I often am sad I can’t have a family reunion as my dog parents and siblings are all in the UK and Europe. Bailie was born in Missouri, so on the way to Nashville for BlogPaws, we thought it would be fun for Bailie to have a little family reunion. Mom and I hadn’t met her dog parents either and we wanted to meet them. Bailie was a bit odd about the idea, but agreed it might be fun. Let’s just say it turned out a bit awkward.
We should have known it might not go all that well because when Bailie met one of her sisters just a month after moving to our house, they acted as if they had never seen each other before. Some of her fourteen siblings still live with her breeder. She met two of her sisters. They sniffed a bit and that was it.
This is her “mean” dominant sister. She had to stick her tongue out for photos! I apologize for the bad photos, but her entire family would not sit still, obviously not quality models like Bailie and I. It had also rained all day, so we couldn’t play outside and had to do indoor photos and it was rather dark.
Here is another one of her sisters. This one looked the most like Bailie. She seemed to be the nicest family member, but Bailie still wasn’t thrilled to see her. They are country farm dogs, and Bailie has become a more proper city dog with some attitude I guess.
She met her mom, Channel. Channel wanted nothing to do with Bailie, although she did look a bit proud. Bailie didn’t even want to get very close to her.
Personality wise, Bailie has a lot of her dad’s traits, but Bailie and her dad were not interested in meeting up again. Her expression pretty much says it all!
Poor Bailie was simply embarrassed because her dad wouldn’t even sit still for a photo with one of his pups! Her look says, “Really dad, you can’t sit still with me just a second for a photo?”.
Bailie wanted a photo with both her parents, but that didn’t work out very well either.
In the end, we were all happy we got to meet Bailie’s parents and a few siblings, but I for one am thinking it may be better to just stick with the memories I have about my family. Bailie is thankful for her parents, and says she enjoyed her first months with her family as a pup, but she is happy to have been adopted into our family. Sometimes, adoption is for the best and you may just fit in better with an adopted family than with your birth family!
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At least Bailie met her dad and her mum, that’s cool :o) And her dad looks impressing! (even when he would sit still for a photo) My mom lives on the other side of that rainbow bridge and my dad lives in italy, so I have no chance to meet them. And my sister is a b… she growled and tried to bite me… what a crazy family I have…
It seems like many dogs really don’t get on too well with their biological families. Good we have awesome adopted families!
That’s really interesting. Years ago my Lucy spent time with her mom. They both seemed to recognize each other. A sweet reunion. However, Rudy hat a meet up with his parents and it was a lot like Bailie’s. Lucy’s was in Virginia. Rudy’s was in Missouri. Hmmm, maybe it has something to do with the Show Me State? BOL
I bet it has to do with something in the Missouri water bowls. I bet if we had left Bailie there for a few days she would have got on better with them all, but they have such different lives, it was just weird and they didn’t really know what to do with one another.
I think it is sweeT that they got to see each other again but it seems all the love you have given Bailie has taken over her world!
They all stayed where they were and Bailie moved on. She actually moved on the day she arrived here I think. Being fairly submissive, it was probably tough for her in a litter of fourteen, so when she got to our place with just two sisters, she was pretty happy. It was still nice to meet them all.
Oh Emma, Bailie did not look like she was having fun at her family reunion at all. That’s a bit of a shame but I think you say it best at the end…sometimes, it’s just better to be adopted into a family where you really fit in. And it’s obvious, Bailie fits in perfectly with you and Katie!
Oz
Mom really wanted to see them all be happy and take cute photos, but it was not to be. Bailie changed when she came to live with us, and I think she just wanted to distance herself from being one of fourteen puppies. It was still fun to visit and see her parents.
Oh geeze!! Even woofies have dysfunctional families? My goodness!!!!! You are right, oftentimes adopted families and family members turn out to be the BEST family of all!!
As wild and crazy as Bailie is, she came off as a super snobby city dog when she met her family. That’s okay. It was still fun visiting and it’s a good thing Bailie didn’t want to stay with them instead of leaving with us!
It is funny really that we expect dogs to have the same reaction we would to meeting their parents – but the thing is a dogs natural instinct would to be to get the pups as independent as possible and then force them out the pack to make their own way in the world.
