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and lots of times Mom's do not have the time to take
care of all the young *pups*. Right. Mom is usually the lifesaver in any situation. If she is overwhelmed with all her parenting duties, the pup gets put on the back burner. I have a friend who is a complete dog nut who has recently had a baby. She realizes how much less attention her dog is getting - of course it is an infant, but it happens with grade school kids too, I believe. |
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and lots of times Mom's do not have the time to take
care of all the young *pups*. Right. Mom is usually the lifesaver in any situation. If she is overwhelmed with all her parenting duties, the pup gets put on the back burner. I have a friend who is a complete dog nut who has recently had a baby. She realizes how much less attention her dog is getting - of course it is an infant, but it happens with grade school kids too, I believe. |
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Subject: Last bit on pups
From: (Tricia9999) Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2003 11:24 AM Message-id: I do rather get my back up against the wall when generalizing about kid like this. Especially since I am involved in Agility and some of the best trainers happen to be Junior handlers. I agree with this, but I think a family with a lot of kids should adopt a dog already past the toothy, nightmare 9 week age. Puppies are a mistake I think. It's like a new person to riding - put them on an experienced calm horse, not a green one. Everyone deserves a chance,of course. I have adopted out pups to people with well behaved children : ) I just like to cut my losses from the get go. Paulette~ |
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Subject: Last bit on pups
From: (Tricia9999) Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2003 11:24 AM Message-id: I do rather get my back up against the wall when generalizing about kid like this. Especially since I am involved in Agility and some of the best trainers happen to be Junior handlers. I agree with this, but I think a family with a lot of kids should adopt a dog already past the toothy, nightmare 9 week age. Puppies are a mistake I think. It's like a new person to riding - put them on an experienced calm horse, not a green one. Everyone deserves a chance,of course. I have adopted out pups to people with well behaved children : ) I just like to cut my losses from the get go. Paulette~ |
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Subject: Last bit on pups
From: (Tricia9999) Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2003 11:24 AM Message-id: I do rather get my back up against the wall when generalizing about kid like this. Especially since I am involved in Agility and some of the best trainers happen to be Junior handlers. I agree with this, but I think a family with a lot of kids should adopt a dog already past the toothy, nightmare 9 week age. Puppies are a mistake I think. It's like a new person to riding - put them on an experienced calm horse, not a green one. Everyone deserves a chance,of course. I have adopted out pups to people with well behaved children : ) I just like to cut my losses from the get go. Paulette~ |
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Subject: Last bit on pups
From: (Tricia9999) Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2003 11:27 AM Message-id: and lots of times Mom's do not have the time to take care of all the young *pups*. Right. Mom is usually the lifesaver in any situation. If she is overwhelmed with all her parenting duties, the pup gets put on the back burner. I have a friend who is a complete dog nut who has recently had a baby. She realizes how much less attention her dog is getting - of course it is an infant, but it happens with grade school kids too, I believe. You know there is a waitress that is at one of my favorite restaurants. She always came across as OH I LOVE MY DOG, and would show me pics of her Lab and was quite dog nutty. I saw her this summer,and she came over to show me all these pics... of her baby.(HUMAN) I asked "No dog pics?" She answered..."NO, I am into the baby now" I have a problem with people that have dogs, treat them like a baby, then when the baby comes along.... Poor pup. PAulette~ |
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Subject: Last bit on pups
From: (Tricia9999) Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2003 11:27 AM Message-id: and lots of times Mom's do not have the time to take care of all the young *pups*. Right. Mom is usually the lifesaver in any situation. If she is overwhelmed with all her parenting duties, the pup gets put on the back burner. I have a friend who is a complete dog nut who has recently had a baby. She realizes how much less attention her dog is getting - of course it is an infant, but it happens with grade school kids too, I believe. You know there is a waitress that is at one of my favorite restaurants. She always came across as OH I LOVE MY DOG, and would show me pics of her Lab and was quite dog nutty. I saw her this summer,and she came over to show me all these pics... of her baby.(HUMAN) I asked "No dog pics?" She answered..."NO, I am into the baby now" I have a problem with people that have dogs, treat them like a baby, then when the baby comes along.... Poor pup. PAulette~ |
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Subject: Last bit on pups
From: (Tricia9999) Date: Tue, Nov 11, 2003 11:27 AM Message-id: and lots of times Mom's do not have the time to take care of all the young *pups*. Right. Mom is usually the lifesaver in any situation. If she is overwhelmed with all her parenting duties, the pup gets put on the back burner. I have a friend who is a complete dog nut who has recently had a baby. She realizes how much less attention her dog is getting - of course it is an infant, but it happens with grade school kids too, I believe. You know there is a waitress that is at one of my favorite restaurants. She always came across as OH I LOVE MY DOG, and would show me pics of her Lab and was quite dog nutty. I saw her this summer,and she came over to show me all these pics... of her baby.(HUMAN) I asked "No dog pics?" She answered..."NO, I am into the baby now" I have a problem with people that have dogs, treat them like a baby, then when the baby comes along.... Poor pup. PAulette~ |
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Tricia9999 wrote:
I agree with this, but I think a family with a lot of kids should adopt a dog already past the toothy, nightmare 9 week age. Puppies are a mistake I think. It's like a new person to riding - put them on an experienced calm horse, not a green one. I did a home visit yesterday on a single parent with a 4 1/2 year old boy. I took Khan along on the visit, because I always want to see how kids react towards the dog. The kid was all over Khan, constantly walking behind him, petting him, hugging him, etc. When Khan lay down, the kid actually rolled on top of him and sat on his back, as if he wanted to go on a Khan ride. I kept tabs on Khan, but wanted to see what the parent would do. Although the kid was corrected, he was just sooo excited and had such a short attention span tht it wasn't making much of a dent. I can't imagine a puppy in that situations. Heck, 90% of the dogs I know won't work in that situation. And, things wouldn't be any easier with a younger child. FWIW, my nephew wouldn't dare act like this. He LOOOVES Khan, and worships the ground he walks on (he knows 'Khan', 'Khan's House', 'Khan's Car', 'Khan's Leash', etc.), but has been taught to be more respectful. Suja |
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Tricia9999 wrote:
I agree with this, but I think a family with a lot of kids should adopt a dog already past the toothy, nightmare 9 week age. Puppies are a mistake I think. It's like a new person to riding - put them on an experienced calm horse, not a green one. I did a home visit yesterday on a single parent with a 4 1/2 year old boy. I took Khan along on the visit, because I always want to see how kids react towards the dog. The kid was all over Khan, constantly walking behind him, petting him, hugging him, etc. When Khan lay down, the kid actually rolled on top of him and sat on his back, as if he wanted to go on a Khan ride. I kept tabs on Khan, but wanted to see what the parent would do. Although the kid was corrected, he was just sooo excited and had such a short attention span tht it wasn't making much of a dent. I can't imagine a puppy in that situations. Heck, 90% of the dogs I know won't work in that situation. And, things wouldn't be any easier with a younger child. FWIW, my nephew wouldn't dare act like this. He LOOOVES Khan, and worships the ground he walks on (he knows 'Khan', 'Khan's House', 'Khan's Car', 'Khan's Leash', etc.), but has been taught to be more respectful. Suja |
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