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Meet Violets canine alter egos

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I have come to learn that a child’s imagination is absolutely and gloriously limitless. Inside those tiny, adorable heads is a world where anything goes.

Pretend play should be encouraged wherever possible (even when it’s utterly bizarre and irritatingly repetitive). Acting out different roles teaches vital social skills and your child learns to be innovative.

It is truly wonderful to watch them completely immerse themselves in these precious moments.

From the fantastic wizarding world of Harry Potter and Hogwarts, complete with

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sticks from the garden for spell casting – to creating a bakery out of puzzle boxes and blocks. They are all beautifully creative and often hilarious.

My personal favourite is Violets unwavering love of being a ‘doggy’..

This make believe has gone on so long, that I can no longer remember when it began. Violet has not one doggy alter ago, but many. She goes by many names, and will pick whichever one she or Oscar prefers on the day. These names are: Doggy, Danger, Proto (?), Flower, Roxie, Squishy, Sprinkle and Sparkles.

Unfortunately, this

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particular pretend play also involves getting shouted at when you say the wrong name… Or God forbid, you accidentally call her by her ACTUAL NAME. This will get you nothing but the stink eye and verbal abuse.

With this alter ego, also comes your bog standard dog chores.. Providing a doggy bowl, always having doggy treats to hand and of course the constant patting, stroking and making up of doggy beds. The ‘woofing’ has now become a background noise in our daily lives and Violet wandering around on all fours and head butting my leg is now

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completely ordinary.

I have now become so used to ‘doggy’ that it’ll be a sad sad day when Violet tires of this game – and seeing as she only ever listens to me when I use her doggy name – it looks like I’m screwed!

Woof.

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- 20 Jul 16

 

I have come to learn that a child’s imagination is absolutely and gloriously limitless. Inside those tiny, adorable heads is a world where anything goes.

Pretend play should be encouraged wherever possible (even when it’s utterly bizarre and irritatingly repetitive). Acting out different roles teaches vital social skills and your child learns to be innovative.

It is truly wonderful to watch them completely immerse themselves in these precious moments.

From the fantastic wizarding world of Harry Potter and Hogwarts, complete with sticks from the garden for spell casting – to creating a bakery out of puzzle boxes and blocks. They are all beautifully creative and often hilarious.

My personal favourite is Violets unwavering love of being a ‘doggy’..

This make believe has gone on so long, that I can no longer remember when it began. Violet has not one doggy alter ago, but many. She goes by many names, and will pick whichever one she or Oscar prefers on the day. These names are: Doggy, Danger, Proto (?), Flower, Roxie, Squishy, Sprinkle and Sparkles.

Unfortunately, this particular pretend play also involves getting shouted at when you say the wrong name… Or God forbid, you accidentally call her by her ACTUAL NAME. This will get you nothing but the stink eye and verbal abuse.

With this alter ego, also comes your bog standard dog chores.. Providing a doggy bowl, always having doggy treats to hand and of course the constant patting, stroking and making up of doggy beds. The ‘woofing’ has now become a background noise in our daily lives and Violet wandering around on all fours and head butting my leg is now completely ordinary.

I have now become so used to ‘doggy’ that it’ll be a sad sad day when Violet tires of this game – and seeing as she only ever listens to me when I use her doggy name – it looks like I’m screwed!

Woof.

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