A Positive Perpective
Seven years ago I was bothered by barking dogs. My neighbors on BOTH sides had dogs that barked every time I stepped into my own backyard. They barked if a car pulled up in front of the house. They barked for almost any reason.
It took some time, but I eventually came up with a perspective which allowed me to overlook the barking: If prowlers were checking out my backyard, the dogs would bark. The last thing prowlers would want is something announcing their presence. At night, if the dogs were not barking, my backyard was secure. Free guard dogs! They were part of my security system…and I didn’t have to feed them, care for them, or take them on walks. With my new perspective, I was rarely bothered by the barking.
Now I’m looking for a positive perspective on the neighbor’s cat that poops in my garden. The thought of free fertalizer doesn’t do the trick.
January 8th, 2012 at 2:42 am
This proves you have a cleaner garden than your neighbor
It’s your free sanity detector.
January 13th, 2012 at 11:17 pm
Wow! Your optimism John is really admiring. Having a positive perspective of things that are really annoying ain’t that easy especially if you are dealing with them daily, almost any time of the day. Great thinking! Keep your optimism high! You really did inspire a lot of us. Keep posting!
February 1st, 2012 at 9:06 am
The presence of cats in your yard, and the scent they leave behind for other animals, is likely keeping away other less desirable creatures from your yard. Pigeons and rats come to mind. The toxic and acidic nature of pigeon poop is is far worse than cat poop. We had to have our pool decking redone from the caustic nature of pigeon poop. Now we just let our cats hang in our yard a bit more. Our neighbors have roof rats, but the exterminator says the scent of our cats is likely keeping our yard rat-free. (Unfortunately for our neighbors, it probably contributes to the rats concentrating in their cat-free yard.)
February 1st, 2012 at 9:10 am
Wait – it gets better! You don’t have to pay the vet bills! That’d more than cover the cost of any high power security system!