Once upon a time we sort of inherited a Rottweiler. He was a magnificent animal, with the long body and low center of gravity typical of the breed. He weighed about 115 pounds and was muscular. His neck was so big I had trouble finding a collar that fit.
He taught me a lot about dog handling. You don’t get bossy with a dog like that. He and I went to obedience school, and I learned to control him using positive reinforcement. It worked pretty well, except that he developed the idea that he didn’t have to do what he was told unless there was a treat involved.
I have always made it a practice not to expose our dogs to herbicides until at least 24 hours after they are applied. I use them sparingly in the backyard where the dogs are kept.
One day I decided to spray the weeds that were coming up in the cracks in the backyard sidewalk. I put the Rottweiler in the house and closed the backdoor. This was no dumb dog. Unbeknownst to me, he had found a way to open the door by leaning his weight into it.
As I was spraying the weeds, I got the feeling that there was something following me. I turned around to find the dog behind me peeing on all the places I had sprayed. It was so funny.
I can testify that nobody came onto our property uninvited as long as we had that Rottweiler. There were consequences.
Dogs are not the only ones who are territorial. People are kind of like that, too. We mark our borders with signs instead of our scent. We build fences and walls. We patrol and set up checkpoints. The message is, “Don’t come in without permission.” In theory people who enter our country illegally will be subject to firm but fair consequences. That is the way most nations around the world do business.
Hopefully, people are a little more “evolved” than dogs. We must use good judgement and compassion when dealing with the world’s “huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
We must not lose control of our borders, however, as we have now. The resultant chaos is more inhumane than closing the border and refusing people entry. My thanks to the Biden Administration, and especially to Vice President Harris, for proving my point.
I am calling on Congress to create reasonable and enforceable immigration policies for the United States, and for the President to sign them into law. Then, I am calling on the Executive and Judicial branches to enforce immigration law to the letter.
American citizens are being exposed to disease, the risk of terrorism, and economic hardship. The public safety has been compromised. Too many undocumented immigrants have suffered and died. What will it take to get the federal government to do its job as provided under the U.S. Constitution?
