sibling rivalry

The perfect dog in this house preceded the perfect baby by a couple of years. Buford came to us from Georgia where he was at one time an orphan in the university vet clinic. Though he has always been a well-behaved guy around strangers, we had no reason to expect that he would automatically adjust to the new edition. He's also a bulky 80+ pounds.

Turns out he loves the baby, even if he has to compete for attention sometimes. Stanley is also usually busy feeding or sleeping or otherwise not even around the boof. Things may change in the toddler stage, but apparently, many pets are like this, and accommodate babies just fine.

We'd post pictures of Buford licking Stanley but we're afraid the combined cuteness of that particular image would crack the screen on any computer monitor where it is viewed.