Have one caregiver take your pet (or pets) in another room and give lots of attention until he relaxes a bit then bring him back into the room, Jamtgaard says. So It’s best that he meet the baby when he’s had a chance to calm down. There’s a lot of excitement, and your pet could be worked up about your return. “When you first walk in the door with a newborn, that’s not the best time for your pet to meet the baby,” says Jennie Willis Jamtgaard, Ph.D., an applied animal behaviorist at Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences in Fort Collins. Still, you can do the work of getting your pet adjusted to baby yourself, without a trainer’s help, if you don’t run into problems.A key point is the introduction: Give your pet a chance to be well mannered when the baby comes home. If you’re in any doubt, seek the expertise of a dog trainer,” she recommends. “But there are a few dogs that will not get along. As I got bigger, she grew very protective and was even more cuddly than usual.” Scott-Fox says that it’s common for pets to become more affectionate while their pregnant owner grows.Īnd that positive attitude should continue on into baby’s arrival, in most cases: Scott-Fox estimates that about 98% of dogs will get along with a bab y.
Joanne Sanders of Atlanta, remembers, “When I became pregnant, our dog looked at me differently, as if she knew. “They’ll notice the change in hormone levels in an owner that they are really attached to,” says Penny Scott-Fox, author of And Baby Makes Four: A Trimesterby- Trimester Guide to a Baby-Friendly Dog. Animals are in tune to their owners and can sense when things have changed. Your pet probably was the very first to notice something different about you. If your first child has a wet nose or a sandpaper tongue, he might need a little help adjusting to baby #2ĭoes it feel like your dog is even more clueless about your pregnancy than your husband? Think again!
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