Sitting here on the couch with our beautiful baby boy, I'm left thinking about how there are few things that make me angrier than people who view dogs as something that can be discarded when they fail to act like stuffed animals, and become "too much work." Just this morning I saw a post in an online community about a woman who was annoyed because her six-month-old puppy was….wait for it….acting like a puppy! * shock *

The woman was annoyed that the puppy still occasionally mouthed while playing, and that she couldn't be trusted with random objects lying about on the floor. The woman's annoyance was further caused by the fact that she was going to have a baby in a month, and that the situation "had to be taken care of by then." Why anyone would want a human baby is beyond me in the first place, but even if they did why they would choose to bring a puppy into their life knowing that they were soon going to have an infant boggles the mind. She expressed that it would be unacceptable for the puppy to touch the baby toys on the floor once the baby arrived, because it would be the baby's, and that the dog wouldn't be able to bark as she played because it would wake the baby etc. etc. etc.

It never ceases to amaze me the number of people who get a dog, and especially a puppy thinking that sharing their lives with this furry kiddo will be simple, easy. People do a great disservice to dogs as they assume that they will lie quietly by the fireplace, never play, never make noise or do any of the wonderful canine things which are the reason so many of us adore dogs in the first place. I worry for that poor puppy who is soon to be overshadowed by a screaming infant, she seems like she is in a loosing situation where she will never be what these people want, and for her sake part of me hopes that they actively work to find her a new and better home with people who will love her for the dog that she is, and tire of her when a baby comes into the picture.