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Pets & Kids: Bye Bye Fido?

Posted by Laurel on August 23rd, 2009

Many people have pets before they become new parents…not just fish either. I know specifically of people who have huge and what could be looked as kid un-friendly dogs around before they get pregnant.

Just recently a co-worker of mine took her infant home to be greeted by two large Alaskian Huskies. While one of these dogs is said to be very loving and gentle, the other has a history of nervous and aggressive behavior. So much so, that the mom to be came in with a bite on her hand from the dog before she had went out on maternity leave.

So there was a big question of the big job of caring for the two big animals and a newborn, but also the new baby’s safety. Someone had offered the suggestion of taking the newborns blanket in to let the dogs become familar with it’s scent first. So today when we were sent pics of both dogs appearing very protective and loving over the child, there was a big relief that the new addition was not only welcomed by the parents, but the dogs as well.

Hopefully things will remain that way as the child starts to get older and more mobile. We’ve all heard of the cat’s around newborn stories, but I wonder how many people actually give up an animal after bringing a new human baby home?

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tjwriter
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August 23rd, 2009 at 2:37 pm

I don’t know anyone that’s given away a pet after the baby arrives that I can remember offhand.

We got a dog that someone gave to us while she was pregnant. He turned out to be the best dog with our children and the one my dad kept bugging me to get rid of while I was pregnant because he’s a pit.

My dogs have all taken it in stride. The pit thinks all newborns are his business and you can be sure that you better be taking care of that baby if she starts crying!

They all either stay out of the way or take the antagonization with nothing but patience and a few licks. They all have a safe place to retreat to if the kids become too much, and I think that helps a lot.

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Anji
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August 23rd, 2009 at 4:02 pm

When my son was born we had eleven pet rats. A few weeks later we rehomed three of them (reducing our cages from three to two) as the whole bunch was too much to look after with a newborn. I suspect this is slightly different though as we didn’t get rid of them because they were dangerous or anything (in fact they got on with my son wonderfully from the get-go).

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Laurel
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August 25th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

Yes, I can imagine there are probably more animals re-homed due to too much responsibility than due to their threat.

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