We have 2 dogs we adopted from a local animal shelter before we had our son Tyler. We were a little afraid how they would be with Tyler since they were never around children,but he sure has won them over! Tyler will be 1 soon and already knows the best way to get their attention is by sharing his Cheerios with them. His first word was "Mom", his second word was "Mattie Mat!" our dalmatian's name. Sammy our mix and Tyler are the best of friends, Sammy lays next to his playpen and lets us know when Tyler wakes up from his nap. They always have to be in the same room together.

My 3 and 1 yo kids love to visit the local dog park. We don't even have pets!! Our base housing won't allow it, so we get to see and run around with the local pets.

My 2 year old has been around dogs since she was born. She loves all animals my husband and I recently took her to the Aquarium and she loved looking at all the animals she especially liked the sharks and the Hippos. She is also facinated with farm animals she loves looking at horses, pigs and sheep, those are her favorite. One animal she loves and calls "ROAR" or "DINO" are Dinosaurs she loves Trex. I know a Girl but she does enjoy watching all of these animals. We have three Toy Poodles, LuLu,Claudy and Mitchell and she snugles with them and tugs at their ears and tails but when they lick her she just goes nuts and laughs like crazy. It fun to see her she is very sweet with them and shares her food with them all the time.

We live on a dairy farm, and my daughter (Pearl, age 3) LOVES animals. I think being around such large ones since birth has left her quite comfortable with all types of critters. She is fearless and quite nurturing, and we delight in the love she shows towards all animals.

My Sprout, Sylvia is a huge fan of animals. She particularly loves to pet her 2 dogs Elvis and Zues. She also enjoys feeding them. Syle is fond of all of her stuffed animals as well, her favorites being Owl and Monkey who sleep with her every night. She always does all of the animal sounds anytime the Wiggles are on doing a song with sounds.

I am not sure why but my son likes to watch the Wiggles in Spanish lol

My 2 and 7 year old love Zoboomafoo. My youngest dances around like a nut and totally flips out when Zaboo gets his garbanzo beans and spins around and changes! I am not sure why but he laughs at it every time as if was the funniest thing in the world. They have tons of favorite Sprout shows so I can't say this is their favorite. The show did prompt my then 4 year old to ask about our local zoo. We now buy a membership every year and go at least once a week. They really enjoy looking at the animals and now that my oldest can read, he reads his brother all of the animal facts on the exhibits. It is truly amazing how much he remembers from reading them! I am a big animal love myself so I am thankful they take after me there. We also have an 8 year old Golden Retriever names autumn. She is the daughter I never had :) Thanks for the opportunity to enter this great contest!

Toni-Lynn
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Lauren is 2 years old and greatly enjoys observing and playing with all types of animals. She helps to take care of her dog and loves to blow kisses to animals she meets. Lauren even likes to make friends with little buggies! She loves the Sprout Around the Clock song and gets excited when she sees the Wiggles commercial on the Sprout channel.

Hannah (4) and Danny (2) go out every evening after dinner and wait to see the doggies going on their walks. They know all the dogs in the neighborhood and the dogs love to greet their friends. They love to pat, play and talk to the dogs and Hannah notices how they are all different. There is a Wags in the neighborhood who is a spaniel, but she says he looks nothing like the "Real" Wags! We just lost our family cat Barney and they miss cuddling with him and hearing him purr.

My two year old daughter Allie loves animals. She loves to play with our dog Casey, and help take care of her. She helps me take care of our sheep and loves help feed the lambs. She has her own fish tank that she feeds every day. We go riding at a friends house once a week, and I always have a hard time getting her of the horse. She has always lived animals from a young age and when she could walk she would try to "catch" the birds in the yard to pet them. With living on a farm she has been exposed to many different farm and wild animals, and her interest grows as she does.

My son Elias who is 1 loves cats. We have 4 cats. He can say 3 of there names. He plays with the cats with toys. He loves his kitties very much