I come home from work around the same time every night, and the first thing I do is let the girls out of the coop/run to free range. Our lab/rottweiler mix lays right in the middle of the yard supervising. I go inside, change clothes and then come back out to do chores. The girls follow me around (they know I have food) and if I go back inside, they are at the back door pecking. One of them actually has figured out how to get on the ledge which is the same level as the door handle and she pecks that! Smart little goober is gonna spring that back door open one of these days and I'll bet MY kitchen will be full of feathers & poo. Sigh.
Yours is a funny story!