{"id":956,"date":"2013-02-07T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T04:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyyouhappyfamily.com\/?p=956"},"modified":"2021-10-24T07:27:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T12:27:34","slug":"9-ways-to-get-dog-ready-to-meet-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyyouhappyfamily.com\/9-ways-to-get-dog-ready-to-meet-baby\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Ways to Get Your Dog Ready to Meet Your New Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Inside: Dogs know you’re pregnant in the first trimester. They just don’t know how many puppies you’re having. Here’s how to succeed at introducing dog to baby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many moons ago, before I racked up three cats to my name, I had another furry addiction—I had a house full of dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I owned a handful of my own and fostered many more for a local rescue group. I could never quite get the stink of dog off my hands no matter how often I washed them, and I sometimes fantasized about inventing a full-body lint-rolling device that would surely make me millions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a foster, you come across all different types of dogs – shy or outgoing, dogs who lick your toes or dogs who go for your crotch, sweet lap dogs or dogs like that one named Tigger who had a 5-foot vertical leap and REALLY liked to show it off. So I took training and obedience classes from several different dog trainers to learn how best to manage my ever-changing pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most valuable situations I learned to handle was how you properly introduce your dog to a new baby<\/strong> – so your beloved Cosmo doesn’t think Baby is his new chew toy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You get yourself ready for baby by building a registry for the baby must haves<\/a> and the just plain awesome<\/a> and by making a pre-baby checklist<\/a> – so don’t forget that your pup needs to get ready too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you think your dog doesn’t need any help to get ready to meet your new baby, remember this: Dogs can tell<\/strong> you’re pregnant even in the first trimester. They just don’t know how many puppies you’re having.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as you’ll learn below, their fear of that unknown could lead to serious problems. Children are the most common victims<\/a> of dog bites, with half of bite victims being under the age of thirteen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bonus:<\/strong> As a bonus for joining my weekly newsletter, get a free checklist<\/a> that will help you get your dog ready to meet your new baby.<\/p>\n\n\n