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(Picture taken Nov. 2009, when Will was one month)

My parents are in town visiting. I’m always so excited to see them, but now that Will is here the excitement has increased tenfold. It’s just so much fun to see their reactions to all the new things that Will can do and how much he’s grown.

I also love seeing the dogs’ reactions to my parents. They get so excited to see “Grandma and Grandpa”. Zoey whines and jumps up and down, Leroy runs around with his tail wagging, and Stella barks… and barks and barks . My parents are so good about giving the dogs equal attention because technically they were their first “grandkids”.

It’s funny to think about when we first got Zoey… my parents were shocked. It didn’t take long for them to fall in love with her though. And then, when we rescued Leroy, they had a lot of questions. “Could we afford another dog?” “How would we travel with two dogs?” “How would Zoey react to another dog given that she was used to being our one and only?” Again, Leroy quickly stole their hearts and became part of the family. Lastly, when we decided to rescue Stella, they thought we were just plain off our rockers. Now my dad is her favorite “fetch partner” and my mom gives her kisses and cuddles just like the other two.

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So this leads me to the question of the week:

How did/do your parents react to your dog(s)?

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2 Responses to “Question of the Week”

  1. Jessica Kamish says:
    February 26, 2010 at 10:48 pm

    I love that picture! Its a very nice family pic=)
    My parents responded quite similar to yours. They were more worried when I decided to start up the rescue. I think that they’ve known for quite sometime that I would always be a dog lover. So I don’t think it was completely unexpected.
    Matt, my fiance, has super supportive parents. I think they were more excited when we got Rocky than we were. They have loved spoiling the crap out of him through the past 5 years. And now they love spoiling Lily too.

  2. Tamara says:
    February 28, 2010 at 1:48 pm

    My mom LOVES Bella!! Some days I will get a phone call from her asking how her “grand-dog” is! She will stop by our house on weekends or on her way home from work every once in a while just to say hi to the pooch.
    And Bella LOVES her grandma! Every time she comes by, Bella will watch her pull up and immediately start wagging her tail like crazy and then start running around in circles and jumping up and down waiting for her to come in the door. Once she’s in the house, she gets LOTS and LOTS of Bella kisses and hugs! = )
    All I can say is, we are SOO glad they have such a wonderful relationship!