The kids will go everywhere in the house eventually. It's better to be honest with them That way when they are teens they will be less likely to hide things from their parents.
It has to be normal for them to be open within the family at that point. Too dangerous otherwise.
In the end, the ABSOLUTE WORST thing that could possibly happen is that they get to 7 or 8 and have never seen or talked about what An enema is or what it does or how to use one, and they are home alone or the parent that IS home is distracted, and they essentially do what my father did with a 4oz bulb and get curious and decide to try it. A OZ BULB AND A 2QT BAG ARE NOT THE SAME THING! Least of all at that age.
If they get curious, and one of them at least seems to have inherited her Mom's curiosity, that interest in EVERYTHING that got me my college degree. I REALLY want them to come to me and talk about it. I can't say in that situation whether I will or won't give either or both an enema they don't actually "NEED. " I'll have to figure that out as I go along,
Clearly what my father went through having to hide everything from his mom was just plain wrong and unhealthy!!
I want to avoid that at all cost. And twins generally, identicals especially learn form and listen to each other more than they do their parents anyway. Last year, when my son was born I got one twin to go from saying "mom's Baby" to saying "my Brother" and she started correcting her sister. That said openness is going to be healthier for them both physically and emotionally.
As for the dog, I'm the alpha female of his pack. Dos are very loyal to their own pack and when you form a bond with that dog, what you are really doing in the dog's mind is becoming a higher ranking member of the pack than he is.
Part of protecting the pack is notifying the other members when they sense a danger to the Alpha male or the Alpha female. Because in the dog's mind the future of the pack is in doubt. with a male it might be an opportunity to be the new alpha or at least move up in rank.
Not to worry he was signaling my husband to follow him to me. My husband read the body language and checked in to make sure everything was OK!