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Originally Posted by hviola  This is great advice. Thank you!
The reason for the pen: I was told to NEVER leave the baby alone with the dog. For good reason. My 11 month old crawls and walks a little and flits from room to room all day. If he goes into his bedroom, I usually don't follow him. I can hear him through the monitor. But if Triss is loose, I would be worried that she may get in there. Or like today, Triss was sitting with me and the baby and she bit him. I let her out as much as possible, but I can't see a way around doing it this way until it gets better through trying your advice. |
Well, yes, that is great advice. You never want to leave any type of dog with a baby "alone" ever. But I think by Triss being confined so much to a pen, it's just going to make the problem worse. I think the two just need to bond. For the first few days, I would leave Triss out whenever humanely possible to keep an eye on the two of them. Keep treats in your pockets, etc, and any good reaction from Triss towards the baby... she gets
lots of treats.
My aunt is a good example of learning how to give attention to both. Her Pittie, Max, has been her baby for the last 8 years. She now has an 8 month old baby boy. It was really hard on Max in the beginning because she had been in the hospital for longer than expected as she got sick. He was pretty sad. But, she made sure to always give Max equal attention.. if not more than the baby. They have a beach down their street so she would go on walks with baby in stroller down to the beach and give Max his off leash play time and give Max HIS attention and love, while the baby slept or chilled in the stroller. Now that baby is older, he sits on a little towel on the beach and plays with toys, etc, while the dog plays in the water. It was a learning process but she learned how to give attention to both, and now the two of them are like real siblings.
I'm not planning on having a child for a loonggg time! I'm around far too many kids as it is, LOL, and living with a 2 1/2 year old makes you not want kids
. lol j/k. But, I know when I do, I will always include Jackson in what we do. Jackson just loves little Emma (she's my half-sis - age range is 18yrs!) and they've grown up together. Plus, Jackson loves my aunt's little baby boy.