My Grand-dog Furbaby - Sandi
@DeborahDiane (40850)
Laguna Woods, California
February 15, 2016 10:18am CST
Here is a photo of out daughter's dog, sitting next to our sofa, by my husband's feet. We usually dog-sit for her two or three weeks a year, plus occasional weekends.
We adore Sandi, as well as Dash, our daughter's parakeet that we also take care of when she is on a trip. Since she is a teacher, she often takes her children on trips when they have time off.
I have loved the photo of everyone's furbabies, so I thought I would share mine, too!
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
16 Feb 16
I babysit the fur grandbabies too from time to time, love those kids.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
16 Feb 16
@DeborahDiane Mine sleep right in our bed with us which they never so at home, they love being spoiled. lol
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Feb 16
@BelleStarr - Like grandchildren, grand-dogs also know when they are being spoiled ... and they love it! 
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
16 Feb 16
I love our fur grandbabies, too. I keep dog and bird treats on-hand for anytime they are around ... and they know it! 
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
16 Feb 16
We love dog-sitting for her. We always feel a little sad when we return her pets to her.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
16 Feb 16
@DeborahDiane
It is nice when you have a well trained animal to care for as they are so loving. I bet you do feel sad when the pets go home.
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Feb 16
@Marcyaz - Yes, we do enjoy the company that our daughter's pets give us!
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
18 Feb 16
@DeborahDiane I love dogs like that, who are well behaved. I have to really work on Daisy to be that way but everything is a game to her right now.
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
20 Feb 16
@simone10 - Yes, it can be a slow process to train a dog ... but well worth it.
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Feb 16
The dog is a Belgium Shepherd mix. She is very well-behaved ... rarely barks or creates a problem.
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
16 Feb 16
Dogsitting sounds like fun. But you can't take them to the movies or out to lunch. Bummer.
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Feb 16
Ha Ha! You are so right! Now, if we lived in France, we would be able to take a dog to lunch ... but not to the movies. We used to see far more dogs in the sidewalk cafes than we did children! LOL
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
18 Feb 16
@ElizabethWallace - Honestly, we rarely saw children in public places in either Germany or France. Manners seem to be stressed more in Europe than in the U.S. When our youngest daughter went to high school for a year in Switzerland, she had to learn a lot of rules, and we were very pleased with the results.
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@ElizabethWallace (12069)
• United States
17 Feb 16
@DeborahDiane They were probably better behaved, or would have been if you were in Germany. I found small children in France behaved like angels, but in Germany, they often were allowed to walk around on their own in restaurants (and were not always little angels).
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Feb 16
What a cutie, I don't have pets never did. My son has a cute dog, and both my sisters have dogs.
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
16 Feb 16
It sounds like you enjoy dogs, even if you don't have one. We don't own one right now, either.
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Feb 16
@fishtiger58 - We are the same way. We had dogs for 35 straight years. However, the last few years we have not had one. Now that we are older, we don't want to start another 15 year commitment to a pet.
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
16 Feb 16
@DeborahDiane I do like dogs just don't want one living in my house. So I enjoy my sisters dog and my sons dog
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
9 Feb 18
@Hannihar - Thank you. She is a sweet dog.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
11 Feb 18
@DeborahDiane
You are welcome Deborah-Diane.
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
16 Feb 16
Sandi is an easy dog to care for ... and so is the bird.
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@Marilynda1225 (91150)
• United States
15 Feb 16
Sandi looks like she's waiting for an invitation to join your husband on the sofa
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
16 Feb 16
She is actually very good about that. I have never seen her get on the sofa. However, she likes treats and she LOVES to have her ears scratched.
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
16 Feb 16
When we had a dog, it would have been great to have someone to leave him with. I could not leave him in a kennel and my daughter could not have dogs in her apartment, but she lives 100 miles north anyway.
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Feb 16
Our daughter does not like to put her dog in a kennel, either, unless absolutely necessary. Since we love to take care of her pets, it works out well for both of us.
@DianneN (254926)
• United States
23 Feb 16
Awww, how precious. It's funny, but my fur babies belong to our sons and are not mine, either. We get one cat for 8 months and love him as if he was our own. The best is when my younger son goes on vacation and we get both his cats. Unfortunately, now that we have one cat, we can no longer babysit our older son's two dogs when he and his wife travel. We love them, too.
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
23 Feb 16
It is amazing how attached we can become to our children's pets!
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
16 Feb 16
Yes, she was probably waiting for a treat ... although she tends to be very polite about it!
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Feb 16
She is a very nice dog. We really enjoy her!
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@DeborahDiane (40850)
• Laguna Woods, California
17 Feb 16
Yes, pet-sitting for our daughter is perfect for us. We can enjoy the pets when we want ... and we are not obligated to take care of one all the time.
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