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I always kind of find the difference between animal lovers and those who don't care for them so much to be funny. I do not like furry animals at all esp in my house, but I have friends and family members who just LOVE their dogs or cats. When I have the baby over at their house I do not like it at all for their animal to try to lick Kendra or get all in her face really I don't even like them to pet their animal and then try to touch her. Both of our next dorr neighbors think that their dogs are kids or something and every time I am outside with Kendra they will want to hold Her, which is fine I know them pretty well. the neighbor to out left imperticular will try to let her big ass dog smell and lick Kendra and will let her dog lick her hands and then try to touch Kendra's face. OMG it makes me want to puke. I am pretty up front and say don't touch her skin after you dog licked your hand or I will say don't let your dog get in her face. Of course if I am at someones house I just try to keep her away from their animal, because we are guest in the animals home. Sometimes though when they are holding her they will bend over so the cat or dog can "see" the baby. Um....yeah I'm not feelin it at all. You dog doesn't need to "see" my baby. It sends chills down my spine just thinking about it. Anyway I have noticed that animal lovers don't seem to get that some people find it gross to be so intimate with their four legged friends and I don't think they even give it a second thought when doing these things. I guess to them it is just normal to let a dog lick a person or what ever. So the point of me telling you all this is because I see lots of you are all animal lovers. I need advise from your point of view so that I can get better at this whole dog/cat issue. If you were in their situation what would you say is the best way for me to let you know my wishes with out hurting your feelings? Keep in mind that some of my aunts...well all of my step-moms family take their dogs everywhere even when we have parties at someones house so the all LOVE dogs. ↓
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| Name: DaneseS | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 7:08 PM |
| well i have both a dog and a cat and i dont mind if they sniff at her a litle but to lick her NO NO NO i dont let my dog lick me either..i think its nasty she licks her crotch the ground..and she eats poo....also if i pet her or my cat i wash my hands if i hold my cat i change my shirt before i will hold gabby again...jonathans family have alot of allergies on their side of the family so i am trying to be careful incase she develops them...i dunno if she will or not though...i dont think your being unreasonable at all ↑ |
| Name: breemichelle | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 7:11 PM |
| I'm noy sure, I'm guilty of being one of those that lets their dogs slober all over me, and they sneak a lick in on the baby sometimes ( I try not to let them) but when people are over with their kids I warn them that my dogs will lick and climb on them or their kids, and offer to put them outside or in their kennels. So for me, just simply telling me you aren't comfortable would work, but I;m not sure about other people. ↑ |
| Name: JasminesMommy | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 7:40 PM |
I am an animal lover myself. But I feel you on the whole "get that $&%&# animal's mouth away from my BABY!!" I cant stand it when people cant control their animals enough to keep them off my child. Its kind of a pet peave (haha yeah I was trying to be funny... im corny huh??). I just cant stand it when the animals are all up in my baby's face and the owner is sitting there watching me fight the tongue of an animal that licks it's own ass out of my baby's mouth.
But then again I am the same way with young kids. The way they always want to touch the baby and hold the baby. Kisses are fine though. Like my neighbor who has a 9, 4 and 2 year old. She just says "dont touch the baby" but does nothing about it when they do? WTF Those are not my kids I shouldnt have to get them off my baby - thats her job. Yeah I am a picky momma but it's my first you cant blame me. lol... ↑ |
| Name: jillw | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 7:47 PM |
| well it is good to hear that I am not the only one who feels this way. My aunts seem to think that they dogs need to smell the baby so they will settle down or not get upset becaue the baby is getting more attention WTF??/ All I know is I don't want ass toung on my baby and honestly who know if a baby is going to have an issue with pet hair. I personally do not want to find out this soon. When she is older and nasty herself putting everything under the sun into her little mouth then maybe I will feel different, but until then I don't want any nasty animal fur or slobber all over her. ↑ |
| Name: JasminesMommy | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 7:53 PM |
| I think that was another thing with me too - allergies. How am I supposed to know if she is going to have a reaction to pets? I would rather wait until she is older and it is less threatening to her before I find out the asnwer to that question. Just because I love animals doesnt mean she has to be around them all the time - when she's old enough to play with them she's more than welcome to but it's too early now ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 8:11 PM |
| def no to cats, i hate the evil creatures plus im allergic. our dogs to lick braden, sleep next to him yadi yada. their mouths are cleaner than mine. i was iffy at first because i didnt know how either dog or bray would react but its fine. my best friend as a baby was my grandmas german shepard and a pink basket, thats bveside the point. its your decision, just tell them shes allergic to dogs wash your hands ↑ |
| Name: breemichelle | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 8:20 PM |
Yeah Coartney, I'm so glad your dogs sometimes lick Brayden and sleep with him too, I was starting to feel like I was the only one. =)
But I dont' blame the other girls at all, if it were not my pets I would have a problem with it. My friends have two well behaved little dogs and I know they are ok around my baby but they have a very un-behaved boxer, who is really sweet, but they watch me fight off the boxer for like 10 minutes before they finally screetch at it, and I say screetch because they yell at the top of their lungs and in turn startle my baby and make her upset, and they wonder why I don't go over to their house as often anymore. ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 8:31 PM |
our german shepard has bit before but never a child only adukts. he guards braden like its his son. he cries, rocky lets us know. only thing that grosses me out if braden spits up he tries to lick it up
Braden** ↑ |
| Name: Randi | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 8:43 PM |
My dogs lick Kadens feet. I do not let them lick his hands or face. My dog Maya is very protective of Kaden. As for the cats, I don't let them lay on his blanket, ours don't lick anyway so I don't mind them checking him out.
