Having a baby soon? Got a dog in the house? This is a major problem and you should train your dog not to bite your new born baby. Find out how in this simple guideline
I get a lot of emails from people who own dogs and are about to have a
baby. These people want to make sure they don't have an issue with
their dog attacking a baby. This is when you'll need your dog training skills.
There is a protocol for dealing with dogs and newborn babies. It starts
with never allowing any dog to be unattended around your baby. Not even
for 5 seconds. In addition the dog is never allowed in the baby's room.
Not ever! If you don't own a dog crate it's time to buy one.
When parents bring a new born baby home from the hospital they should
not allow the dog to come and smell the baby or lick the baby. In fact
the dog needs to be trained to stay away from the baby.
Your goal is to teach the dog that the baby is your baby and has
nothing to do with the dog. The baby should not to be smelled or
touched. The dog needs to learn that the baby is a higher ranking
member of the family pack and that you (as the pack leader) enforce the
babies rank. This is no different than a mother wolf who does not allow
other pack members near her newborn pups.
The way to set this training up is to take items that have the babies
smell on them; baby cloths, baby sheets, dirty diapers etc. Lay them in
your living area where the dog is allowed to be.
The dog is never to be allowed to go near these items. They can't play
with them, or even go over and smell them, they can't go near them. The
dog needs to learn that there is a bubble around the smell of a baby
that they are not allowed to enter.
If they do go to smell them they are corrected. Don't kid yourself that
the dog can't smell these items from a across the room and that's as
close as they are allowed.
When you set up this training the dog should already be on a long line
- one of our 20 foot cotton line's that is cut down will work or you
can make one. We also sell very nice leather drag lines that are meant
for this work. They are 5 feet long.
If the dog walks over to smell the diaper he gets a verbal no. If he
does not turn and immediately (instantly) leave he gets a serious level
5 correction. If he ignores that correction you immediately correct to
level 8 or 9. The goal is to teach the dog that the smell of the baby
if Out Of Bounds!!
Never leave these baby items lying around when you are out of the room.
Treat them just like you treat your baby. The dog and these items are
never together - not for a long, long time. Look at it like this. If
you can't control the dog staying away from these articles of clothing
then you can't control the dog staying away from your baby.
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