Photos of Pets And Kids: Charming Love
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When it comes to pets and small children there’s often a concern about whether or not they can get along. Sometimes it’s about finding kid-friendly pets, and other times you can blame issues on less than pet-friendly kids! But in the cases below you’ll find a lot of love and curiosity in these adorable photos of kid-pet duos.
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September 29th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Awww! These are just adorable!
September 30th, 2009 at 7:55 am
These must be some of the most adorable pictures I have ever seen! They are SO heart warming and cute! Thank you for sharing!!
October 2nd, 2009 at 5:05 am
I love them all ….cats …..dogs and babies nothing more beautiful unconditional ……LOVE pure LOVE
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
oh these are so amazing.
the ones with puppies/kitten and babies are the best imo.
October 3rd, 2009 at 6:51 am
Some of those animals weren’t all that happy about what was going on. So I sincerely hope their owners are aware of that.
Animals have their own unique ways of showing discomfort and displeasure, especially when kids are around.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:06 am
In the second to last picture, that kitty isn’t happy at all.
October 9th, 2009 at 4:06 am
Anyone can see that the cat in the second to last picture is about to scratch that kids hand. He won’t be laughing then! And having babies around fully grown dogs can be very dangerous.
October 19th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Both our cats was our “Honeymoon” babies. Our male ginger and white tabby just died after 17 years. Our only daughter is now 14. So you can imagine our loss and grief!
Each cat, dog or any “pet” is really another integral part of the family. Each one is an unique individual and happens only once in a lifetime. Our grey Russian Blue female is on the way out with Alzheimer’s. Look after and love them as if they are your own blood, because once you bury them personally, you realise a little part of yourself is lost forever! :_0 (
All you folks coming up with some form of criticism, are you pet owner’s your self’s? If you are, how is it that in my 50 years of life, none of my family’s or my own pet’s have EVER attacked or molested any child, even my own? I think it depend on how competent you are at raising a child, my apologies, I mean your pet.
For the American’s, your own Doctor Phil has said; “Show me how a MAN treats an animal and I’ll tell you what type of a person he is”! How true, I’m thinking of our own South African hunters, BIG MEN with BIG RIFLES, but such small intellects and even smaller “personal firearms”! Shame, after all, it takes a HUGE CANNON to kill that BIG SCARY female lion, from over a mile away, whose only sin was to protect her cubs.
For the record, I’m a Chemist & Medical Microbiologist, so please don’t come and tell me about diseases, parasite’s and what not. I have also taken all my pet’s as an adult to the same two vet’s sharing a practise. NEVER have I been advised not to have pet’s for my child, nieces or nephews sake, to the contrary…..
October 19th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Dear Webmaster
Please send me an e-mail adress to which I can send some supporting pics. Should stimulate some intertesting discussion. Lets start a new page, leading from this one; e.g. In Honour of “Children Lost”
Regards
Hendrik Lubbe
South Africa
October 20th, 2009 at 7:32 am
Hendrik,
You could send it to contact AT dirjournal dot com.
November 7th, 2009 at 8:08 am
Wow .. The photos are amazing. The babies and the cats so funny and cute.
Thanks for sharing
November 8th, 2009 at 2:28 am
These are so very adorably cute…. love the one where the kid and the cat are staring at the fish in the bowl…
November 11th, 2009 at 2:54 am
great pics – out of that seems like a big discussion has splurged
I think it depends on the pet owner – on how u *raise/teach/train* your dogs/kids/cats.
November 13th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Naysayers – each pet is different. And if you’ve never made a cat/dog/pet unhappy in your life, then you shall be the first to cast a stone. I’d say the only one that looks unpleasant for the pet is the last one, and I’d say it probably wasn’t that horrible. I highly doubt mommy/daddy/grandma/grandpa taking the picture would allow a their child to stick their hands into the dog’s mouth if the dog was prone to biting. And I doubt the child would have pulled the tongue out that far if the dog were prone to biting either.
