Baby and dog!!

[rainbow dancer]

Prob seems strange thing to ask but has anyone hadexperiance of taking baby home and how to act with the dog!! We have a seven year old lab who is very good but don't want him to be jelous or pushed out!! Any tips would be good xx

 

[shootingstar22]

Best to be over the top... So lots of "who's a good boy" etc lots of pats on the RAF and talking to the dog about the baby I.e hold the baby and have the dog sit near you and talk to the baby about the dog, saying his name so the dog pays attention, then say to the baby about how good he is and pet him so he knows your talking about him.

We have a king Charles cavilier and a golden retriever. My friend came round the other day with her baby and the golden would try and sooth the baby when he cried by bringing him one of her toys...she was soooo gentle with him. Then again she has had a litter and is a very good mum anyway. The king Charles just wanted attention all the time and wasn't interested.

My mum never had any problems with me and my brother with dogs. In fact my bother used to crawl and poke thier golden an she would just lie there and take it! You'd be suprised at how protective they become over the baby.

How old is your dog? Plus has he been done? You may, may encounter problems if he has not been fixed. X

 

[spendalots]

Thanks rainbow dancer for bringing this up we have a spaniel puppy who is very protective and spoilt! I am wondering how we can include her so that she still gets lots of attention. She is very good with children but am worried about how she will react when we bring the baby home.

Should I introduce them straight away or leave the dog at my parents for the day?? x

 

[midnight]

what spaniel spendalots i have a springer and he is nuts haha he is only 1 so never been around babies just noisy children so im going to introduce them as soon as i get home just allow them to have a sniff thats all they normally want to do in the past previous dogs have become very protective of the baby around strangers my dog now does go on high gaurd when we are out walking if the children are with us, i have played babies crying and he doesnt respond but might be different when the baby is in the room

 

[spendalots]

She's a very pampered king charles and all she wants is to sit on my knee and cuddle all day!! Will be very hard with a baby aswell! Springers are nuts but really loving...I would love a spinger aswell but think my OH wud go mad with 2 dogs & LO! x

 

[midnight]

lol dont do it they mault loads i could make a new dog daily how he isnt bald i dont know lol
we dont allow ours up for obvious reasons he is alot bigger haha he does try and sneak though once the kids are in bed

 

[Rósa]

One thing I read about it (as Im slightly worried have 2 eleven year old german shepherds) is that if you are in hospital for a few days is to get your o/h to take the babies dirty washing home so the dogs can smell it, Also don't you carry the baby in the first time home so you can make a fiuss of the dog

 

[shootingstar22]

Thanks rainbow dancer for bringing this up we have a spaniel puppy who is very protective and spoilt! I am wondering how we can include her so that she still gets lots of attention. She is very good with children but am worried about how she will react when we bring the baby home.

Should I introduce them straight away or leave the dog at my parents for the day?? x

No try not to take the dog out of the house. Your dog will sense you are in labour before an will e quite anxious anyway...I would try and get someone to pop round your house to check on the dog-this is what we are doing. Then when you are home fuss the dog and get on with things -don't necessarily introduce the babe to the dog..the dog will show interest in it's own. Jut have to pretend that nothings changed.

With our cavilier he is already being trained not to jump up on the sofa without permission for cuddles. He gets booted off the sofa if he does that, he is only allowed up only when invited. Plus every so often I allow them into the babes room to have a sniff about.

You shouldn't have a problem with a cavilier...they just to sulk.you may get some weeing for attention sake for the first few weeks, but they do settle.

 

[PinkPunch]

What we did was let the dog smell her clothes first of all a few times before seeing her. When he introduced her to him, we held her up to the dog gate for him to sniff her out (because he jumps up on you) and gave him a new toy.

Then we would let him in the same room when she was in the basket & he was always looking in at her lol so cute. But we HAD to be there too because he tried to jump up to get a better look and he's a big lab.

Now they love each other. She kisses him when he's lying down and chases him about. And when he's had enough he lies on the sofa so she can't get him!

