Comments on: When Dog-People Become Parents

By: Carola

Carola — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:24:41 +0000

That was so funny!

By: Damselfly

Damselfly — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:35:57 +0000

So funny. And so true!

By: Shalee

Shalee — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 18:19:40 +0000

Man, it makes me think that I screwed up when the first time we left our daughter with my MIL… I didn’t do any of that stuff you did with Cooper Ann and I didn’t have a dog to do it on first!

Maybe I was a little too unconcerned… or just so happy to be free for a night!

By: abogada

abogada — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:54:00 +0000

Thank you for the smile. That entry reminds me of me, before my daughter. I was, I confess, a cat woman. My friends worried about me dying old and alone with a house full of cats to whom I was devoted (we had six when my husband and I got married). Now? The poor things, their number winnowed down to three through passings across the River Styx, have been relegated to an occasional pat on the head. Things sure do change when you have little ones!

By: Big Mama

Big Mama — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:59:37 +0000

I still think my dog Scout looks at Caroline and wonders why we brought this new thing home and what happened to his pampered life.

By: Antique Mommy

Antique Mommy — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:51:54 +0000

Susan: “Shiteranian” – that made me laugh out loud! Very funny comment.

Lundie: My MIL still gives me grief about the multiple page instructive document we gave her and made her read and study before we left Cooper with her the first time. She in turn kept a very snarky Cooper-written diary to present us with when we returned. I should publish it for y’all.

By: Susan J.

Susan J. — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:18:23 +0000

I totally relate. Our first “child” turned 10 in August. He is half pomeranian and half shi tzu, or as Mark likes to say “a shiteranian.”

I could tell you stories about how spoiled he is, but it is too embarrassing. He stays with my parents if we go out of town. He cannot stay with my in laws. I trust them with my kids, but not my dog. They just don’t understand dog love.

By: Kacey

Kacey — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 04:18:42 +0000

Golly— you went straight to third child on a first pregnancy. Usually first babies are a study of fumbling fingers, but by the third kid you can change their diapers with both hands tied behind your back — using only scotch tape any you front teeth. Give this girl a prize! If it’s money, she will grab Sean and rush to PetCo! You have to admit his nose kisses are better than Cooper Ann’s any day!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 03:04:29 +0000

When I was pregnant with my first child, I actually said to my best friend that I was afraid I wouldn’t love my baby as much as my dog.

…I almost forgot I had a dog once I got home from the hospital.

By: Janean

Janean — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 02:30:07 +0000

Same syndrome occurs between #1 and #4 child.
#1 has an entire completed baby book featuring photos taken professionally every 3 months.
#4 is lucky I wrote her name in her baby book and school pictures suffice.
Ahhh , more guilt. Just what I needed!