Parker & Titan
While in New York taking Peanut to school, I had the opportunity to visit with my 14 month old grand nephew, Parker Jaxon, and my grand nephew cat, Titan. Titan is a very big guy and has been around many rotations of the earth before P.J. came along. He is a very tolerant cat and seemed to take the baby’s ‘little to hard’ pats, in stride. A few weeks ago I wrote about Madelyn Dawn, my 17 month old grand niece (from my other nephew), and the special relationship she appeared to be having with a nanny goat. Teaching children to be kind to animals is a pattern you set up for their whole life. There is still so much animal (and human) abuse on the planet. We teach by example. We teach others, especially children, by how we live. Taking care of your animals and having the children help feed and walk them can teach respect and compassion. Stopping violence against animals also is being recognized as an essential part of childhood education through a program called, humane education, in the schools. I believe that if you live the life you want your children to emulate and start teaching from the minute they are in your care; then there is a good chance they will grow up to be animal conscious humans – kind and caring. As the saying goes…. “All you need is love… and a cat.”
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 
DogDaz Zoo 
bumpyroadtobubba
August 31, 2012 at 00:20
I wrote about this magical bond today too! http://wp.me/p1m5Gv-Jr
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dogdaz
August 31, 2012 at 08:28
It must be the full moon that has created this wordy bond today in the blog world. Your post was very sweet. Love the Bubba/paw shot.
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Genevieve Petrillo
August 31, 2012 at 05:49
So true. So necessary.
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dogdaz
August 31, 2012 at 08:31
I am sure that you get lots of kid hugs Cupcake. You look like a dog that every baby would love to squeeze.
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Bassas Blog
September 4, 2012 at 03:16
Titan is a very big guy! 🙂
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dogdaz
September 4, 2012 at 08:25
He must be over 20 lbs (9 kg)
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Jessica
September 14, 2012 at 00:53
I completely agree! It’s amazing how much children learn by just observing us! Even at the toddler level, children have the ability to retain a lot of information!
I want those powers back!! 😉
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dogdaz
September 23, 2012 at 20:40
As we age we get clouded by so much. You can have those powers back, just connect with your inner child.
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