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<blockquote data-quote="Shari" data-source="post: 468140" data-attributes="member: 1848"><p>Wee's IHBT pressured me to get Wee a dog when he was about 4. husband had gotten a working dog puppy and Wee responded to it really well. When Wee was 5, I gave in and got him a dog.</p><p></p><p>I expected the primary care to fall to me, which it does. Wee helps, even now. However, the dog loves him unconditionally, the dog is a k9 version of Wee, they run, they chase, they play fetch, they went swimming at the pool together on the last day of the season (when you are allowed to bring your dog), then they curl up in the chair together at night and watch tv...they are 2 peas in a pod, and the dog has been great for Wee. Its a conversation starter with new people, it draws other kids to him that otherwise would stay away, its a common interest with adults and children alike, it gives him a source of pride that he didn't have before. He takes the dog camping and trick or treating and to contests and gives him social opportunities he wouldn't otherwise have...the dog just has given him a lot.</p><p></p><p>I don't regret that dog for one minute. It took us months to find him. We drove to shelters all over the state to find him, and spend time playing with other dogs, until we found "THE dog". I could be wrong, but I don't think its the kind of bond you'll get with another animal (except, maybe, as was mentioned, a horse). It creates more work for me, but I suspect its just a trade off. If we didn't have the dog, I'd have to be filling in some of those holes the dog fills, so I'd be doing something one way or another.</p><p></p><p>(Although Wee does have a rat, and he loves that darned rat, too. And the rat, much to my surprise, has a lot of personality, also. Though she doesn't seem to have a bond to any one person, but she has more interaction than the guinea pigs and hamsters we had before.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shari, post: 468140, member: 1848"] Wee's IHBT pressured me to get Wee a dog when he was about 4. husband had gotten a working dog puppy and Wee responded to it really well. When Wee was 5, I gave in and got him a dog. I expected the primary care to fall to me, which it does. Wee helps, even now. However, the dog loves him unconditionally, the dog is a k9 version of Wee, they run, they chase, they play fetch, they went swimming at the pool together on the last day of the season (when you are allowed to bring your dog), then they curl up in the chair together at night and watch tv...they are 2 peas in a pod, and the dog has been great for Wee. Its a conversation starter with new people, it draws other kids to him that otherwise would stay away, its a common interest with adults and children alike, it gives him a source of pride that he didn't have before. He takes the dog camping and trick or treating and to contests and gives him social opportunities he wouldn't otherwise have...the dog just has given him a lot. I don't regret that dog for one minute. It took us months to find him. We drove to shelters all over the state to find him, and spend time playing with other dogs, until we found "THE dog". I could be wrong, but I don't think its the kind of bond you'll get with another animal (except, maybe, as was mentioned, a horse). It creates more work for me, but I suspect its just a trade off. If we didn't have the dog, I'd have to be filling in some of those holes the dog fills, so I'd be doing something one way or another. (Although Wee does have a rat, and he loves that darned rat, too. And the rat, much to my surprise, has a lot of personality, also. Though she doesn't seem to have a bond to any one person, but she has more interaction than the guinea pigs and hamsters we had before.) [/QUOTE]
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