[Jamie & Odin]

It's one thing to have nasty comments about your dog made by strangers on the street, but sometimes another when made by your family. Personally, I would never even think of taking my boy to my parents house, because of the negative feelings. My mother was horrified that I had adopted Odin from the local shelter, and my brother in law thought we should "put him down" when he, an 8 mos. old, untrained puppy, nipped my husband in the eyebrow. Anyway, I could go on and on about negative experiences with people, but let me share some of the good... I also have an eight year old daughter, who as a single child living in the country, yearned for a sibling. Well, since there's no chance in h*** of that happening ;) she has claimed Odin as her brother. She even calls him her brother. They have more fun together than I ever would have thought. We have taught him to play hide and seek, they chase each other in the yard (and in the house when it's cold)and they have devised numerous other games between the two of them. However, I want to make clear that none of this happened until I was confident of Odin's personality/temperment and that they still do not play together unsupervised.


He has been an absolute joy to our family.
I would also suggest reading a recent thread started by WorkinDogz about how we, as owners handle breed bias. I don't know how to create a link, so maybe another forum member could help?