Develop a plan
You will experience not only joy, but also stress, ifcome home with your child, and your favorite ball will fly from the doorway to you with the usual loud cheers and dog hugs. The tailed-mustache will also be upset when it realizes that they are not happy, and yet it will feel a strange smell in the house. Therefore, if you have a dog and soon a child should appear, develop a plan for preparing a pet for a new member of the family. Your habitual way of life will change, which means that the dog house will turn upside down. Therefore, the plan, plan, plan ... What should it include? First of all, training. Think about what harmful dog habits you need to work on, allocate time when this can be done, decide which of the home will lead Barbosa to study, and immediately decide for yourself whether you are going to let the four-legged child to. The further actions depend on this.
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Teach good manners
Does the dog have problems with obedience? If earlier you could laugh at how she, instead of commanding "standing", runs to you, then now all the basic teams will have to ideally rehearse. "Standing", "lying", "sitting", "next", "place" - all this pet should understand and execute immediately. Learn the commands before the appearance of the child. Especially pay attention to sending to the "place". It is the way dogs are often forgotten if one does not practice with them.
Eliminate bad habits
A photo: Getty ImagesSome dogs have cute little oddities, which the owners consider harmless until a child appears. Some, as soon as the front door opens, jump on the person, others bark loudly. Do not encourage such antics, do not iron or treat your pet. Yes, you live a familiar life, you would have liked this greeting, but imagine that you hold a small man in your arms, and here your beloved labrador knocks you down, because he wants to see what is there in his hands. It's not hard to imagine that this will lead to scratches and injuries, and not just you. So hire a certified trainer to moderate your jumper.
Introduce with smells
As is known, dogs have a very developed sense of smell,they feel everything for a mile. The dog lived with you and your husband, foresaw the smell of who would open the door right now, and then an unfamiliar scent appeared in the house, and not just one. Smell the cot, toys, bottles. Such surprises can make a dog nervous. So let her sniff the baby's things so she gets to know the new smells. If you plan to let the pet in the nursery, prepare him a bed in it. In the eyes of the dog, such a gesture will add positive associations to the changes that occur at home. Get a couple of children's toys and put them on the floor so that the dog can sniff them. If you try to pick it up and eat it, tell "do not, place" and give the dog a toy belonging to her, so she understands that you can chew and what not.
Practice and excellence
A photo: Getty Images No matter how it sounds, but for guaranteed peace of mind you will have to rehearse the appearance of the baby. Buy a doll and let the dog watch your daily interaction with the "baby": how do you change diapers, feed the baby, rock, walk with it in your arms around the apartment. If at these moments the pet starts jumping, barking, you will have time to disinfect him from such bad habits in advance, and by the time you return home with the child, the dog will already be a diligent and obedient guardian of peace.