You think that puppies are safer than full grown dogs? Puppies have sharper teeth and less restraint and understanding! And the mad kitty … well, I’d say Grandpa had a good hold on him, and he’s gotta get used to the baby someday! And the baby’s gotta get used to the claws, or learn how to avoid them. A few claws never really hurt me, or my little one, and I know both her and I both felt our fair share of them as we grew up!
Kudos! I really liked the kid kissing the pig. Very unique. I hope the kid didn’t really kiss it though. LOL. Poor thing.
November 13th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Wow, some of these animals are very patient.
November 14th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Most of these pictures are awesome! I do agree, though, that the cat in the second-to-last picture looks pretty pissed off, and also that babies shouldn’t be around fully-grown dogs unsupervised. (However, the fact that there is someone with the ability to operate a camera in the room pretty much negates the danger.)
Also, to Hendrick Lubbe: Chill out, man. No one was saying anything to provoke that wall of indignant text there. “All you folks coming up with some form of criticism, are you pet owner’s your self’s? If you are, how is it that in my 50 years of life, none of my family’s or my own pet’s have EVER attacked or molested any child, even my own?” Yes, I am a pet owner and know my cat well enough to understand that while he is a very tolerant feline, he has a breaking point and will scratch or bite. He’s a *cat*. That’s what they do. Animals have different personalities, just like humans do: some are more relaxed or more violent than others.
Just my two cents.
November 21st, 2009 at 10:24 am
they are lovely.i like them.=)
December 1st, 2009 at 1:11 am
simply adorable … love the pics
December 4th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
some pets don’t llike kids and it has nothing to do with how you raise the pet. I have a cat who is the most loving cat in the world to me, he even sleeps on my head. but he absolutely HATES kids, even just the site of them makes him hiss. there is no reason for this, I’ve had him since he was 8weeks old and know the family who I got him from.
as for dogs, some dogs are great with kids, some aren’t. again I don’t think this is always how you raise them. we had a siberian husky who was great with kids. when kids would nap she’d jump in the playpen with them
either way, I love my pets, but some of these pets are displeased… you can see it in they’re body language. I think a good owner should know when it’s enough and remove the pet from the situation. the kid grabbing the dogs tongue? it looks like the dog is bothered but not enough to bite the kid. probably okay, but you SHOULD be teaching your kid it is not okay to grab an animal’s tongue and dig your nails into it. the cat? looks like it’s about to pounce on the kid’s face. the owner obviously knows by the way it’s holding the cat back so I’m going to say it’s also a decently safe situation.
December 16th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I just had a hard day and these photos just renewed my belief in people and what they can do when they try.
December 21st, 2009 at 3:55 am
Very cute!!!
January 2nd, 2010 at 9:01 pm
the last picture very mean me do not likey like :’(
January 9th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
DANGEROUS
There is no single day without a news of a child attacked by a house pet. Cats, Dogs, etc no matter how nice they may be…they are animals and they reaction cannot be controllled. It is irresponsible for us to expose our children into such an impredictable environment. I have seen kids faces totally scared for life after dogs and cats attacks. Parents be ware, take care of your kids.
Dr Berto
January 15th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
First, very cute pictures! My philosophy…take the picture then say “no pulling doggies tongues” lol Berto, CHILL OUT! There’s not a single day goes by that a kid doesn’t fall out of a tree either, or that some child in a hospital is comforted by ‘therapy pets’ or that a dog doesn’t help a small blind child “see” the world or that an autistic child isn’t calmed down by their dog or…..the list goes on. Most of us grew up with pets and LOOK we are still here! (And the most dangerous animal in the world is a human …. is it irresponsible to expose them to the unpredictability of life? Think on it) OKAY done with that … CUTE PICS!
January 16th, 2010 at 12:41 am
haha…even if you are showered with beautiful things, you can still see bad if you can’t change the way you look on it…nice pix..
February 21st, 2010 at 3:54 pm
I love the second picture, it’s so sweet.
February 23rd, 2010 at 1:04 pm
this was amazingly cute!!
i loved all of them
March 1st, 2010 at 7:01 pm
These are so cute. I like to see this kind of picture.