Pooping in baby's room is a serious sign of him saying I'm dominant over you in a passive way...he's just establishing pack order and responding to all these crazy new smells was he ever around a baby before he had one come into "his" home?
Are you expressing sadness over him being sad when you are with him...he'll pick right up on it...walking him with baby is great, maybe he needs more intellectual stimulation right now...4 months is certainly an adjustment period but it has to be handled in the right way... and who says when and how long an adjustment takes?
Then again I might be the one posting this in a month...dogs don't love the new baby...
Are you seriously thinking of re-homing a dog you have had for 8 years because you now have a baby and the adjustment period hasn't been going well? Or is there more going on? If you don't answer that's fine I'm just personally curious... |