That's not all that unusual. My cousin Adam and his wife Liz have a Great Dane, aka small horse. Claire is a sweetie and thinks she's a lap dog.
When they got Claire before Liz was pregnant with their first son I think. Shortly after they brought little Adam home (first time she and the baby were home by themselves), a friend, who the dog knew, came to visit. Claire would not let him near the baby!
Reminds me of a story my mom used to tell - she and her best friend (my Aunt Linda) were pregnant at the same time, and her friend's baby was born three months before me. My aunt had a Briard (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Briard_fauve.JPG) named Tammy at the time and she would settle down in the baby's room. No one was getting in that room if Tammy didn't like them.
She was also a herding dog, so when the two of us were learning to walk, she would run circles around us to make sure we stayed where we should be--which of course led to us falling into each other a lot :)
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Date: 2008-11-24 04:47 pm (UTC)That's not all that unusual. My cousin Adam and his wife Liz have a Great Dane, aka small horse. Claire is a sweetie and thinks she's a lap dog.
When they got Claire before Liz was pregnant with their first son I think. Shortly after they brought little Adam home (first time she and the baby were home by themselves), a friend, who the dog knew, came to visit. Claire would not let him near the baby!
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Date: 2008-11-24 07:36 pm (UTC)This was special because it's true.
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Date: 2008-11-24 05:02 pm (UTC)Reminds me of a story my mom used to tell - she and her best friend (my Aunt Linda) were pregnant at the same time, and her friend's baby was born three months before me. My aunt had a Briard (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Briard_fauve.JPG) named Tammy at the time and she would settle down in the baby's room. No one was getting in that room if Tammy didn't like them.
She was also a herding dog, so when the two of us were learning to walk, she would run circles around us to make sure we stayed where we should be--which of course led to us falling into each other a lot :)
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Date: 2008-11-24 07:36 pm (UTC)Because of Tammy and...it's all true.
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Date: 2008-11-24 06:18 pm (UTC)Dogs are awesome.
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Date: 2008-11-24 07:37 pm (UTC)I want to own a house so I can get a dog. I miss having a dog.
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Date: 2008-11-24 10:41 pm (UTC)