
This is my first post and I’m hoping that I’m in the right section if not I apologize. I have a seven week old son who I am over the moon with and I have a five-year-old lab-bassit mix. Up until I went to the hospital to give birth my lab had never been away from me, when I was in hospital he went to my parents house for a week ( he has play dates with their dog regularly and we lived there while house hunting when he was younger ). When we came home everything was going fine my dad was a little more clingy from being away from me but things are going smoothly. Last night while my husband was burping my son he was sitting next to the dog and our dog grr’d and then snapped coming very close to the baby. He’s never done anything like this before in fact he’s been very protective of his little baby. I know he’s probably feeling a bit neglected since most of my time is devoted to the baby and I was hoping for help and advice. I don’t want to have to rehome my dog since he’s been with me since he was 12 weeks old, he has helped me emotionally when my husband almost dies and kept me from falling apart, and I’m a firm believer when you adopt a dog it’s forever but I can’t have my son at any type of risk for getting hurt. I have consulted a dog trainer who is actually part of the family but it’s going to be a week or so before he can come over.I would appreciate any advice you could give just try and keep my dog in the home and get over this jealousy. I know alternately my son comes first but I do need to try. Also I apologize for the lack of punctuation I’ve been trying to do this with a squirmy baby. Thank you all in advance. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/35ZvFIi
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