Mykelle and her dogs

At a baby shower for Mykelle, she got a little Ty dog. She was only a couple months old at the time, but she bonded with the dog. Mykelle ALWAYS sleeps with her puppy dog, loves to chew on him (especially the ears it seems), and often carries him around as she walks through the house. About a month ago we noticed that she seemed to have a special voice when "talking" to her dog. It's usually very high-pitched, and sometimes it would be this guttural rolling sound. We've worried a little what would happen if something ever happened to this little stuffed dog. Just a couple weeks ago I was at the store with Mykelle and found the exact same pattern of a Ty stuffed dog, only it was a dalmatian and not plain tan. (I was amazed at how much stuffing the new dog has compared to the other! That's what several washings through the washing machine will do!) She seemed to talk to it like her dog, so I bought it as a potential "back-up." She will play with both, but she definitely prefers he original puppy dog.

Here is a picture of her two Ty dogs

Here's a video of the original talking to her dogs voice

Mykelle has now learned how to "woof" to her dogs. She also thinks that's the noise all other animals make too. It is pretty funny to hear her conversations with her puppy dogs! For Valentine's Day she got a third Ty dog--a little husky--from Grandma Gibb! We call him Juneau.

Here are a few "woof"s.