Humans for Dogs

Dogs are Good for Babies' Health

Infants Wheeze Less in Homes with Multiple Dogs.  If that's true, then Caleb is set.   He's got two big furry companions who shed everywhere and follow us around everywhere - including the middle of the night feeding.

Family dog saves boy from pit bulls

This family dog saved a boy who was being attacked by pitbulls.  The pitbulls entered the yard and attacked a puppy first.  The thirteen year old boy tried to get the pitbulls off the puppy by banging them on the head with a frying pan.  When the pitbulls turned on him and he screamed, the other family dog, a German shorthair, attacked the pitbulls.  (At this point the mom got the boy and the puppy into the house.)  The police arrived and shot the pitbulls but by that time the German shorthair (Tytus) was severely injured.  He is currently receiving medical treatment. 

Imagine what could have happened to the boy if his dog hadn't lept to his defense!

Dogs and Babies

A friend of mine's granddaughter was just bitten by the family's chocolate lab.  The baby was trying to grab her toy back from the dog.

While I think this picture is adorable, I don't think Chase is sharing a pillow with Caleb because he loves him.  Don't get me wrong - Chase is an extremely tolerant dog.  He let our six year old crawl all over him, shoot him with nerf balls and scream at him.  However, I think Chase is more concerned about using the pillow and getting close to me than he is about hanging out with the baby.  Some of the reasons I think this:

• Chase uses the pillow when Caleb isn't there. 
• Chase is always trying to climb into my lap, baby or no baby.

So as good as Chase has been with kids in the past, I think there's a much better chance he's jealous of the baby than he loves the baby, so I don't leave them alone together.