she arrived on our doorstep as a rescue.  She will ring them only when she really has to go out and she does it delicately.  With Gavin it sounds like Santa’s entire sleigh is battering down the door, with Patty you will only hear a little jingle of the bells.