 

[midnight]

a dog will take an interest all they want to do is sniff and get there scent so they know what it is this is how dogs check things out, let the dog come to them never approach the dog just like you would with anything really always allow the dog to go to the person rather than a person approach them if that makes sense, dont lock the dog away either because your dog is just like 1 of the family so should get to meet the new arrival if your in the hospital long then you can take an item of something the baby has worn so the dog will already have the scent but most people are in and out now so its not always possible to do this, i would try to get you dog to only come on the sofa when permission is given

 

[PinkPunch]

I hate ppl that say you'll have to get rid of the dog once the baby comes

 

[flexilexi394]

Lol no need to get rid of a dog at all is there! My doggies are gonna have a shock to the system, 11 yr old collie (anyone that knows collies will understand age is just a number and they are mad) and a 15 yr old jack russel thats blind deaf and smelly lol. So it's gonna be interesting as the jack won't notice but the collie doesn't like noise so I reckon she's just gonna disappear off on her own for a few days! She's been round babies before so should be fine. I'm looking forward to when the babys old enough to stroke her and stuff, think that's so cute! X

 

[rainbow dancer]

thanks very much for the replys. shooting star - my dog is 7 and he has been done. he is very wellbehave and has always been around kids but never my own! apart from step kids who my youngest was 3 when we got him. im glad of all the advice and sure he will be fine. xx

 

[bobkat]

with our collie, she had stayed with grandparents for a few days as baby was in scbu for a while but when OH went to get her after we got home i made sure baby was in moses basket when she came in as she may have felt pushed out and I made a huge fuss of her before bringing her to sniff. another thing we heard was not to change the baby on the floor with the dog around as that would let her think that the baby was lower in the 'food chain' than she was. we also made sure the baby was always around when something good was happening with the dog, i.e. when we fed the dog one of us would bring the baby, took the baby out for a walk with the dog at least once a day (unless weather was appalling) so it associated the baby with positive things. when other people come to the house we make sure that they make a fuss of the dog first, then we hand them the baby to fuss and we play with the dog/sit next to her etc.

we always got cross when people said so what's going to happen with the dog when the baby comes....... errrr nothing, it's her house and family too.

 

[bearsmummy]

We just took liv in and acted completely normal. We have 2 and we let them look at her and that was it. They love her now and she loves them x

 

[ShadowWolf]

My MILs dog is a springer spaniel and he loved her from the first time he saw her. He's a bit of a scaredy puss when she's crying but when she's just cooing he likes to come and take a look and when she's in her basket he always pokes his head over to look at her asleep He's a very bouncy and hyper dog but he's so gentle around her.

xx

 

[stumpyjoe]

Prob seems strange thing to ask but has anyone hadexperiance of taking baby home and how to act with the dog!! We have a seven year old lab who is very good but don't want him to be jelous or pushed out!! Any tips would be good xx

How interesting. We have a seven year old lab bitch and were thinking the same. We plan to have her in her chair when the dog comes home and were gonna let her go and sniff her herself. We have also put a separate dog bed in the babies room so she feels like she belongs and so that I can tell her to go to bed if she's under my feet. I'm not massively worried about it but I am a little

 

[rainbow dancer]

we have our dogs bed in the same place and the moses basket is in the same room next to my bed and next to dogs bed - didnt want the dog put out cause the baby had arrived and at least i know when he is trying to look at b aby in basket!! xx as he has already been looking in it and no baby yet!! xx

 

[midnight]

My MILs dog is a springer spaniel and he loved her from the first time he saw her. He's a bit of a scaredy puss when she's crying but when she's just cooing he likes to come and take a look and when she's in her basket he always pokes his head over to look at her asleep He's a very bouncy and hyper dog but he's so gentle around her.

xx

mines the same but the kids can give him treats and he is gentle he is a scardy pants at some things too lol

 

[Cantstop]

I'm a bit worried about this too. I've got a 3 year old Weimeraner and she's a bit full on. She's not used to kids at all, doesn't understand personal space, is a right mammy's girl and is a bit jealous of me giving other animals (the cat or other dogs when we're out) any attention so concerned she'll be jealous of the baby. She's just so clumsy! At the moment she curls up on the sofa with us, but I'm not sure whether I'll need to make her lie in her basket in the living room and not let her on the sofas, or whether it'll be worse to start making her lie apart from everyone else.