We are currently "babysitting" a dear friend's puppy for the week. Lucy (the puppy, not the friend), is an absolutely adorable 8 month old golden lab. She's playful, jumps up to give you "hugs" when you enter the house, likes to hang over the back of the couch to give "kisses" to anyone sitting there, and is generally a sweet entertaining houseguest. She has also decided that I personally am no longer allowed to go anywhere alone while at home. It got me thinking, puppies and small children are not so different.
I remember when my kids were toddlers. They literally followed me everywhere. Seriously. To this day, going to the bathroom without being interrupted by a child needing something is somewhat of a luxury, but back then it was a pipe dream to do so! The puppy has now brought me back to that pipe dream. More examples: You think you're the only person standing at the sink rinsing a dish, turn around to put it in the dishwasher & Ooops, you just stepped on a child! The same thing now happens with the puppy. You attempt to take out the trash, and as you walk back towards the door you hear the whining dulcet tones of "mommmmyyyyy" from the other side when you've only been gone 15 seconds, and open the door to find the child hanging onto the other side. Same thing happens with the puppy (except it's just whining doggy ... not actual words ... obviously). You drop a small object on the floor and can't find it, but the child does .. within 5 seconds ... and immediately attempts to eat said small object, to which you quickly reprimand them, which subsequently causes the small object to be dropped upon the floor again ...Yep, the same thing happens with the puppy. When my children were toddlers, they were curious about everything, wanted to smell and taste and touch absolutely everything they came across ... no matter how inappropriate or disgusting that thing was. Puppies have, apparently, the exact same tendency. While the kids were potty-training, it would occasionally happen that they would wait too long to tell anyone they had to "go", then walk all funny and hurriedly to get to the bathroom but not quite make it there before they inadvertently "went". Same thing with the puppy!
The moral of the story is this, unless you simply wish to have a small human which will eventually talk back to you in your chosen language, a puppy is a good solid investment that will give you almost the same experience! Enjoy! ;)
~ The Girl In The Little Black Dress
I remember when my kids were toddlers. They literally followed me everywhere. Seriously. To this day, going to the bathroom without being interrupted by a child needing something is somewhat of a luxury, but back then it was a pipe dream to do so! The puppy has now brought me back to that pipe dream. More examples: You think you're the only person standing at the sink rinsing a dish, turn around to put it in the dishwasher & Ooops, you just stepped on a child! The same thing now happens with the puppy. You attempt to take out the trash, and as you walk back towards the door you hear the whining dulcet tones of "mommmmyyyyy" from the other side when you've only been gone 15 seconds, and open the door to find the child hanging onto the other side. Same thing happens with the puppy (except it's just whining doggy ... not actual words ... obviously). You drop a small object on the floor and can't find it, but the child does .. within 5 seconds ... and immediately attempts to eat said small object, to which you quickly reprimand them, which subsequently causes the small object to be dropped upon the floor again ...Yep, the same thing happens with the puppy. When my children were toddlers, they were curious about everything, wanted to smell and taste and touch absolutely everything they came across ... no matter how inappropriate or disgusting that thing was. Puppies have, apparently, the exact same tendency. While the kids were potty-training, it would occasionally happen that they would wait too long to tell anyone they had to "go", then walk all funny and hurriedly to get to the bathroom but not quite make it there before they inadvertently "went". Same thing with the puppy!
The moral of the story is this, unless you simply wish to have a small human which will eventually talk back to you in your chosen language, a puppy is a good solid investment that will give you almost the same experience! Enjoy! ;)
~ The Girl In The Little Black Dress
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