Parent Corner: Getting a Dog

I posted about our new dog about a week ago.

The first thing my daughter did was start telling the new dog all about our dog who died a little over a year ago. It was very touching.

Then she was doing such a good job being gentle and quiet to avoid scaring the new dog, who was extremely timid for the first couple of days. Clearly, she wanted to be loud and wild and play, but the dog wasn't ready, so she very gently told the dog about how she gets scared sometimes and listed off some of the things she gets scared of and explained that she'd help the dog not be scared. What a kid!

The next thing to work on is getting them both to sleep in her room. The bed's getting a bit crowded.

originally posted at https://stacker.news/items/921811