[Rhapsody]

I have two children, my daughter, Rachel, aged 5; and my son, Jacob, aged 6. I've taught them to be very gentle and careful with animals. I rarely leave them alone with my Rhapsody, who is a 12 week old Yorkie - she weighs in at 1.8 lb., which isn't hard because Rhapsody follows me everywhere, and is always with me if not in her crate at night. I've also been very careful to teach them the proper way to hold and play with a small dog, and we have supervised sessions where they carefully practice the techniques we've gone over. Heck we have special photo sessions with Rhapsody, and the kids think up most of the poses. They are very considerate and attentive to the puppy; even by telling me that Rhaps (their nickname for Rhapsody) is tired and has to eat or go out or whatever so it's time to stop taking pictures!
Lol, sometimes I wonder who is really in charge -- me, or the kids, or Rhapsody!

Hope this helps!


Jess