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I remember walking with my son attached to my chest in a carrier and our puppy deciding he’d try his first (and last) attempt to walk on water by leaping in a canal. Frantically jettisoned the child onto the bank so I could just get finger tips to the harness of the slowly submerging dog. Fun times.
I had a friend whose massive retriever fell in a lock and he had to climb down and drag the lummox out.
She did go through a grabby stage of pulling his long hair on his ears which he didn't like and would run off so had to manage that teaching her to stroke not pull and reassuring him she's not going to hurt him every time she comes close as he was starting go get jumpy when she was nearby but we seem to have got through that phase pretty smoothly. The only thing we have to be careful of at the moment is he's very protective of the buggy if another dog gets close especially if they approach from behind or the side. This is even with dogs he knows and gets on with. He's not so bad when she's up in carrier so I use that for every walk that doesn't clash with a nap time. Most germs are good for them in the long run and apparently (professional opinion) children raised with animals have stronger immune systems and are far less likely to develop allergies. We try and keep everything clean but don't obsess over it and were we're almost 3 months without as much as a runny nose with Pippa🤞 I'm pretty sure raw meat isn't going to be much good for her though so that's the only area we're really fastidious about.