Hello George and family,
..... I think dogs and children can form such a special bond, which is lovely to see.
Sue and Tilly
that's absolutely true. It's amazing. My son is still very young, and we need to keep an eye on him whenever he goes near her, because sometimes he things that Balu is a living toy... and treats her like that (!), but fortunately... either she just goes away or we get into the middle, showing him how to treat her. But we've noticed many times that Balu went and slept next to him or gave us a warning when he started to cry while being a newborn... amazing... And we never took her off our daily life... either while my wife was pregnant, or, when Nikolas came home as a newcomer. We showed her trust and, she gave it back to us in the best way :-) Needless to say that Nikolas is very happy and 'cool' while being between large breeds like Rotweilers, Alaskan Malamutes, German Shepherd (sorry for misspellings ;-) ) etc... of cource under our supervision.
And we're very happy to see that he's very keen and enthusiastic about all animals
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Well, Balu is also very keen on animals... sorry birds actually...sea-guls, ducks and chicken are like a red sheet for her... no wonder why! hehehe
take care all,
George.