With how hectic and stressful the world is right now, pets are an almost indispensable part of our mental and emotional health.
Sometimes, even just ruffling the ears or playing with your dog is enough to lift your mood. Not only that, just watching the antics of your pets, some of them quite out of the ordinary (such as copying the wail of a siren) can send you into stitches of laughter that are as full as if you watched a comedy sitcom.
It’s little wonder then that pets, particularly dogs, have been trained as support animals.
Watch the video of a dog teaching a baby to sit.
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They’re not just there for the physically disabled such as the blind and infirm. Support dogs an invaluable role for those who have mental issues such as those with PTSD, autism, or have anxiety attacks.
Apart from pets in the house, having children is also a wonderful component of the household, especially when they’re toddlers.point 222 |
Sure, they can require diaper changes at the most inopportune times and all that crying in the middle of the night can make you feel like a zombie the next day, but there’s something about taking care of the kid that enriches the soul.point 198 | 1
So what happens when you have both a toddler and a pet in the house? An overload of cuteness, that’s what. And this video clip gives a clear example of that.
A mom recorded her little girl Joslyn interacting with their Labradoodle Khloe. In case you didn’t know, as the name implies, a Labradoodle is a planned cross between a Labrador Retriever and a Standard, Miniature, or Toy poodle.
Joslyn, in her barely comprehensible baby talk, is trying to make Khloe sit.point 370 |
She even looks back at her mom, apparently proud about her efforts.point 56 | But Khloe apparently decided that she’s having none of that and in an incredible and adorable act of role reversal, the pooch goes and make Joslyn sit and stay instead by putting her paw on top of her head.point 230 |
We even see Khloe open her mouth as if in a huge grin as if saying, “Got you!”point 73 | 1
Joslyn gets up and totters over to her mom and mumbles “Uhh-oh,” to which the mom echoes by saying, “Uh-oh!” Yup, that certainly didn’t go as planned but it will definitely make anyone’s day just watching it.
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