Isaac meets Sparky

Aunt Jean and Uncle Chris have a dog named Sparky who is a total rabble-rouser. We were a little worried about Isaac and Sparky meeting each other, thinking that Sparky would try to jump all over Isaac, or that Isaac, who has seen many dogs during our walks from the safety of the Bjorn, would freak out when confronted with a live, in-your-face kind of dog. But all our fears were for naught. Isaac thinks of Sparky as a much-improved version of cat-brother, because Sparky does not run away when Isaac tries to touch or chase him, and is just as interested in Isaac as Isaac is in him. Unfortunately, this is bad for Sparky. We found out quickly that Sparky's main goal in life was to lick Isaac's face, which, while very cute, was also perhaps a little too germy for even our liking.



This meant that poor Sparky was quickly trained by his mom and dad to not touch Isaac, and you can now see the internal struggle in Sparky. "Baby! I love baby! Must go play with baby! But wait...playing with baby = yelling from mom...don't want to get in trouble...must avoid baby. But wait! Baby! I love baby!" You get it. So Isaac shrieks at Sparky and crawls after him, and Sparky quietly backs away from this new and interesting creature, but stays as close as he can without getting yelled at.