chalkeroochy Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 (edited) A friend is soon to give birth, my concern is that she has a dog and has no basic commands control over it. The dog was a "rescue", the previous owners had to get rid of it because it was attacking there other dogs. Since it's arrival this dog has culled the possum population in their neighbourhood leaving nothing but the head and a bit of fur, and it's keen to attack anything on 4 legs. She pampers it, keeps it inside at night, puts a raincoat on it if it rains, overcoat if it's cold, etc, etc which this OK by me. But if her husbands away overnight she lets it sleep in bed with her. They're set up a kiddies barrier in the hallway to prevent the dog from entering the baby's room at night when they go to bed. Her husband says he's going to bring home items of the baby's clothing for the dog to familiarise with the scent. Knowing my friends naivety to the whole thing, I'm very worried. Their parents are also worried and have voiced their concerns to them. With recent events in the news I may be an over reacting, but by posting this I'm hoping to get advise on whether or not to also speak out about the matter. Edited October 2, 2007 by chalkeroochy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erny Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 (edited) Chalkeroochy .... email me at [email protected] and I'll send you back a handout pertaining to recommendations for dog-owners who are expecting a new child to the family. Give me some time though .... am about to go eat dinner. There is also a downloadable book the cost for which is about $10.00 I think. It is by Silvia Kent and is called "Your Dog & Your Baby". I haven't read right through it so can't fully comment on its content, but I'm sure your friends will be able to read up on some much useful info there too. I'm afraid I don't have the link to the downloadable book, but if you google for it I don't think you'll have any problems sourcing it. ETA: In any event, your friends "leadership" of their dog is a pre-requisite and if they are in doubt as to whether they have the respect from their dog to govern its actions, I'd recommend they arrange a visit from a behaviourist who will be able to offer advice and suggestions in this regard. Edited October 2, 2007 by Erny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalkeroochy Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 (edited) I guess my main concern is how a kiddies barrier will hold back a possible jealous dog from the baby, especially when mum and dad are asleep at night. I've always believed one should never leave a dog totally alone with a baby, no matter how friendly and well trained it may be, even a well behaved or trained dog (this dog is not) left on it's own long enough can resort to instinct rather than training when confronted with a problem. Edited October 2, 2007 by chalkeroochy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helen Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 This link has some good info for people with dogs having a baby http://www.americanbrittanyrescue.org/inde...id=3&pid=16 Also a crate could be a great help, this website has plenty of info on crate training http://www.k9events.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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