In 2017, a study by Cambridge researchers looked at the interactions of 12-year-olds and their pets in 77 British households. The children were asked about the quality of relationships with the members of their families, including their pets. That quality was calculated across four different dimensions: satisfaction with the relationship, feelings of companionship, communication, and conflict. Of those parameters, the kids reported not only less conflict with pets than their siblings, but also more satisfaction. That's a polite, academic way of saying they felt a stronger bond with their pet than with their brother or sister. Moreover, researchers noted that in the hierarchy of pets, kids were most bonded with dogs. So if you still believe that your kids don't need a dog, you must be a cat.
#1 I Volunteer For A Dog Rescue, We Love Seeing Updates Of The Dogs In Their New Homes. This One Made Me Smile
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#2 So, Cassidy (My Daughter) Was Snuggling Elsa (Our Rescue Pup) Under Her Hoodie. I Walked Into The Room And Asked "Where's Elsa?" Well, Elsa Tried To Get To Me
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#3 This Kid Walking His Dog In Full Astronaut Gear
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#4 A Baby And His Dog
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#5 My Best Friend Has Four Paws. CJ (5 Years Old) And Chance (3 Months Old)
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#6 Peeking Buddies
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#7 Their Dog Hasn’t Eaten Well Since They Brought Their Baby Home - Dog Kept Taking Food Into The Living Room And Leaving It There
Someone suggested the dog might be worried the baby isn’t visibly eating, so is “feeding” the baby. They tried giving the baby a bowl of food at the same time. It worked!
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#8 My Daughter Has A Huge Heart For Dogs And Begged For Months To Get Another Rescue. She Even Used All Her Money To Pitch In For The Fees. Here She Is With Our Third Rescue Pupper, Daisy
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#9 And I Never Thought That 17 Years Later, My Best Friend Would Live To Meet My First Child
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#10 Our Neighbor Gives Treats Through The Fence. Recently He Has Been Giving My Daughter Treats Too. This Is Them Waiting Patiently Today
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#11 Two Street Children, With Barely Enough Money To Afford Slippers, Bandage An Injured Puppy
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#12 8 Months Ago, Our Son Got A Support Dog. Our Son Was Mostly Wheelchair Dependent. We Hoped His Dog Would Help Him Grow Stronger. I Think We Can Conclude That Together They Succeeded
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#13 Our Dog Has Hardly Left My Wife’s Side Since Baby Arrived. He’s A Proud Older Brother
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#14 Our Good Girl, Stella. Picked Her Up A Year Ago At The Pound. The Best Farm Dog Ever
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#15 My Moms Rescue Dog Rico Is Best Friends With My Baby. I Interrupted Them Watching Peppa Pig
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#16 We Told Lincoln To Watch Some Youtube Videos On How To Train His Puppy
So here he is, showing them to the dog.
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#17 Just A Boy And His New Dog
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#18 My Son Has Autism And One Of His Unique Trait, Is His Need For Physical Contact At All Times. Barb Came Into Our Lives And Elected Herself To The Position Of Weighted Blanket & Bodyguard
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#19 I Knew My Senior Dog Loved Babies, But Seeing Him Love My Daughter Makes My Heart Burst
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#20 My Baby With My Dog’s Babies
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#21 My Wife And Her Pupper 30 Years Ago, And Our Daughter And Her Pupper
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#22 6 Years Of Friendship
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#23 My Son And Daughter
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#24 My Son And His Puppy - They Can’t Get Enough Of Each Other
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#25 I Just Finished This “Fort” For My Son So He Could Look At Trucks Out The Window. Now He Can Hang Out With His Best Friend
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#26 They Bonded Before We Even Left The Parking Space
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#27 My Brother’s Daughter And New Puppy Are Already Best Buds, They Even Have Matching Outfits
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#28 My Dog Thinks My Daughter Is His Baby. They Love Each Other So Much. This Is How They Fell Asleep Yesterday During Nap Time
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#29 She’s Loyal, Protective, And Goofy. Meet My Daughter’s Best Friend
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#30 Our Son Had A Heart Transplant. My Wife Made Him A Tin Man Costume. Cowardly Lion Played By Murphy Jenkins
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#31 Our Daughter Was Visited By Maddie, A Therapy Dog, Before Her (Successful) Surgery At Phoenix Children’s Hospital ... This Dog Helped All Of Us More Than She Will Ever Know ... She’s Not A Good Girl, She’s A Great Girl
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#32 The 12-Week-Old Guarding The 1-Week-Old. Something Tells Me This Is The Start Of A Beautiful Friendship
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#33 When My Twins Were Born, Our Dog, Who Hated Pretty Much Everyone But Us, Followed Them Everywhere And Was Constantly Guarding Them
He was also crying and whining when they were out of his sight.