I’m sure with a litter of fourteen, her mother was really happy to get rid of most of them. It was interesting to see how they appeared to be total strangers, but no matter, it was nice to meet the family.
Interesting! I would love to meet my huskies family, unfortunately there is just no way to do so for me 🙁
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It was good to meet Bailie’s parents, but obviously, they have all moved on. Mom would love to meet my father. She has always thought he is so cute and I look a lot like him, but he is in the UK, so that won’t be happening.
FAMILY REUNIONS….. they are SOOOOOO over rated… everybuddy is afraid that somebuddy will tell TAILS on them… Just sayin.
This one was definitely overrated, but it was still nice to meet Bailie’s parents. Bailie and her dad are a lot alike, but no one had any warm fuzzy feelings.
Family reunions can be hard for humans and dogs!
We have now found that out, but it was still good to meet everyone.
Ya, sometimes remembering the good things, is better than trying to create them.
I think being with so many siblings may have been tough for Bailie, but we are thrilled she wanted to stay with us at least!
Family reunions are tough on some of us but it’s so nice that you got to hang out for a few minutes and meet your Mom and Dad again!
It was good to meet everyone again, but at least she knows she is happy in our family now.
Do I dare say that Bailey is the cutest one of the bunch? #truestories
Bailie was all spiffed for BlogPaws, her family was just hanging out as usual, but we think she is the cutest too.
It sure looks like the saying “out of sight out of mind!” Bailie has moved on and has you, Emma, your human mom, Katie, Bert, and I forgot the other kitties name…this is home where the heart and love is for Bailie. XOXO Sparkle the PBGV
I wonder if you would remember your family, Sparkle? The main thing is Mom got to meet the parents, and we are a happy family. Sophie is the elusive cat at our house.
I am not sure if I would remember my first family. My family now is black and white (and gray) with short pointy ears and smushed in face. They have short tails too! I am sorry I cold not remember Sophie’s name. Sparkle
Family reunions never go as planned! Still cool that you got to meet everyone though. Tough to tell from the photos, but it looks like Bailie is a good bit taller than her siblings. Did she get the height genes?
Bailie is not correct GBGV proportions, too tall, but we don’t mind. Maybe we should have brought some Bowser Beer to lighten up the mood? Oh well, it was still fun to meet everyone and Bailie has no regrets moving on.
Well, it was worth a try, but the memories are the best!
Very true.
Haha…families can be a pain huh Bailie?
Yep! I guess we grew apart over the last almost two years, but at least we got to meet up.
It was interesting seeing some of the family members in your pictures. I had the same experience with Haley’s sister who was adopted by someone we knew. We got them together a few times, but they didn’t particularly enjoy it.
Maybe it was because Bailie was freshly bathed and smelled funny? Nevertheless, it was good to meet the family.
Well, it was a good try and at least they didn’t fight. Family reunions aren’t always all that smooth amongst humans either… 😉
No fighting, but Bailie was happy to leave. At least we have met her parents now.
Mom says she doesn’t like her family at all either so she totally understands. Love Dolly
Bailie has changed a lot and is more refined. She does lots of dog stuff, but her family lives in a farm environment which is very different from Bailie’s life.
Yep, family reunions can be pretty disorganized and disparaging. My mom and dad went to one last weekend and tried to get siblings together and then first cousins, no body was co-operating. Chablis
Kids change when they leave the nest, so sometimes families don’t recognize members anymore. At least Bailie is loved and happy in our family. I’m pretty sure may UK family wouldn’t be interested in meeting me at this point either.
I’m sorry that the reunion wasn’t super awesome. It is good that Bailie was able to see how great her life is as your PR assistance. I don’t think that she’d be happy on a farm. Her family is good-looking. We haven’t told Bentley that he is adopted…shhhh! LOL!
Bailie has taken to the finer side of life and left her family in the dust. She is starting to develop a bit of an attitude as well. Nevertheless, it was fun meeting them all.
Hope every buddy went home to the right house BOL
Lily & Edward
LOL! We came and left with the same two hounds in the car!
Very interesting that they didn’t react more. They all look so a like however, keeping them straight must have been a challenge!
