Raising Children in a Canine Clan: Navigating the Joys and Challenges through Images

The Face Of A True Warrior

They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. This is especially true if you have the soul of a mama dog that’s been up for days with 7 puppies hanging off of her. If she got her soul read at that moment it would read “dog-tired.”

Do her eyes say “help me” or “end me?” Either way, she’s just barely hanging in there with the sheer force of two paws on the ground and a leveling gaze at a human off camera. She’s probably questioning why we have time to invent cars but not to help her out.

No Corner Is A Safe Corner When You’re A Mother

We’ve all got our little hidey-holes we go to when we want to be alone. For some of us, it’s the supply closet at work and for others, it’s far away downstairs in the bathroom when you think no one will find you. They will, by the way. Locked doors don’t stand a chance against toddlers.

This dog found this out the hard way when she backed herself into a corner trying to get away from her puppies. Look at that tired out face desperate for some peace and quiet. She’s only going to get it when they’re all asleep.

The Joys Of Parenthood And Plexiglass Barriers

Being a parent changes your preferences –– your favorite things become baby pens, cribs, and knee-high plastic gates. Basically, anything to keep the child mess in the other less important rec room while your nice paintings and couches stay clean in the living room. It never works for long though, does it?

This proud mama dog just bought an awesome new plexiglass gate to keep her adorable little ones in the other room while she does important dog stuff like sleep for 10 minutes before letting them out. It was nice while it lasted though.

This Is My Life Now

Both human and animal babies will sleep just about anywhere, even if it’s at the detriment to their parent. What makes it worse, is that the parent never wants to wake the baby up or else they’ll have to get back to their parental responsibilities.

This dog looks like they feel they made a mistake having a baby, something most people might think when their child is sleeping on their neck. However, we can’t blame the puppy, they sure look comfortable!

The Lion King 2.0

We all remember that adorable scene in The Lion King when Simba tries to wake up his father by biting on his ears. Even Mufassa didn’t appreciate that one very much! Well, it looks like that strategy doesn’t only apply to animated lions since this little guy had the same idea.

We’re not sure if this pupper is trying to wake up their parent or if they needed something to chew on and the ear was the first thing they saw. Either way, the big dog looks less-than-amused.