We have 6 dogs living in our house. I think the only reason that it works is Mina (yorkie) is mine,2bits(70lbmix) belongs to my son,Skittles (poodle) belongs to my oldest daughter who does not live here,but visits. He has bonded with my husband as well,Buddie (poodle)belongs to my middle daughter,Amigo (Chi) belongs to my youngest daughter and Taffy (pom) belongs to my mother who lives in a facility. Taffy is 10yrs old and we all try to love on her some each day. She was an only child up to 2yrs ago,so her adjustment has been the hardest. Although 2bits is 14yrs old he trys to play with Mina,the poodles are 9yrs old and they play with Mina. Amigo is 6yrs old and he has been the most standoffish because until Mina came into the house he was the baby. I guess the reason that this all works is 2bits and Taffy are the only ones that have ever been an only child. When we brought 2 poodle puppies home at the same time I was abit worried about how 2bits would handle it,but he loved being a big brother. I guess we were very lucky that he loves the little ones so much.
House training Mina has been a snap because she just does what the rest of the pack does. She came to me weeweepad trained and wont have anything to do with them because noone else uses them.
Maybe if you had a friend that could come visit for a weekend with their baby,of if you took care of someone elses baby for a day or two,you would be able to tell better if your baby would be receptive to the idea. |