I would not let a person lick my son, so why would I let a dog sniff him and lick his hands and face? ↑ |
| Name: breemichelle | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 9:08 PM |
| Dang it Coartney, I know you don't like it when people spell Braden's name wrong and I still typed it wrong. Sometimes my hands don't listen to what my brain tells them. =) ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 9:35 PM |
| Name: Marti | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 9:37 PM |
| I am a huge animal lover and everyone who comes over k nows they have three dogs running around the house too. BUT I am also respectful of people with kids. I don't make my dogs go outside but I do police them to make sure they aren't bugging or licking the kids. I don't have a problem with it myself. My dogs kiss Ian on the cheek all of the time and it doens't bother me. I just immediately wipe his cheek clean. I do believe if you goto someone's home and they have pets that it is THEIR home. If you don't want to deal with the pets, don't go there. But I also believe us animal lovers need to be mindful of the non animal people. Of course, I tell my husband that my dogs are cleaner than some of his relatives we let touch the baby/. Ha ha ha ha. ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 9:43 PM |
| Name: Double_K | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 9:59 PM |
I work at a vet clinic--so I guess you could call me an animal lover. :) It is funny how there are 2 totally different people when it comes to animals....
we have a schnauzer and 2 cats inside---the dog does like to try to lick Kadens face--we of corse don't let him. He also likes to lick up any spit up--gross! We actually have more of a problem with Kaden trying to put the dog in his mouth--he'll grab a hlm and try to drag the dog in his mouth (just like anything he grabs)!!! But I know my dog is flea/tick free, dewormed, healthy, etc----I would not want him getting close to strange dogs!
The cats just ignore him- ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Jul 2nd, 2007 10:41 PM |
| well im an animal lover and i have the biggest pea brain of a dog, that just wants to be loved, and he loves to love back. hes a doberman so we made sure that he doesnt jump on people because of his size but he is a licker, i dont let him lick me or others, but he will give Tyler the occasional lick, i let him lick him to an extent, not on his hands but feet are his main target, and if hes in his carseat on the floor he will do a DRIVE BY lick, on his face till i call him. but his mouth i sa lot cleaner than mine, but it still sorta grosses me out, but i do let other peopled dogs smell him and check him out, and some people will call their dog back... and i tell them its ok my dog is way bigger, hes fine.... since my dog is HUge!! but my parents have cats and they dont care about Tyler ↑ |
| Name: jillw | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 1:06 AM |
| hahahah I see you got jokes Coart ♥ ↑ |
| Name: NoahsMama06 | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 1:42 AM |
| Noah plays with our beagle like she's his big sister. He jumps on her, pulls her tail, pulls her ears, and they fall asleep next to each other. She licks him all the time and he giggles and giggles and just loves it. She does get a bath quite often and we don't put any kind of flea collar or anything like that on her because I wouldn't want that to get on Noah's hands.. we've just been lucky that she's never had fleas. Even though she's never made a move to bite him I would never leave them alone together and I would never allow Noah to touch a stranger's/ neighbor's dog unless I was holding Noah and had my hand on the dogs collar or head. When my inlaws are over (they don't like dogs) I make sure the beagle isn't bothering them, but I don't put her outside unless she gets too wild. Also, I make sure she isn't being too rambunctious (sp???) around their kids (who like to play with her and tease her). If she gets out of hand then she does go outside. ↑ |
| Name: Double_K | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 1:57 AM |
| Okay--gross story w/ doggies just happened---perfect place to talk about it since it was brought up today...........so Kaden was crawling around on the living room floor tonight, I go into the kitchen for a few minutes--go back in there and Kaden has our dogs chewy rawhide bone (the dog usually keeps hiden) and is using it as a teething biscuit---OHHH I almost gagged---the dog has obviously had this one for a while, it was quite broke in with doggie bites and slobbers----YUCK----I take a washrag and clean inside Kadens mouth---I know really that is not doing any good, but made me feel a little better.. :) ↑ |
| Name: jillw | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 2:20 AM |
| ooohhh gross and kids eat everything another reasonwhy no doggies for me. ↑ |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 2:22 AM |
| Name: lacirrom | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 3:43 AM |
| oh just a by the way for everyone worried about the allergy thing...everything that i've read says that it's better to expose them to lost of animals when they are babies because it actually lowers their chances of having allergies to them. ↑ |
| Name: Randi | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 3:55 AM |
| I was told that too by my health nurse when she came for my home visit. She said that children who are exposed to reasonable amounts of household dust and pet dander generally have stronger immune systems. ↑ |
| Name: Coartney | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 3:59 AM |
| Name: zoey9810 | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 5:30 AM |
| pleas i got so much dust and fing cobwebs!! we have really high ceelings and i cant reach the webs lol smart spiders! ↑ |
| Name: briseis | Date: Jul 3rd, 2007 10:12 AM |
| I have 2 dogs, 2 cats and 2 bird. And I think it'll be good for my baby son to interact with the animals when he arrives. BUT only under close supervision, and the dogs certainly won't be allowed to lick him. Gosh Jill, don't let them do that ever! Dogs lick their own piss, and they lick their groin. Ew. I adore animals, but there's a line my dogs won't cross when my son is a baby. If you don't like it, don't allow it. x ↑ |
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