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#34 After 28 Years I Finally Got A Dog. Everyone Meet My 9-Week-Old Black Lab Archer, And His New Best Friend, My 7-Month-Old Nephew, Nash
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#35 My Nephew Meeting The Puppy
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#36 My Oldest Has Been Battling A Cold. 95 Lbs Of Lap Puppy To The Rescue. Such A Good Boy
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#37 My Daughter Was Nervous Around Dogs, And Then She Met This Guy. He Let Her Love All Over Him For 20 Minutes And Afterwards, Her Fear Was Gone. Thank You, Sweet Boy, For Making Her Into The Dog Lover She Is
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#38 It’s My Dogs 4th Birthday, My Daughter Spent All Her Pocket Money Buying Her A Steak
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#39 My Son Broke His Arm And Ever Since He Came Home My Girlfriend's Dog Won't Leave His Side
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#40 Step 1: Try To Take Cute Pic Of Dog And Baby. Step 2: Dog Sneezes During Pic. Step 3: Accidentally Capture My Dogs Inner Demon, And My Son Thinks It's Funny
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#41 I Took A Picture Of My Son Looking For My Dog
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#42 We Were So Nervous To Bring Our Newborn Son Home To Meet Our Beagle. Best Friends Right Away. Meet Oliver And His Doggo Sophie
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#43 My Dog Is 18, Has Trouble Standing. Since Clare Was Born, He Stands For Hours Watching. Good Boy
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#44 Beginning Of A Great Friendship
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#45 My Nephew Recently Stayed Over For The First Time Since I Got My Puppy. This Is How They Spent Most Of Their Time
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#46 My Nephew Tested On The Spectrum For Autism. This Is His New Best Friend And Therapy Dog
In just one month, my nephew has gone from saying 3 words to 40 words, and even putting sentences together. A huge leap from where he was before pup came along.
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#47 Now This Is Just Perfect
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#48 Gentle Giant
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#49 Once A Lap Dog, Always A Lap Dog
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#50 My Daughter Has Been Asking Every Christmas And Birthday For 5 Years For Her Dream Dog. This Week We Adopted Her New Best Friend. So Far They’re Inseparable
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#51 This Pretty Girl Came To Visit My Daughter
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#52 I Waited Over Ten Years For A Dog, Finally Have A Backyard. We Tried For Two Years To Get Pregnant, Finally Had A Daughter. Last Month My Heart Became Complete
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#53 My Daughter And Our Dog - 12 Years Later
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#54 Took My Dog And Daughter Out For The First Time Together, In A Winter Wonderland
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#55 For My Cake Day, I Give You My 2-Year-Old Nephew Asleep On His Doggo Daphni's Bed. So. Much. Cute
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#56 Teddy And Little Leo Have Claimed The Baby As Their Puppy And Will Never Let Her Go
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#57 My Little Cousin And His Best Friend Sleep Together
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#58 At My Parents House After 3 Weeks Without Visiting. She Felt Asleep While My Daughter Was Watching TV
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#59 My Son Has Been Asking For A Dog Since He Could Talk. He's 7 Now And On Friday We Made His Dreams Come True. True Love Right Here
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#60 My Pitbull Won't Let My Newborn Out Of Her Sight. She Is A Good Girl
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#61 My Corgi Likes To Lie Down Next To My 4 Month Old Daughter. It Looks Like He's Depressed And She's A Psychiatrist Counseling Him
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#62 My Newborn Son Lying On Top On My Grumpy Pug, Piglet
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#63 My Niece Flanked By Security - My Rottie & Choc Lab. She Looks Like A Baby Crime-Boss
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#64 She Already Loves Her New Brother. She Follows Whoever Is Holding Him Around, And Whimpers When He Cries
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#65 Had To Put My Dog Down A Few Months Ago. My Son Will Never Know How Much Griffin Loved Him
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#66 In Their Mind They Are Secret Service
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#67 My Son And His Dog. Waiting For The Bus
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#68 I Recently Let My One-Year-Old Pit Bull Sleep With My Toddler. The First Night She Woke Up And He Cuddled Her Back To Sleep. Now They Sleep Together Every Night
After I lay her down and I leave the room he never budges. He knows his place is by her side.
