My Sweet Fudge

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I am a proud doodle mama tonight and it is because of Fudge. My niece came over tonight with her husband and two children (5 and under). They have never met Vern and last Christmas were deathly afraid of Fudge. I mean standing on the chair screaming kind of scared. Vern is more cautious than Fudge so I was worried about his reaction. Well, it started out badly with both kids clinging to their parents. We leashed the dogs and just kept talking to the kids. Vern was as afraid of these panicking children as they were of him. I told them I was going to bring Fudge over and had her sit in front of them. She was SO good...sat calmly, and gradually they began to reach out and touch her and then pat her and eventually they were calming stroking her. Fudge was in heaven and she just let them pet her without reacting. Usually, Vern is charging in trying to steal her attention, but he just was not sure about these kids, so he hung back with my husband. Fudge took full advantage of this and loved all of the attention. By the end of the night, they were asking if they could give hugs to BOTH dogs. Tonight, I saw a wonderful new side to my Fudge.

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

Good job Fudge!

[Linda and Murphy]

Great job, Fudge.
Those little panicky kids scare me. They pull your hair and step on your tail. Mom says she is afraid I'll go "toddler tipping" like Mater. Some are okay but you just can't trust em. I'd have been hanging back with Vern. I'll take my college boys any day.
Murphy

[Becky, Savannah, & Raleigh]

Yay, Fudge! What a good girl you are!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

What a really nice story. Have you thought about Fudge as a Therapy Dog...she might be great in one of the school reading programs (and I'll bet she'd love it)? I sure understand why you're a proud Doodle Mama!