In person they all look real different. We were hoping for a bit more happiness, it may have happened had we been able to be outside in a big yard, but the weather didn’t allow for that.
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Bailey, so sorry your family reunion didn’t work out better. Often it works the same way with human reunions. Everyones life has changed and they have new friends and interests. Old friends have become sweet memories and we don’t want anything distorting those memories.
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Oh Emma. Poor Bailee – I don’t think she had much fun. Next time she should come to my house because I love everybody and I love to get really close to everybody and me and Bailee could share my toys and snacks!!! I still remember my doggie family in Delaware. They were like city dogs living in a condominium inside a house which was inside a big gigantic field. I thought it was a lovely setup, but have decided not to have a condominium of my own for personal reasons of preferring to be difficult.
Tell Bailee to come to my house next time. Okay?
Bruin
Mom really wanted to meet Bailie’s family so at least we got that accomplished. I think the meeting would have been better out in the big yard, but the weather was bad that day. No matter, she has her family with us and is a happy girl.
Of course you are very very right about that thing, the family thing. Mommie told me we won’t ever visit her family because her mother is bitch. My mother is also a bitch, but I’m not sure that that’s what my Mommie means…
It was good to meet them all, but we are happy in our family unit as is.
So neat you got to go back to the breeders and visit with mom and sister. Yup once you leave the nest you have no clue who your family is. Nellie would shark her daughters when they came back for a visit. Meanie!
Oh, after my reunion I can totally see that happening. Mom thought it would be all warm and fuzzy, but it was not.
Bailie you are the best looking one of the family.
I think my family would look a lot like me if they were all polished up, but they were just at home hanging out, I was bathed and groomed headed for BlogPaws.
We took Sampson to meet his mom when he was about a year old and neither one of them seemed very interested in the other. I thought there might be some remembrance there, but it seems like there wasn’t. Maybe Bailie’s mom and dad didn’t remember her. 🙁
With their sense of smell, they remember people from years ago, so they have to recognize the smell of their family members, but maybe they are just not interested as animals are supposed to grow up and go off on their own. I bet some humans wish their kids would forget them too!
I guess Bailie has gotten over her original family and moved on! She definitely seems to fit in with her new family better. It was nice to try the visit anyway, and it was probably fun for your Mom to see all of Bailie’s family, even if Bailie didn’t enjoy it as much!
Mom was happy to meet her parents and a few siblings, but she had hoped for a more exciting time.
Nice that you got to meet everypawdy and see how they were doing, but these family reunions can be awkward sometimes! hooray for a happy adoption story!
Yeah, no one feels bad about Bailie living with us now. I guess her parents must have know what a mischievous girl Bailie would be and were happy to have her out of their fur!
Fourteen siblings! I can see why her family wasn’t gung ho lol. I think you’re with the perfect family now though, Bailie!
Yeah, she was from a really big litter. I think her mom was thankful most of the kids left!
Oh gosh! I enjoyed these pics and had some good smiles, but like you said, I can definitely tell Bailie is not thrilled. She looks like she is stressed out and panting the whole time! Ha! Poor girl! I think we can all relate to how stressful family get-togethers can be, though. I’m glad you got to meet some of her family members, even if it didn’t go perfectly. Those things never do! 🙂
The main thing is we got to meet her parents and we know she has no regrets about living with us!
BOL – Bailie doesn’t look all dat thrilled bout da get-together.
Nope, she was not thrilled to see her parents and sisters again. We were glad to meet them, though.
They are all so cute. I am sorry that the family reunion didn’t go better!
Everything can’t always be as we hope, and it was fun just meeting everyone.
The mom probably got more from meeting Bailie’s family than she did. And that’s okay. Sounds like Bailie ended up with just the right family.
True, Mom really wanted to see her parents, see where she lived the first couple months. It was all good, just no warm fuzzies with Bailie and her family.
I know most dogs do not remember family members, but all these years later Thunder still remembers his Tule who was at the breeders when he was a pup. He saw her last weekend and it was like no time had passed. It is cool that you got to meet Bailie’s family.
It’s probably like people, there are certain ones who we never forget. It was still nice to see them again, though.
It was nice to meet them – a shame they wouldn’t sit still for a photo!
They are a wild bunch!