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#69 My Niece Has Better Birthday Parties Than I Do
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#70 Sadie Baby Loves Our First Foster Puppy. Look At Those Puppy Eyes
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#71 My Nephew Fell Asleep Holding A Puppy
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#72 My Nephew Making Some New Friends
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#73 My 3-Year-Old Is Sick With The Flu, And All He Wants Is His Dog. He’s Been Sleeping Like That For Hours. Hammer Is The Best Boy
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#74 My Boy Meeting His New Pup For The First Time
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#75 The Instinctual Love Between Babies And Dogs Is A Thing Of Beauty
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#76 This Bulldog Squish Into Any Space As Along As He’s Close To His Human
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#77 My Daughter Was Born Premature And After 11 Days In The Hospital We Got To Take Her Home To This
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#78 New Best Friends! My Boy's New Buddy, An 8 Week Old, Black-Tri Australian Shepherd. By The End Of Day 1, This Pup Was Attached To My Son Like Glue. Such An Amazing Pup
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#79 My Greyhound Meeting My Son
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#80 The Exact Moment My Pup And Son Became Best Friends
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#81 My (At The Time) 2 Yo Son With Our 8 Week Old German Shepherd Dressed As Swat Members - 2017
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#82 My Son And His Bff
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#83 My Dog Being A Therapy Pillow For My Sick Son
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#84 Mulan The Therapy Dog Came To Visit My Daughter Today
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#85 I Took A Photo Of My Daughter And Her Dog
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#86 A Kid Needs A Dog, And A Dog Needs A Kid
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#87 My Son And His Dog
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#88 Nephew Decided To Take A Nap On Me, Beau Decided To Join Him
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#89 My Nephew Got His First Puppy Yesterday And Was So Excited
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#90 Start Of A Beautiful Friendship
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#91 Just Rescued This Boy And He Immediately Bonded With My Daughter
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#92 My Daughter Marley And My Dog Bear Have A Special Bond. He's Still Only A Puppy And She Is Ten Years Old. He's Huge. They Are A Fantastic Breed Of Dog
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#93 My Nephew And His Favorite Sleeping Buddy
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#94 He Won’t Leave His Side
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#95 My Grandson And His Best Buddy Lilly
The humane society said she was child aggressive. She is anything but that. I'm glad we took the chance. We love her so much!
