Brain Concussion

 Our back door has the hinges on the right and opens on the left.  Petey has this habit of putting his head right up against the left side of the door so that he can rush out the second the door is open.  Perhaps he is concerned that we'll change our minds about letting him out during the door opening process and he has to make it out quickly.  Perhaps it is a strong desire to be the line leader.  Perhaps he wants to check for danger before we exit the building.  Who ever knows with Petey.  We are accustomed to this little quirk (along with all the rest) and think very little of it.

Recently we went to my mother's house and took Petey with us.  Her front door opens the opposite way.  The hinges are on the left and opens on the right.  Petey did not notice this slight change in architecture.  He recognized the signs of us leaving and immediately put his head in position to zip right out the door as soon as it opened. 

Only this time there was one small problem. The door didn't open on that side and he bashed his head.  We don't really think he got a brain concussion but he took a pretty good knock on the old noggin.  It didn't knock any sense in to him either.  I'm really sorry we didn't have a video camera to capture the moment.  I'm sure it would have gone viral.