A book on introducing a new born to your pet. I am about three months and would like to find some book on how to make the pet/baby thing go smothly. Our golden doesn't worry me I just want to make things smooth as possible.
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Hi my name is Jennie, and I have a 9 month old. I also have a Japanese Chin-Chuaua at home and he is a very hyper dog. I heard while I was pregnant that a pet can become jelouse of a newbaby, and while not meaning to harm it. So what we did was, when I came home from the hopital I would only alow the dog to smell of the baby, but not actually touch her. Then a few days later I would make the dog sit and take the babies hand and pet the dog with it, from there the dog was able to lick her feet and begin to interact with the baby. For example when she was on the floor I would allow him to lay next to her or nudger her gently with his nose and so on. all the while If I was caring for the child my husband would play with the dog. Or the other way around. Now they are best friends. She will even reach her little hand in his mouth to take his bone away and he just lets her do it. They even fight over the same toy. lol So try that. Jennie
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satrunstar said:
Great advice. I only want to add one thing. PLENTY of love!! Give your dog lots of attention, so it doesn't feel left out. Giving him love in the presence of the baby is a good idea also. It shows that good things happen with the child around. And treats go a long way also! You won't have any problems!! Your Golden will be curious at first but soon he will not notice as long as you keep paying attention to it.
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Here are some links that I hope will be helpful. The books you could see if your library has available.
http://www.wonderpuppy.net/canwehelp/kids.htm article
Childproofing Your Dog: Preparing Your Dog For the Children In Your Life[paperback] by Brian Kilcommons,Sarah Wilson
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0944875378/autonomypublishiA/103-2504240-8705400
There's A Baby in The House: Preparing Your Dod For The Arrival Of Your Child[paberback] by Mike Wombacher
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0971303304/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/103-2504240-8705400?v=glance&s=books&st=*
http://www.wonderpuppy.net/canwehelp/kids.htm article
Childproofing Your Dog: Preparing Your Dog For the Children In Your Life[paperback] by Brian Kilcommons,Sarah Wilson
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0944875378/autonomypublishiA/103-2504240-8705400
There's A Baby in The House: Preparing Your Dod For The Arrival Of Your Child[paberback] by Mike Wombacher
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0971303304/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/103-2504240-8705400?v=glance&s=books&st=*
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One thing you can do while you're pregnant is get a doll that cries and everything. Treat it like you would a child and get your dog in a routine now. Let your dog see the crib and the carrier and see the doll in those things and see you holding the doll etc. If you can get him into a routine now, before the baby is born, there should be a fairly easy transition for everyone.
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Dagna said:
That's a cool idea. She's a golden retriever and I am not too worried because she trains well. Just want things to be less tramatic for her and us.
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well good luck. And I believe God will bless you and everything will go very well.
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one thing that's pretty important that i think a lot of people do without meaning to: they give the dog a ton of attention right before the baby's born b/c they reason that when the baby IS here, that the dog probably won't get as much. this might be one of the worst things that you can do, b/c from the dog's perspective, they will be getting all of this special attention, and then the baby comes home and the attention is gone, so they associate the negative feelings with the baby's presence.
i have four dogs and am 7 months pregnant with my first. what i've done is i've tried to get into a routine that i imagine it would be like when the baby is here -- i.e., their walks are a little shorter, i encourage them to play more together on their own intead of always engaging in one-on-one time with them. they each have their own space that they can go to, etc. i've also tried to implement more commands that will be relevant when the baby gets here and practicing them, such as saying certain commands to get them to reliably stop barking when they see something outside (with four, when one starts barking, they all do), or certain commands that let them know that they are not allowed to walk any further into a room (i.e., the nursery). we've put up baby gates around the house to get them used to having the barriers, and we've made sure to mess around with their ears, feet, mouth, etc -- things that a baby might pull on or mess with, so they get used to it and we can teach them how to handle it NOW instead of waiting until the baby DOES do it and trying to handle the situation then.
i'm sure everything will work out, but good luck anyway!
i have four dogs and am 7 months pregnant with my first. what i've done is i've tried to get into a routine that i imagine it would be like when the baby is here -- i.e., their walks are a little shorter, i encourage them to play more together on their own intead of always engaging in one-on-one time with them. they each have their own space that they can go to, etc. i've also tried to implement more commands that will be relevant when the baby gets here and practicing them, such as saying certain commands to get them to reliably stop barking when they see something outside (with four, when one starts barking, they all do), or certain commands that let them know that they are not allowed to walk any further into a room (i.e., the nursery). we've put up baby gates around the house to get them used to having the barriers, and we've made sure to mess around with their ears, feet, mouth, etc -- things that a baby might pull on or mess with, so they get used to it and we can teach them how to handle it NOW instead of waiting until the baby DOES do it and trying to handle the situation then.
i'm sure everything will work out, but good luck anyway!
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I was reading in a book I have where a cat saves a baby fron death whe the baby stopped breathing. the cat layed on the baby and then went to the mother and started to growl and hiss to get her attention and it worked because the baby was rushed to the hospital and is fine now. you can find this story in Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul 2.
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Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson wrote Childproofing Your Dog. I haven't read it, but I have read some of his other books and I am impressed by Mr. Kilcommons. This book would probably be really good for you to read.
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