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Originally Posted by Cookie2  I just got home with Angel our 12 week old new furbaby. I left Cookie and Lola at home since they are older and would be ok until I got home tonight.
I was hesitating to take Angel with us because last time I took Cookie our friend's two kids would not stop grabbing Cookie. I have two kids of my own but when I yelled at them and was stern about how animals are not stuffed toys. They actually listened after 2 times and that was it. I just told my husband ahead of time to carry Angel in and to set some rules since the kids listen to my husband more.I brought a puppy tent with a zippered screen. As soon as they saw the puppy , My husband showed it to them and explained that they could NOT carry him because he is so small and to leave him in the tent. Ohhh geeze! Within 2 minutes the boy was hitting the tent and yelling Puppy! Puppy ! Do you want to come out of there!? He flipped the tent over! And Angel rolled over in the tent. My husband told them again very,very serious this time. DO NOT TOUCH, understand?? Well hubby walked away and the girl starts pushing the screen and the little boy stuck his hand under the tent and hitting it so Angel would bounce . His mom just saying in such a relaxed voice,"Kidsssss dont touch please... " I kept saying it over and over,my husband also repeating himself over and over. His mom would say something once in a while.I was there 12 hrs! I wanted to leave but we drove over 3 hrs and I could not get up and go myself. I lost count how many times that boy was warned , at least 50 times maybe? The kids were 6 yrs old and 8 yrs old. I'm sorry but that is NO excuse in my book.When I brought Cookie home mykids were 7 and 12. There is a bit of an age difference but my kids understood that for the first coupleof months the puppy would stay in my room and they would only sit with him while I was there. I never found them sneaking behind my back.
To give you an example of how those kids were. We went to the supermarket with them and the boy got lost 3 times and the girl got lost 2 times! We spent more time searching the entire store for them! I was about to burst and asked the mom " Do they always get lost when you go shopping? Don't you keep them close to you and the shopping cart? I told her if my daughter would do that she would get a spanking or we would leave. That has never happened to me by the way! I would freak out if my kids are not with me.With all the horrible news we see everyday with kids getting kidnapped,the mom seemed very unworried until I mentioned that the 8 yr daughter was missing and I just found her sandals in the next isle!
I had to take Angel out of the tent and put him in a carrier purse on my lap. The kids hovered over me begging to take him out and I said LEAVE HIM ALONE. The mom finally saw I was fed up and sent them to their room for a while.Sorry I had to vent! it was suppose to be a relaxing day ,BBQ andpool...NOT!
Genie,Cookie,Lola & Angel. |
That was over the top. Their mom should have set the rules on the 1st instance. Personally, my child would be in time out after the first instance, and if they broke the rule time out again. Normally this works 1 time with my 6 1/2 year old daughter, 2 times with my 7 1/2 year old son. But they HATE being sent away to their room when there are guests, so normally stating the rules from the beginning and what the consequences are going to be is enough if they think they are going to miss out on the fun.
But my kids are awesome with animals. They've been taught at a young age. I remember when Tiger and Rhapsody were puppies; they always asked to touch the pups. And I felt comfortable letting them sit with the puppies in their laps. They never carried, lifted, or touched without expressed permission. It's funny, even now if Rhapsody climbs up on Jacob he'll stay still (even if uncomfortable) until she wakes up and gets down, lol. He loves when she's with him and doesn't want to discourage it.
The store thing horrified me!! I can't believe that, my kids are either in the cart, or walking beside the cart with one hand on the cart. The only time I have a problem is in Disney Store, and that's kinda understandable.
So many times you hear about kids who disappeared because a parent looked away for a moment. Then you hear about parents that let their kids roam at will, my gosh, I'd be a nervous wreck if they were out of my sight in stores!!!
Sympathize with you. Talk about emotionally exhausting!