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My dogs are my kids, and just like people do with their human children, I talk to my dogs all the time. We have two fur daughters, Mary Poppins, who’s…

My dogs are my kids, and just like people do with their human children, I talk to my dogs all the time.

We have two fur daughters, Mary Poppins, who's about to turn two; and Truly Scrumptious, who is seven months old. Both are the sweetest girls in the world, but they definitely have VERY different personalities; Mary is my chill, go-with-the-flow child, while Truly is completely full of sass---so much so, that she'll often respond with barks and chirps when we speak to her.

It's super cute, and sometimes I think she really does understand every word that I'm saying...but now I'm starting to think that I might have a canine prodigy on my hands, because the other night, right after I said, "I love you," Truly Scrumptious did this:

Do I just have delusional dog mom ears, or did my child actually just say her first real words?!

Jenny Bender is one third of the Kicks Wake Up Krew on Kicks 99 in Augusta, Georgia, along with Cash & Dub. She's married to Chris Bender and is doting dog mom to their two rescue fur babies, Mary Poppins Bender & Truly Scrumptious Bender. Jenny is a karaoke queen who loves Jesus, country music, cheese, and the color pink.