Pet sharing week

Instead of having pet day, I decided to have it over a span of 3 days in the morning. We have a road walkway and I felt it would be too hot to bring dogs in in the afternoon. Today was the first day of pet sharing and most parents signed up for today. The first animal was a dog, a mutt who was extremely friendly and liked to sit on her mom's lap. The kids were very excited to have pets in the room. The boy who owned the dog has never shared all year during sharing time. I was surprised how easily he talked about his dog. He talked about playing with her and walking her. After sharing, groups of two were able to pet the dog.
The second pet was a guinea pig named Pumpkin and she looked the color of fall. We have two guinea pigs in our class, but it's always exciting to see another. I took one of our guinea pigs out to meet the visitor and they immediately snuggled faces. Guinea pigs are great social animals.
The third pet was a pit bull. I was a little reserved about having a pit bull, but the child's mom is a veterinarian so I knew she wouldn't bring a mean dog to class. The pit bull was very friendly and was a big hit with the kids. He loved being petted and scratched. He had no problems when my student's little sister tackled him and lied on top of him.
The next pets were a white boxer and a mini pincher. I've never seen a white boxer before. She had blue eyes. The mother said the boxer was the one who knew she was going into labor with er second child. She said the boxer kept nudging at her belly. Dogs really have great intuition. The mini pincher was adorable. She had on a dress. I wanted to hold her all day and I'm not really a little dog person.
I had one parent ask to come in the afternoon. What we got was a bit different. We got one rooster and one hen. The rooster was a great wake up call after rest time and the entire building could hear him. A lot of kids peeked out in the hallway. The owners have a farm and many chickens. The hen they brought in came from a first grade classroom that hatched them two years ago. The girl and her mom each took a chicken and sat down. Each child petted the chickens and the animals took it in stride. They were very calm. It was my first experience with farm animals after 7 years of having pet day.
Wednesday Pet Sharing: We only had one dog today. It was a beagle named Dixie. She was about 2 years old. She was a tugger. She really liked sniffing the kids. After each child petted her, she sniffed out the guinea pigs and went nose to nose with one.
Biscuit didn't come in today. The weather was lousy this afternoon. I'm hoping I can bring her in Friday.