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FawnGreyLove

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  1. Thank you everyone for your tips. I see now that my trying to allow my baby to interact with our dog is not the right move. We will stop this. To those saying we need to give her up, I get safety for the dog and the baby comes first. I need to process my emotions about that so I can make a sound decision. The very thought crushes me and makes me cry. Until then we will keep both parties separate and continue to educate ourselves. Thank you.
  2. I'm writing this with a nervous and heavy heart, because even though nothing harmful has happened I've been noticing "new" behaviors in our grey the last couple days. For context, our dog is a 5-year old female and we've owned her for 3.5 years. She is a wonderful pet but never quite stopped be territorial about her bed. Her character at home is sensitive, aloof, but affectionate with my husband and I. Only my husband, myself, and our in-laws are allowed to approach her when she's lying in her bed. My in-laws dog-sit for us fairly often and they've developed a relationship with her. Our dog is very food motivated and I think the fact that our in-laws feed her has created a bond with them. When strangers approach our dog lying down in her bed, she will bark various degrees of warning barks. She's never gone for a nip or a bite, but she has showed teeth with a growl. Our first baby was born in June and she just started crawling a couple weeks ago. Up to this point, our grey has been perfectly fine around the baby - mostly aloof but with the occasional sweet moment of letting the baby pat her rump and stroke her feet, even while in her bed. This had me hopeful about their relationship. But in the last three days there have been three instances where our baby has crawled close to her bed and the dog has barked a warning at her. One of those times she showed teeth and growled. Now this morning I noticed our grey wasn't napping and relaxed as she typically is, she was alert in her bed and watching everything I did with the baby. Her behavior was saying she was feeling cautious, and it was clear when in her bed she wanted no surprises near her. What should we do? So far we've moved her bed to a different room away from the baby's play area, but is avoidance the best strategy right now? The baby of course doesn't understand any of this but is there anything we can teach our grey to help her be more comfortable? She's always been this way so can I expect her to change now? Do I just be hypervigilant for the next 9 months until the baby understands more? If you've read up to this point, thank you kind stranger. I love both my babies.
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