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Broken fences. Yesterday our dogs got into the chicken coop and we lost three. Despite our best efforts (and we’ve been successful for months), the hunters found their way in to create an exploded duvet on the lawn.

I was angry, sad and wanting justice. But emotion wasn’t going to fix the problem. The fence needed fixing and I needed to take action. Reinforcing the boundaries was the only option to keep the rest safe. So the dogs were locked away until the barriers were repaired.

Reflecting on this it was two things:
1: it is the dogs nature to hunt birds
2: the boundary had weakened over time resulting in chickageddon

We all have moments of our boundaries being crossed. And it’s easy to get angry at the other party. But if we step back as ADULTS and realise that it may be that we didn’t set a firm boundary, we can take action to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

I still love my dogs, but knowing their nature, the boundaries are reinforced.

Life lesson: set boundaries and be aware of them to avoid carnage.

Keep shining x

Katie 🥰