I don't know how mothers with more than one child do it...
How do they love all of their children the same? How do they give all of their children the same amount of affection?
I can't even pull it off with dogs!
Foster and Little Man are seriously lacking in attention and affection these days, thanks to Ocho. I like to tell myself that once Ocho settles down a little, grows up a little, is more of a normal dog that I don't have to watch constantly, I'll be able to better give attention to the other two dogs too.
Right now, their food bowl has to be put up when he's around, because when he eats out of their bowl he gets sick. So, two dogs that are used to eating all day long, whenever they want to, are now on a restricted time frame. Little Man, who loved to play play play play play with his toys, and who would chase a ball forever as long as you were willing to throw it, now barely plays because every time something is thrown for him, Ocho worms his way in and gets the toy. And Little Man just lets him have it. Ocho has this little swing butt wrestling move that gets him in prime position to steal all toys.
And Little Man just looks at me like he's lost, like how dare I bring this creature into his peaceful, aging life??
It's hard to give out adequate attention/affection when I'm jumping up to see where Ocho is...scolding him for chewing...cleaning up after him...throwing the toy for him to chase to get all of that energy out...I do hope that once Ocho gets a little older, it all is able to even out a little.
Those of you out there with more than one dog...how do you do it???
Sometimes I wonder, what the heck was I thinking??! I recall reading Cathy Zielske's blog, when she got a puppy for herself and then returned it to the breeder within days. I thought how crazy that was! But now it makes a little more sense!! :) She obviously felt overwhelmed too! I'm not ready to send him back yet, and with that face it's impossible to not love him. But boy. This REALLY makes me realize that I could NOT handle a baby!!
He won't be a puppy forever, right? Help me out here people!!!
2 comments:
Awww.. This is difficult. I only have one dog, so I can't really say much about that. But as far as Children, it just happens. When they are babies you do have to give them more attention. And then you have to really think about spending alone time with the others when the baby is asleep, or someone else is taking care of him/her. From the children stand point. It does get easier!! So, I'm thinking with puppies it will too!
I know what you mean. I do feel spread thin with my 3 boys. Sometimes I feel like I don't give the middle one as much attention as he wants. But I love all the love in our household :)
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