We used to have 5 dogs but in the last 2 yrs we lost our beloved Levi ( lab/australian shepherd) and sweet little Abbie ( a very mini dashaund) at Christmas. Amazingly our Annie (golden retriver) the oldest of the bunch who is 16 yrs made it thru last winter... we do not think she will make it to Christmas because we have seen her decline in the last few days... we also have Katy ( choc. lab) who is also old and not well and Willi ( a white lab- litter mate of Levi). We love our dogs and I guess you could say we are "dog" people.... Paul and I both have always loved animals but especially dogs. We have very prolific guppies ( fish) and our parakeets even breed a few yrs ago . Olivia has a hampster... and that is the range of our pets for now. We have had a horse, frogs, turtles, liazards, gerbils, guinea pigs, rabbits and 2 chickens. Where we live now we can't have some of the farm animals but a farm would be nice for the kids.
I wanted to share how much having pets and especially for us our dogs add so much to our family. They help with the transitions of our adopted children too. Our kids learn responsiblity by taking care of our pets but, they also learn alot about loyalty and love from them. You will often find many of them laying on one of the dogs or sharing their blanket or pillow with them while watching tv...
We watched Molly and Mike's puppies for a few days this week and you can see how much the kids loved taking care of Roxy and Bella... of course we have been asked a zillion times for another puppy but , we have said after Annie and Katy die we might...
Here are some happy pictures of the kids with their dogs... who unconditionally love them no matter what... that is a kind of love that many orphans have never experienced. Watching our children love and be gentle with the dogs is very gratifying...
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I know exactly what you mean, we are a dog family too :)
Jodi Lewandoski
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