Two weeks ago, we took Dakari to the pet store to Pic-A-Pet (actual name of store). He chose a male guinea pig. He was one happy 2 year-old. He helped with everything - preparing the cage, feeding the guinea pig and holding him a little. After a couple of days, we name the guinea pig Scurry (for obvious reasons). Dakari absolutely enjoys his pet. One of his favourite activities is feeding Scurry. If you didn't know before, guinea pigs eat a lot and regularly. In addition to his regular feed, Dakari gives him lettuce and carrot. Scurry loves both - unlike Dakari. My wife and I tried various tricks to get him to eat vegetables. These tricks never work with Dakari. Recently, Scurry helped us discover a solution. While feeding Scurry one day, Dakari decided to taste the lettuce. I guess he realized what he was missing because he ending up eating quite a bit of Scurry's food.
Lessons from this experience: Pets are good for kids and if the pet can handle it, have it do something you've always wanted your kids to do. For example, my next plan is to have Scurry sit on the potty until he does something.
Dakari eating Scurry's lettuce
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