I think its fine unless they stay to long. But I have many employee's mostly men whose wives stop by with the kids to say hi before a lunch date. And when our co-workers leave to have a baby we love seeing the new little one. But all in all, its not much or for that long and most people go about their business and just say hi.

WOW!! Big congratulatory kisses for them both!! Awesome!

Just checking in on Brutus, glad to see he ate somemore! More... prayers...

Just seeing this Amanda our prayers for your boy! ((hugs)) to Brutus.

These all are due to your separation. Small children get so scared and don't understand their own feelings. One of the best things we did when we divorced was have our children counseled - I truly believe it helped us all so much. After less than 6 months we were all feeling good and had a plan to move forward with our new family situation. For example, my oldest had such anger toward me (he was 6) and thru counseling we discovered it was from my X-DH trying to reassure our children how much

Here are a few excellent resources for you to utilize now and after your separation/divorce is finalized: "The Divorce Workbook: An Interactive Guide for Kids and Families," by Ives, Fassler and Lash "My Parents Still Love Me Even Though They're Getting Divorced," by Lois V. Nightingale "Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide For Changing Families," by Brown and Brown "It's Not Your Fault, Koko Bear," by Vicki Lansky (a read-together book) As difficult as this

I agree with rwbeagles - as many expierence you can get them use to the better. And being handled is an important one, but should not be a forced unpleasant expierence. I would play and rub feet (they didn't like that) and turn them over and play and rub belly too.

OMG my heart just sunk! Healing vibes and prayers for your friends little angle!!

[quote user="huski"] It sounds like you are almost saying that it's near impossible to "cure" a dog with bite inhibition problems if they are not taught appropriately from puppy hood? I would have to disagree that punishment "almost never works". There are many instances where punishment not only works well, but is appropriate. I agree it's important to teach pups proper bite inhibition, but what do you do with adult dogs who come to you with bite inhibition

I would not assume that he was abandoned and make sure the police, dog warden and even post on Craig's list that you have a found dog. The owners maybe looking for him - you never know the circumstances behind him being there. My MIL lost her dog on vacation once, it was so hard but they finally located him thanks to someone reporting him found.