{"id":44743,"date":"2021-08-29T22:54:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T17:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/alex-morgan-dogs-more-excited-than-daughter-after-return-from-olympics\/"},"modified":"2021-08-29T22:55:07","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T17:25:07","slug":"alex-morgan-dogs-more-excited-than-daughter-after-return-from-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/districtchronicles.com\/alex-morgan-dogs-more-excited-than-daughter-after-return-from-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Morgan Dogs More Excited Than Daughter After Return From Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list summary-list-variant\">\n<li>Alex Morgan spent 35 days away from home to compete at the Olympics with the US Women&#8217;s National Team.<\/li>\n<li>The star striker said her dog, Blue, was the most excited to greet her when she returned home.<\/li>\n<li>Her 15-month-old daughter, Charlie Carrasco, &#8220;honestly thought I was a ghost,&#8221; Morgan told Insider.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup&#10;                            inline-newsletter-signup-variant&#10;                           headline-regular\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-list=\"Business Insider Select\" data-acq-source=\"inlinesignupfenrir\" data-url=\"\">\n<div class=\"js-loader hidden\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"svg-icon \" version=\"1.1\" role=\"img\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" style=\"enable-background:new 0 0 50 50;\" xml:space=\"preserve\">\n                          <title>Loading<\/title>\n                          <desc>Something is loading.<\/desc>\n                          <path fill=\"#111\" d=\"M43.935,25.145c0-10.318-8.364-18.683-18.683-18.683c-10.318,0-18.683,8.365-18.683,18.683h4.068c0-8.071,6.543-14.615,14.615-14.615c8.072,0,14.615,6.543,14.615,14.615H43.935z\">\n                            <animatetransform attributetype=\"xml\" attributename=\"transform\" type=\"rotate\" from=\"0 25 25\" to=\"360 25 25\" dur=\"0.6s\" repeatcount=\"indefinite\"\/>\n                          <\/path>\n                        <\/svg><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Alex Morgan couldn&#8217;t wait to return to her daughter after the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The superstar striker for the US Women&#8217;s National Team spent a whopping 35 days away from her 15-month-old, Charlie Carrasco, to compete in Tokyo and earn a bronze medal. Spending more than a full month separated from her child was &#8220;extremely challenging,&#8221; Morgan told Insider, but she assumed it would just make their reunion all the sweeter.<\/p>\n<p>She was wrong.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image  \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 1513 \/ 2017)\">\n<p>                            <img class=\"lazy-image \" viewbox=\"0 0 1 1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/61293b2e12b9cc00196330ce&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:2017,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1513}}\" alt=\"Alex Morgan and her daughter, Charlie Carrasco.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <noscript><\/p>\n<p>                            <\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                            <span class=\"image-source-caption \"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                Morgan and her daughter, Charlie Carrasco.<br \/>\n                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n                                  Brad Smith\/ISI Photos\/Getty Images<br \/>\n                                <\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;She honestly thought I was a ghost,&#8221; Morgan said of her daughter. &#8220;She was like, &#8216;who are you again?&#8217; It was like 35 days from when I saw her!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was terrible,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for Morgan, one of her dogs was there to save the day. Blue, the family&#8217;s 110-pound pitbull mix, gave Morgan extra puppy love upon her return home from Tokyo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image  \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 1235 \/ 1647)\">\n<p>                            <img class=\"lazy-image \" viewbox=\"0 0 1 1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/612923fd9ef1e50018f873a9&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:1647,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1235}}\" alt=\"Alex Morgan plays soccer with her dog, Blue.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <noscript><br \/>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/612923fd9ef1e50018f873a9?width=600&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                            <span class=\"image-source-caption \"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                Morgan plays soccer with her dog, Blue.<br \/>\n                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n                                  Stella &amp; Chewy&#8217;s<br \/>\n                                <\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Blue was very excited to see me,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He was like, licking my legs and everything. It&#8217;s kind of gross, but like I hadn&#8217;t seen him in a month.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Morgan is an unabashed dog lover and a vocal proponent of pet adoption; she and Blue even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/features\/video-soccer-champ-alex-morgan-says-dogs-family-members\/\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">starred in a PETA video<\/a> in 2018. The two-time World Cup champion and her husband, former MLS player Servando Carrasco, even added another pitbull mix, Kona, to the family in September 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by Kona &amp; Blue (Morgan) Carrasco (@konablue)<time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"\"\/>\n                        \t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, Charlie&#8217;s arrival less than a year later had the potential to shake up the family dynamic. But the toddler &#8220;absolutely loves the dogs&#8221; \u2014 so much so that Morgan suspects her daughter may think she&#8217;s a dog herself.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She hangs out with the dogs quite a bit and sometimes I question that she knows that she&#8217;s a human,&#8221; Morgan said laughing. &#8220;She loves literally laying in the dogs like beds. I mean, I know they&#8217;re comfortable and all, but I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Charlie, okay, that&#8217;s enough!'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;ll cuddle with the dogs at night,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Before she goes to bed, she&#8217;ll literally just like go up to them and like bear hug them and just like, hold on for five minutes. And then she like, laughs randomly. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s the fur tickling her, but &#8230; they have a great relationship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure image-figure-image  \" data-type=\"img\" data-e2e-name=\"image-figure-image\" data-media-container=\"image\">\n<div class=\"lazy-holder \" style=\"padding-top: calc(100% * 1333 \/ 1778)\">\n<p>                            <img class=\"lazy-image \" viewbox=\"0 0 1 1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/612945109ef1e50018f8806b&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:1778,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1333}}\" alt=\"Alex Morgan with her dogs, Kona (left) and Blue.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <noscript><br \/>\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/612945109ef1e50018f8806b?width=600&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp\"\/><br \/>\n                            <\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                            <span class=\"image-source-caption \"><figcaption class=\"image-caption headline-bold\" data-e2e-name=\"image-caption\">\n                                Morgan with her dogs, Kona (left) and Blue.<br \/>\n                              <\/figcaption><span class=\"image-source headline-regular\" data-e2e-name=\"image-source\"><br \/>\n                                  Stella &amp; Chewy&#8217;s<br \/>\n                                <\/span><br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                        <\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps Blue&#8217;s and Kona&#8217;s gentleness towards the tot compelled Morgan to pull out all the stops for National Dog Day on Thursday. The 32-year-old partnered with natural pet food brand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stellaandchewys.com\/\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stella &amp; Chewy&#8217;s<\/a> to help provide inspiration for dog lovers to honor their pooches and celebrate the support they&#8217;ve provided over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It can go from being a little crazy and baking a cake for your dogs, or it could be giving them extra cuddles,&#8221; Morgan said. &#8220;&#8230; If you have an extra five minutes or an extra like five hours, hang out with your dog more today because they deserve it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Morgan said she was aiming &#8220;to be in between&#8221; and vowed that she wouldn&#8217;t &#8220;go the whole birthday cake type route.&#8221; But according to her Instagram post on National Dog Day, she caved and bought the bully mixes a sweet treat.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by Alex Morgan (@alexmorgan13)<time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"\"\/>\n                        \t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Morgan spent 35 days away from home to compete at the Olympics with the US Women&#8217;s National Team. 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