CPK Pet Thread

My dog, Gus, is very empathetic. He's obsessed, in a loving good way, with our 5 month old daughter.
He howls when she cries and surprisingly, it actually helps soothe and calm her. It's crazy because he's not a very vocal dog. So I read up on it and apparently it can be an empathetic response when a loved one is in distress.

We really don't deserve dogs.

He's been getting a lot of extra playtime and attention from me as a show of thanks.
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carnifex knifeworks said:
My dog, Gus, is very empathetic. He's obsessed, in a loving good way, with our 5 month old daughter.
He howls when she cries and surprisingly, it actually helps soothe and calm her. It's crazy because he's not a very vocal dog. So I read up on it and apparently it can be an empathetic response when a loved one is in distress.

We really don't deserve dogs.

He's been getting a lot of extra playtime and attention from me as a show of thanks.
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Odin, the dog I had when both my boys were born, was similarly affected.
He was the best dog I have owned.
Brought him home from the shelter at 3-4 months old. He pissed in the house once and was told “no” and he never did it again.

When my eldest was born he immediately took on overwatch duty. When my son was sleeping in his crib Odin would go lay down in the room. As soon as my son woke up Odin would come find one of us and start huffing and snorting at us, and would then lead us back to the crib. If we didn’t follow him back to the crib he would return to where we were, huff and snort and then attempt to lead us back to the crib again.

If the kids were outside playing he had to be out there with them. He would stand by the door and make noise and start scratching at the door until you let him out into the yard. He didn’t want to play with the kids - just keep an eye on them.
A bee was harassing my eldest one day. Odin immediately jumped up, ran over and grabbed the bee out of the air. He got stung in the mouth for his effort, but was unfazed. He then resumed his position in the yard, laid down and awaited the next threat.
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carnifex knifeworks said:
My dog, Gus, is very empathetic. He's obsessed, in a loving good way, with our 5 month old daughter.
He howls when she cries and surprisingly, it actually helps soothe and calm her. It's crazy because he's not a very vocal dog. So I read up on it and apparently it can be an empathetic response when a loved one is in distress.

We really don't deserve dogs.

He's been getting a lot of extra playtime and attention from me as a show of thanks.
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When my oldest was born, my dog Dunham was absolutely in love with her, and very protective of the baby. When we would take her for walks, Dunham would growl at anyone who tried to walk on the same side of the street as the baby. We actually had to stop taking Abby and Dunham out together.

Dunham stayed super protective until Abby got big enough to start trying to pull herself up by Dunham's ears. At that point Dunham was willing to let people walk by us in peace.

Dunham has been so good with all of our kids that it was actually a problem teaching the kids how to deal with other dogs. We had to explain that most dogs won't let you put your face up in their face, much less climb on them, or pull their ears, or play with their jowls, or take their food, or toys, or pull their tail. Dunham has been great with my kids. She might be an inveterate chicken killer, but she has proven that she will put her own life on the line to protect the kids. I am very thankful for her.

Yesterday, I told Abby about how Dunham used to not let any strangers walk on the same side of the street when she was a baby. Abby was very touched.

Abby is finally old enough that she is actively taking care of Dunham herself, and has started taking Dunham for walks, feeding her, and playing fetch (Dunham likes fetch, but only once or twice a day). Dunham has been getting very old lately, but it seems like Abby spending more time with her has given the old girl a fresh lease on life.
 
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My dog had to have a tooth pulled. He's 13, actually closer to 14. We feed him one kind of dry food only otherwise it's... unpleasant.
Vet has us feeding him a mix of canned Science Diet and dry food and you'd think he's been starving!
In a week he's put on a few pounds. We figure, what the heck, he deserves to live a little.
 
beeinak said:
That made me think of that old commercial ‘choosy mothers choose Jif’. Lol. It is my favorite PB and I have some almost daily. My pups of course love it as well. 😀
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What a clever bit of marketing that was, I remember it well... "choosy mom's choose JIF".

Aka, "you're a gutter mom if you don't buy our brand of peanut butter" ;)

I loved that stuff and ate it my whole life but ever since they had that recall and came back at an exponentially higher price I've boycotted them.

Now I eat the great value "natural" pb (with palm oil instead of seed oil). Pretty sure Peter Pan makes it.
 
carnifex knifeworks said:
My dog, Gus, is very empathetic. He's obsessed, in a loving good way, with our 5 month old daughter.
He howls when she cries and surprisingly, it actually helps soothe and calm her. It's crazy because he's not a very vocal dog. So I read up on it and apparently it can be an empathetic response when a loved one is in distress.

We really don't deserve dogs.

He's been getting a lot of extra playtime and attention from me as a show of thanks.
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Boxer - pit mix?
 
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