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 Dog and Baby - hawkeye
I've read this thread with keen interest and some alarm.
The H grandson is now 14 weeks old having arrived in a household of younger daughter, SiL, 7-year-old neutered male King Charles and an older fluffy moggie. The dog is unquestionably my daughter's, but is friendly enough to others. He comes to stay with us from time to time and gets bossed around by our cats. He shows limited agression by showing his teeth and emitting a faint growl if anyone comes near him while he's enjoying a treat. We respect his right to have a treat in peace and daughter is unlikely to allow baby to try and nab the dog's Bonio.
Dog and grandson seem to rub along together OK. Daughter is to be seen stroking dog while feeding the baby. Daughter's cat, when he's in residence, seems to have appointed itself the baby's guardian, swiping the dog's face with claws retracted if dog approaches baby too quickly. From her own experience with her younger brothers, daughter is well aware of the risks of unattended cats and babies together.
We have just done 10 days of dog-sitting and noticed the dog seemed more friendly and much less energetic, but that could be age or any number of other things. It's a long ramble to record a series of non-events but it looks like there's no need to re-home her dog.
My parents always had a dog when I was growing up. All was well until I came back from my first term at boarding school and approached the family sheepdog for the customary face-lick greeting. Instead, she took a chunk out of my lip. Thinking about it I'm not sure that dog and I had been separated for so long before.
We are looking forward to having the grandson to stay when he's old enough to do the washing up but not so old that he cheeks us all the time!
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