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#96 A One-Year-Old Husky Cuddling With My Disabled Nephew
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#97 He Loves His New Baby Sister. Such A Good Boy
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#98 How Our 10 Week Old Puppy Likes To Sleep
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#99 My Favorite Picture Ever Of My Son And Furry Daughter
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#100 A Protective Dog Spooning His Human Baby
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#101 My Daughter Laughing At Franky Sitting Like A People
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#102 My Son Has Wanted A Dog For Years, He Finally Got His Wish And Her Name Is Cinnamon
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#103 My Daughter’s Dog Always Knows When Her Blood Sugar Is Off And Stays By Her Side
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#104 My Daughter And My Dog. Look At These Two
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#105 My Daughter And Her Guardian
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#106 My Daughter Utilizes Our Lab As A Chair. He Doesn't Mind
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#107 My Son Started Petting This Dog And When We Got Up To Leave The Dog Sat On His Feet And Rolled Over To Be Pet
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#108 Body Guards
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#109 Enjoying The Sunshine Together
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#110 Lovebuds
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#111 My Kids And A Spoiled Dog Waiting For Santa And Dreaming Of Sugar Plums
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#112 Came Home From Work And Found My Brother Chilling With Our Neighbor’s Dog
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#113 Everyday When My Daughter Practices Piano Her Yorkie Watches Her Back
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#114 My Niece Is Reading To My Dog Right Now
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#115 Got A Puppy And She And My Son Nap Together. A Boy And His Dog
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#116 My Niece Rarely Gets To Come By To See My 14-Year-Old Dog, Bernie
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#117 My Niece With Her Diabetes Alert Dog
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#118 My Rottie Giving My Newborn Niece Some Kisses
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#119 Niece Cuddled With Dog
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#120 Concerned Puppy Tolerates Baby Hugs
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#121 My Nephew's Favourite Chair
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#122 My Giant Malamute Is My Neighbor's Daughter's Best Friend. His Name Is Koda And He Loves Her Too
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#123 Our New Puppy Has An Extra Special Bond With Our Son With ASD
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#124 Little Man Helped My Daughter Fall Asleep On The Trip
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#125 My Dog Thinks He Is My Son’s Baby Sitter. They Are Very Interested In Each Other
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#126 This Is My Favorite Friendship
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#127 A Sleeping Baby, Dog, And Cat. I Think I Win The Internet High Score
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#128 Had To Leave My Dog With A Friend For The Week, Was Worried Because She Has Not Been Around Many Babies. Apparently Nothing To Worry About As He Sent Me This
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#129 We Just Had A New Baby 2 Weeks Ago. My Dog Has Decided That She Is His And Stays As Close As He Can To Her At All Times
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#130 The Dog Isn't Allowed On The Couch, So After The Babies Threw The Cushions On The Floor, She Seized Her Opportunity And Stared At Me Triumphantly
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#131 My Daughter And Her Old Doggo
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#132 My Kid Now Wants To Hug All Dogs, Because My Dog Is So Patient With Her
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#133 My Dog Is Super Protective Of My First Child And Follows Me Around To Make Sure I Don't Screw Up (6 Days Old)
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#134 My 4-Month-Old Nephew Lounging With His Two Pals
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#135 Found My Nephew Watching The Sunset With His Best Friend
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#136 My Son And His New Rescue Puppy, An Instant Connection
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#137 Protector Boye Protects My Daughter
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#138 Pearl, My Aspergers Service Dog, Sniffing My Baby For The First Time
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#139 My Son And Dog
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#140 My Mother Recently Rescued This Pretty Girl
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#141 Just Adopted This Beautiful Pocket Pitbull. Our Son Is In Love. Meet Daisy
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#142 Just A Kid And Her Dog. No Big Deal
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#143 My Dog Being Protective Of My Nephew
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#144 My Dog Looking Like A Proud Dad Next To My Newborn Nephew A Few Months Ago
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#145 This Old Girl Is Not A Therapy Dog, But She Might As Well Be For My Son
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#146 Sick Daughter And Her Dog Nurse
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#147 My Neice And Her New Great Dane Puppy "Harley"
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#148 My Son Tickling The Ear Of Our Dog While She Naps
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#149 Took My Kid To Meet My Friend's Dog Today. They Got On Pretty Well
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#150 This Old Dog Has Always Been Protective Of The Babies
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