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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 156219" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>It will be ok. When difficult child was about 5 yo, I took him to a place that sold different small breed puppies (I know- I didn't want to support it either and it might have been a mistake in that respect). I took him to introduce him to different breeds, thinking <em>someday</em> we would get a puppy. There was a yippee puppy that got got quiet anytime difficult child went near her. We brought her home the next day, along with a second one. Then, I couldn't handle the 2 puppies and the fact that I thought this was an incompetent decision, given that I was a single working parent and these puppies were not house-trained. So, I found them both good homes- but they weren't kept together. The family that took the yippee female dog allowed us to stay in contact and visit. After a couple of months, the wife called and said her husband wasn't too crazy about this dog, because she was too playful and yippee. We went to visit (must have been about the 3rd time). The dog leaped across the yard onto difficult child and started giving him kisses all over his face. I guess you figured out- we took the dog back and have her to this day. She probably isn';t all his dreams come true in a dog (just like all wives aren;'t the trophies men dream about), but kids can learn, too, that when there is real love, you accept and adapt to what is there. He LOVES his dog, and she loves him. I joke that she is training him for marriage someday. She takes his pillow and kicks him in the head. But she has never been agressive toward him and they LOVE each other. It is a great experience for kids- especially difficult child's.</p><p></p><p>Your's (or should I say, your difficult child's) is very cute!! You will adjust!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 156219, member: 3699"] It will be ok. When difficult child was about 5 yo, I took him to a place that sold different small breed puppies (I know- I didn't want to support it either and it might have been a mistake in that respect). I took him to introduce him to different breeds, thinking [I]someday[/I] we would get a puppy. There was a yippee puppy that got got quiet anytime difficult child went near her. We brought her home the next day, along with a second one. Then, I couldn't handle the 2 puppies and the fact that I thought this was an incompetent decision, given that I was a single working parent and these puppies were not house-trained. So, I found them both good homes- but they weren't kept together. The family that took the yippee female dog allowed us to stay in contact and visit. After a couple of months, the wife called and said her husband wasn't too crazy about this dog, because she was too playful and yippee. We went to visit (must have been about the 3rd time). The dog leaped across the yard onto difficult child and started giving him kisses all over his face. I guess you figured out- we took the dog back and have her to this day. She probably isn';t all his dreams come true in a dog (just like all wives aren;'t the trophies men dream about), but kids can learn, too, that when there is real love, you accept and adapt to what is there. He LOVES his dog, and she loves him. I joke that she is training him for marriage someday. She takes his pillow and kicks him in the head. But she has never been agressive toward him and they LOVE each other. It is a great experience for kids- especially difficult child's. Your's (or should I say, your difficult child's) is very cute!! You will adjust! [/QUOTE]
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