Unplanned Opportunities for Plan B, C, and even D
Certain unknowns cannot be defined ahead of time, but we can put in place secondary options in the event obstacles decide to land on our path. When visiting pets, one comes across many unusual opportunities when a second or even third option is necessary. Most often these occur with various access points which lead us to further learning, compassion and communication.
When you visit a pet often enough, you get used to their background environment and the ways doors and things work. The level of the music playing in the house to keep the pet calm, access points and how they work.
When the unplanned occurs such as power outages that take electronic devices off-line or send other things into high gear, one at this time of year may think some trickery is occurring. However, it does make us want to have backup options when an electronic garage code box stops working or a door lock malfunctions.
Everything throws your emotions on heightened alert and thoughts around getting in to take care of the pet are pushed even further to the forefront of what to do next. What are your options as a pet companion/sitter? Is there a neighbor with a key? Have you been provided a backup plan or access point?
When something works for years, or ninety percent of visits we rarely think a secondary or third option is necessary. However, if an oddity is going to occur, it will happen when pet parents are not at home. And doors or doorknobs in general are all unique in how each lock, unlock, and appears to have your best interests at heart.
I am sure I am not alone in getting extra training in being locked out whether by security doors, sliding doors, doorknobs, or even a garage code box from time to time. Then there are the sticky doors that are affected by temperature changes, or the doors that go against our intuition of pushing a door open by making one pull it toward them first. The very thing that is second nature to you is the thing that can be the most unique to the person coming to visit with your pets.
We have all been there when the minute you realize the key isn’t in your paw is when you hear the door click whether our own car, a door, or something else. Make sure you have a Plan B, C, or D in place.
