With the neice, I've said it before, I'll say it again, I don't let kids hold our dogs. They can pet them, but thats as far as it goes. Accidents do happen its your job to prevent them. And since her Mother offers no help or support, I wouldn't take Teddy if she and the child were there.
And the fall, when Melvin was 4 or 5 months old, maybe less he took a really bad fall. Daddy had taken him to look at a truck and put Melvin in the back. Melvin got up on the ledge and jumped. For whatever reason, he put all his little legs out like he could fly. Thus landing him smack on his belly. I was pissed, to say the least. Of course I wasn't there either, or else I would have been really freaking out. It was a full size truck so it was pretty up there too. He was a little bruised and sore, but just fine none the less. You have to watch them 24/7, they do crazy things if you don't. We learned our lesson that day. And FYI, Melvin still does the "I'm flying!" look when you put him in the air, I have no idea why, but it looks funny. |