I hope some how we can change that too. My son had to do a report describing "a different kind of hero" and he did it on service dogs and search and rescue dogs. He included all kinds of dogs in his report. He is only ten years old but his report was so well done it went to the district level where it is going to be judged. I was so proud of him. Like I said we taught our kids to respect animals/pets because as you stated they are animals whether they are big or small and yes they have bad days to LOL. Even my shepherd has his own lil hideaway to get away from us and the kids know that when he goes to his space they are to leave him alone for his alone time. In fact I have already told them that mommy is getting a smaller puppy and that he is not the same as our shepherd. In fact we have been practicing with the guinnea pig how to handle a small puppy lol.
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