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that looks so lush!
And also, as someone who's about to interrupt a dog's family by putting a new little human into it (assume this is what we're looking at here), any tips/experience you'd share?
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We bought a couple of books, and had a zoom call with a dog behaviourist which I remember was quite useful at the time as my wife suddenly got very anxious about it.
Can't remember too much of what we did, but I do recall daft things like playing crying noises in the bassinet before the baby arrived to get them used to the sound. Two years in and they haven't eaten her.
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We have an 11 month old and she takes great pleasure out of cuddling our whippet but he usually just gets up and moves to another room. We actually got a Whippet as we knew they are very good with kids so we never really put much effort in and it's worked out.
I think the most important thing is keeping their routine up (which is hard) and that will keep them happy.
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Incredibly slow reply.
We didn’t talk to a behaviourist, but did lots of getting people round with babies and making the noises and going over the fundamentals again and again- especially the “go away”/ “bed” command.
We also had the luxury/ misfortune of an emergency CS and a longer stay in hospital so took baby clothes to where dog was staying every night, to get used to the smell.
Then when the kid arrived, introduced through the go find method-
Left kiddo in baby carrier, everyone else left the room, I walked Dora in (as she’s my shadow), on the lead, and allowed her to go find the kid- sniff, etc with much praising.
And then just equal energy to play with dog when kids being played with.
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Christ, that photo really puts her in perspective (@Chalfie)
Had 2 stunning mornings the past 2 days.
Here’s the full fam out.