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#16948 - 04/10/07 01:55 PM
Re: puppy???
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Registered: 01/16/04
Posts: 1449
Loc: Richmond, VA, USA
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Kelly, I wish I could help you, but we're cat people here. We've never really had a problem with the cats scratching the boys, but they were past kittenhood when the boys were born.
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email: jennifer at confettiskin dot com facebook - find me on "ichthyosis mommy spot" or "friends of ichthyosis"
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#16950 - 04/10/07 02:21 PM
Re: puppy???
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Registered: 03/08/02
Posts: 162
Loc: Lancaster, Ohio USA
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Hi, I'm sorry, I forget. How old is Adam? When Evan, who has EHK, was a toddler, he was terrified of dogs. My sister had a dog and if he saw it on the other side of the room, he would scream at the top of his lungs. Our solution, we got a puppy. We had to be careful and taught Evan and the puppy to be careful. It was probably harder to teach Evan to be careful. Evan now loves all animals and that puppy is now our 12 year old companion. My advice would be; do what feels right for your family. Of course we need to protect our children but there is only so much we can protect them against and only so much we want to take away from them. To me, those are the hardest questions we have to balance. Good Luck with your new pet! Deidra p.s. One last word of advice,for your own sanity, think about the shedding. Our dog sheds ALOT. It has never caused Ev any problems but it is one more mess in the house in addition to the obvious!
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#16955 - 07/28/07 05:25 PM
Re: puppy???
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Registered: 07/12/06
Posts: 258
Loc: Fort Walton Beach, FL,USA
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My son has CIE, but when he was born we had a Lab pup, her name is Sweetie, we kept him at a good distance long enough to let her know that she must be careful around him, to this day she gets out of the way when he is toddling around and only is close when we are there with them both. Your sons are older and will be very excited, but trainig is the way to go and you can do it yourself or pay for it, with good training the lab is a very obident & gentle dog. Plus if your boys help with the training, then they become the dogs master. You just have to make it clear as the dog gets older that absolutly no rough play is allowed. There is a great book called Family Dog by Richard A Walters that I got on Amazon.com for about 7 bucks used. It is step by step, and we have trained sweetie by it, the only thing she wont do is roll over, but that is mostly because I didnt train her well enough in that depaertment, I was so busy with the baby. You can also get a little older dog , and with patience they are very trainable as well. But if you dont have the time or patience to spend at least 15 min 2 times a day, then you will have a dog that might not obey or do things like jump up. We love our Sweetie and you should see her jump of the dock and swim and fetch. Your boys skin is probably much more fragile than mine, and I'm not saying that they wont get hurt, because they probably will, but I dont think it would be alot. But also the rescue people are the pros, so you must take their advice in consideration.
Hope I helped, thanks, Cara
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