Do you sing to your pets/children?

Of course!

When I got my first rescue dog, I also picked up a copy of Dogs for Dummies. The author recommended you customize a song for each of your dogs. Mr. Bailey got You are My Sunshine, Miss Cleo had two songs – Brown-Eyed Girl and Walk Like an Egyptian. Little Miss Bella gets a version of an Egyptian song that includes Bella Bella Eskandaria.

I used to, but then the neighbours complained about all the heavy metal.

Haha, yes. I sing the Shaggy rendition of “Angel” to my pet goose and impose his name into the song. ” My darlin’ marwyn, closer than my peeps you are to meee baaaby. ” He loves it, gets all excited when I put the CD on and play along with my Djembe drums.

I also sing and impose his name into “row, row, row your boat”. It goes like this.
“Row, row, row your flappys gently down the stream, Marwyn, Marwyn, Marwyn, Marwyyyyn, life is but a dream.” He honks every time I say his name. I was just singing to one of my cats the other day to the tune of ‘Tainted Love”.

Sometimes I feel I’ve got to run away, I’ve got to get away….. tainted mouse, tainted mouse….haha

Absolutely.

I always sang to my daughter. “Blue Skies” is kind of our song, but I sang many different songs to her.

Our dog, we make up songs about and sing them to her.

All the time! I’m especially fond of singing, “Sadie, Sadie, Married Lady” to my dog, Sadie, and I wrote an original piece called “Marty the Meshuggenah” for Martin the cat.

Yes, I sang to my kids until they were of an age to tele I have a lousy voice.

“Sweet Baby James” was a lullaby for them.

Yes. They do like it, generally. Animal friends tend to love friendly communication, except maybe when they currently have other business (like eating or chasing something).

I don’t have any kids, but I used to have pets for years, that have since passed, and now I take care of several friends and relatives pets, and I sing to them all the time.

Sometimes I whistle to my bitch, but she doesn’t seem to like it. she tries to bite me when I do that….

Yes I did and I get the impression they are glad they are all grown up and do not have to sit through it anymore.

I did when the kids were growing up. They sing the same songs to their kids now. I get such a kick out of putting my grandkids down for a nap, then seeing the look on their face when I start singing a song they thought no one but their Momma or Daddy knew!

Whenever I sing around the house my daughter (17) does exactly what is expected of her & her generation, that’s right, she cringes bigtime.

My teenaged daughter and I had the battle of “Turn The Page.” She was pro-Korn. I was not. It really brought us together at moments, during those difficult, hateful years.
One time I was dropping her off at Middle School. I had just stopped the car to let her out, and Bog Seager’s Turn The Page came on the radio. I looked at her and she looked at me, shut the door, and we drove around the block. I wrote a note excusing her for being late. ♥

Not just children and animals, just a few days ago a friend was staying with us who goes kite flying. We were talking about it, and I broke into “let’s go fly a kite, up to the highest height…” Neither my husband nor the kite flying friend knew the song. I just roll my eyes about it. Seriously? He flies kites a few times a week and doesn’t know the song? He has two children also. If my mom had been there she would have joined in.

I have a terrible singing voice, but I’m reminded of songs all the time, and break into song. My aunt used to do this all the time, much more than I do. She can’t sing either.

I wouldn’t so much say I sing to children and pets, as much as I just sing, and hope others recognize the sing and can join in.

I sang to my children when they were little. We sang a lot. Now they’re grown up, they struggle and try to get away. They just don’t know good singing when they hear it.

I make up songs for my pets too. I made up a song for one of my cats and he used to growl when I cuddled him and sang it to him. I’m not sure if it was a growl of approval or an “I’m going to F#$C(@%g rip your head off if you don’t shut up” type of growling. All artists have to endure the unappreciative.

I still sing to my husband. He has been known to laugh, but only when I thinks I’m not watching. I was singing Lady, the Kenny Rogers classic to him the other night. I was trying to model the behaviour I would like to see him exhibit. He’s fighting me on this. I did get him to sing Groovy Kind of Love later in the evening – I feel he may have had ulterior motives by then though.

I ‘sing’ only to myself when I am sure no one is listening.

The rule of thumb is to sing to your children until they get old enough to know you can’t sing, sing to your pets unless it agitates them to bite you, sing to your plants and you both will thrive.
That is how I have done things. Animals love singing, including critters in the wild.

<——Jessie asked me to stop singing to her a long time ago.

@Cruiser hehehehehehe

I remember the last time I sang to my daughter at bedtime. She was 12. I said, “Can I tuck you in?”
She said, “Mom. Don’t you think I’m a little old to be tucked in?”
I thought sadly, for a moment, then said, “Can I do it for me?”
She nodded.

Tears thinking about it.

GA’s all around.

@Dutchess_III . I can empathize. When my dog seems blue,or has a nightmare, I use Rod Stewart’s “have I told you lately, that I love you.” I never get through the song without crying. I’m aware that for one reason or another, one day I can’t sing to her…

no

I’ve been singing this to Bella on our night-time walks lately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPdV8jXAjUQ

Was busted by one of my neighbours/friends. She heard me as I walked by – her daughter’s window was open and they could hear me singing.

My grandkids are amazed that I seem to know all the songs that their parents sing to them!