I completely agree! I grew up on a farm and always had dogs, but they were "outside" dogs, so although I loved them, it was different. My own dogs have always had the run of the house and I've treated them like my own children!
You just reminded me of a story: One time when my son was a baby, I was attempting the "cry yourself to sleep" thing for the very first time. As a new mom, I was finding it extremely difficult to hear him and not go soothe him, but on my mother-in-law's advice, I was giving it my best shot. I was lying in bed, listening and my dog kept coming to the side of the bed, knocking my arm. Now this dog used to do that when she wanted to get under the covers with me:), so I ignored her. After several minutes of her doing that, she left my room, went across the hall to my son's room, smashed the door open with her head, and layed down in front of his crib! The whole time she was simply alerting me to his sadness. I immediately got up, taking direction from my dog, instead of my mother-in-law, and went to soothe my son ;)
They really are
the best pet we can have!
Thank you for stopping by! And thanks for triggering that memory for me <3
I had a cat do the same thing to me - though I wasn't leaving the child to cry, I just had to get some free-arm time (as in, my arm was killing me!) Anyway, this cat would climb up on the cat furniture behind me and tap my shoulder as if to tell me to take care of my kitten!
And yeah, although my eldest got the harder treatment, the others never even got put in the crib/cot more than as a quick break and when my daughters came along, I didn't even get a new crib!
That's a great story; cats and dogs can be so smart!!
haha that's funny, with each kid we get a bit more lax ;) A bit like with soothers for first born are boiled if they fall on the ground, and by the time the next ones come, they're lucky if they get a quick wipe on a sleeve before passing it right back ;)
That's a beautiful story! And what a smart dog that understood what was happening! Lovely!
brilliant dog :)Thank you so much @dedicatedguy! I'm glad you enjoyed it :) She really was a