Friends of ours (Trish and Aaron) had a baby this fall, and recently they visited us for the first time since Kate's arrival. Kate has Borzoi at home, so have large wet noses and tongues poking and slurping does not distress her (she's about three months old).
Well, all four of our dogs were very mannerly with the baby; Cassie the rescue Pyr has lived with babies before and mostly said, "oh, hi, another one of these." My three have met some babies but not often--Lliira the Pyr girl and Nessie the Newfie were fascinated and inclined to come and investigate at regular intervals. Mic was not fascinated but he was fine, checking her out and then wandering off to do his own thing. Until she cried. The crying thing he was not so sure about--first he checked her out, then he came over to me as if to say, "ok, make it stop now, please!" The visit was a success all around (and as you might recall, Mic went through a phase where he was only allowed to be around very calm, mannerly, dog-wise children while he was leashed, due to some growling incidents--he has now been allowed to be loose and interacting with children/infants for about six months, and while I don't trust him the way I do the girls, he is getting better and better). Fast forward a few days. I am on my treadmill, with a tape of Star Trek Next Generation going, doing my morning masochist, er, exercise routine. It's the episode where Counselor Troi has a baby. Well, the TV baby starts crying. Mic, who usually ignores the TV, jumps up, runs over, and listens to the sound coming from the speaker, head tipping left and right. Then, off he explodes, running to all the front windows, looking out at the driveway for Trish and Aaron's van. That failing, he runs upstairs to look out at our bedroom side window, which overlooks the rest of the driveway. No dice. Down he comes, very puzzled, peeking out the front windows again. What the heck, he thinks, the baby is here crying--where are they hiding??? Eileen Morgan The Mare's Nest http://www.enter.net/~edlehman --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 1/27/2003
