Post by littlemissgrump on Jan 22, 2016 10:39:59 GMT -5
This is Boomer! He needs more attention than I can give and I constantly feel guilty. I make sure to give him undivided attention snuggles a few times a day.
LO loves him and loves to grab him. Boomer tolerates it and probably secretly loves it. I think they are going to be best friends someday soon. Especially when all the food starts "falling" off the tray!
Post by griffindor24 on Jan 22, 2016 10:51:22 GMT -5
littlemissgrump that doggy costume is hilarious! I don't know what I would do without a dog in the house. He follows me around and always snuggles me when I sit down. He loves the kids so much too and is protective of them when people come to visit (not that he could do much to protect them with his size). The second pic is of DD when she was little but I love the pic.
Jude loooooves Penny. He giggles like a madman whenever he sees her. But she's not allowed to play with him unless heavily supervised because she nipped at him. H is trying really hard to work with her because she's his dog. I'm skeptical. She's cute though, and does need some extra attention, so I'll still show her some love here.
Post by silv3rlining on Jan 22, 2016 11:31:56 GMT -5
I'll play. This is my fur baby Sassy. She has been giving us a run for our money lately. The assumed diagnosis is Inflammatory Bowel Disease (but we aren't paying for the $900 test to confirm so essentially it's some GI disease). We started her on steroids to treat her this week so it's been fun... (she's also getting an anti-nausea now). She'll be 6 in May so still a young girl. The kiddos adore her.
Our pyrador is pretty uncaring toward baby. Just no interest. Now and again she will go and sniff him or bump one of his toys but that's about it. She does get nervous when he tries to pet her so we'll have to watch really closely.
It's blurry but this I took this this morning when P and Frank were being especially cute and cuddly together. It is now almost five months since he was diagnosed with lymphoma and we were told he had maybe one month to live. Best dog I've ever had.
Post by hannahl201477 on Jan 22, 2016 12:42:41 GMT -5
This is Abel. He is mainly an outside dog but comes inside when we can get him to. He isn't a fan of being in the house! He hasn't quite figured Mal out yet but loves our 5yr old nephew, so I'm hopeful they will be best buddies soon! He was giving me kisses in this pic, and Mal is pissed he woke him up.
Post by jillywilly on Jan 22, 2016 13:36:03 GMT -5
Jilly is adapting to DS - they're not quite bffs, but she's good with him. She likes to sit as close to him as possible, until he tries to grab her fur (which we obviously try to stop and tell him "gentle").
Post by holliberry28 on Jan 22, 2016 15:00:19 GMT -5
We have Lucy and Maggie, they're 6 and 5 years old. M loves them and tries to pet them, but they usually won't let him. They do step around his play mats/cribs and observe him quite often.
Post by paintdadanta on Jan 22, 2016 15:14:50 GMT -5
He and the cat are buddies which I find hilarious since she hates people. Our GSD and Aussie mix just started showing interest in him now that he's crawling. Before, I think they were just confused.
Older picture of him and our cat Storm
Anubis giving him kisses this morning
Walking around on Lakota few months ago. DH led us around and he would kick every time she stopped and grab her mane.
Our heavy drinking poodle mix somi Our terrier mix major. A big goof somi in the background but really just posting this because the look on DS face cracks me up. This is LO at 1week old and DS is looking at her like 'get the F out of my house'
Our fur babies are not very interested in B, although B is obsessed with the kitties. He gets so excited when they come around and they really want nothing to do with him. I'll bring Milo over to him and we practice petting "gentle". Hopefully he'll eventually get it and refrain from trying to grab their fur.
Here is Milo hiding in B's laundry basket: A rare picture of them together: Mimi feeling very relaxed:
budders, omg your dog is gorgeous! I love that you are taking time to teach baby to be gentle, when we mentioned that to our neighbours (who happen to have a giant labradoodle who is totally sweet and crash proof) they basically made fun of us and told us that it was pointless and babies would be rough so we'd better get the dog used to it. Another friend actually asked me if we were pulling on her ears and tail while I was pregnant to get her used to it.
Ditto to teaching them to be gentle early. We've started the same thing, no matter how gentle an animal is they can only take so much just like us. We usually tell C no when he starts to get rough and then show him how to pet nicely. Most the time he does it right by third correction at worst. It may not always go easy but it'll be worth it.
paintdadanta, my thoughts exactly. No matter how gentle an animal is they have their breaking point and I don't want my dog to associate my kid with pain or mistreatment. Also not all animals are friendly and I don't want my kid to get bit because he corners a strange dog in the park.
My dog is a rescue and we definitely wonder if she was mistreated, especially by small children. She is very anxious so I don't want to give her anything to be more anxious about. We also walk her on a bright yellow leash that says nervous but people still approach and want to pet her all the time.
paintdadanta, my thoughts exactly. No matter how gentle an animal is they have their breaking point and I don't want my dog to associate my kid with pain or mistreatment. Also not all animals are friendly and I don't want my kid to get bit because he corners a strange dog in the park.
My dog is a rescue and we definitely wonder if she was mistreated, especially by small children. She is very anxious so I don't want to give her anything to be more anxious about. We also walk her on a bright yellow leash that says nervous but people still approach and want to pet her all the time.
You'd be surprised how many people are uneducated about animals. My husband's service dog is approached all the time even with the do not pet badge. One kid even ran up to him in the mall pulling his tail. Sad when things like that happen.
paintdadanta, sadly I do know how many people are uneducated about animals. I worked for my local SPCA running their education programs and it was absolutely shocking how stupid people were about animals.
budders, I can totally understand when kids do it but it annoys the crap out of me when adults who should be able to read the bold type on the leash approach my dog who is visibly anxious and growling at them.
iowamama615 is Emma and Australian shepherd? I had 2 growing up. They were such sweethearts.
+1 to teaching gentle. I think I got the idea from J15 at some point. Plus, O is always grabbing my face and it hurts! His fingers slide through Carl's fur since it's so short. sammyca Bulldogs are the best. They're super chill, great with kids, low energy, and love to snuggle. Unfortunately, they are probably the worst dog for their health issues.
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