I Love My Dog...

And my dog loves me!

Much like an older child, Bear was our first "baby" and admittedly, was spoiled rotten. So when I got pregnant it was only natural for us to wonder how having a new baby in the house would affect Bear. We have heard horror stories about animals getting so jealous of the child that they actually turn on them. We read up on everything and did everything we could to get her ready for Isabelle's homecoming. We had a bag of diapers opened for her to sniff at, one of her beds in the nursery (where she actually did sleep from time to time), etc. The day came to introduce Bear to "her sister" and we were as prepared as we thought we could be. Bear sniffed around at her for a bit, accidentally tromped on her a few times (nothing that hurt Isabelle), went through a pouting stage but then we think she realized that Isabelle is here to stay and that we love her so she'd better embrace her too.

Over the past few months when we are out on our walks, Bear has become very protective of us...well, Isabelle. When other dogs walk by, Bear's tuff goes up and she walks right next to the stroller until it passes. I swear, we were so lucky to have found her and are forever grateful to whomever was crazy enough to give her up. What a great catch! As you can see by the pics, she and Isabelle are real buddies and we honestly don't ever see that changing.