Dogs, Bumps and Babies: Preparing Your Dog For Life With Your Baby

by Aileen Stevenson

If your dog is about to have a baby in their life then you need this book! Are you a dog owner who is expecting a baby? Are you concerned about how your dog will react to your new arrival? Do you want to ensure that your dog copes as well as possible with the changes a baby brings? Do you want to understand how to create a safe and stress free environment for your dog and your baby? Having a baby is a life changing experience not only for us but also for the dogs we live with. Dogs, Bumps and Preparing Your Dog For Life With Your Baby offers practical advice to help you make the transition from dog parents to parents with a dog as smooth and stress free as possible. You will How your dog’s personality affects how they may react to your baby and the changes they bring How to make those changes easier for your dog to cope with How to read your dog’s body language more effectively How to identify and strengthen your dog’s helpful behaviours How to identify alternatives to your dog’s not so helpful behaviours How to create a safe environment for your baby and your dog Practical planning and preparation How to keep your dog happy and engaged when time is in short supply What to do if things go wrong Aileen Stevenson is a professional dog trainer and mum of two. She specialises in working with expectant families and families with children to create safe, respectful and happy homes for dogs and kids.

Genres: Nonfiction

216 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 10, 2021

Reviews

[Denise Lesley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is good for probably most dogs. The trouble I had with it is that my dog suffers with allergies and cannot be left on his own or he will chew his paws, underbelly and scratch his ears until they bleed (if given the opportunity).
I was expecting more of how to introduce dog to baby, how to build that relationship between the two of them. It is mostly how to train your dog to sit/lay down/go to his bed/ not jump and how to be alone, which is all well and good and as said above it is good for most dogs/ new puppy owners.
I'm just a little disappointed that it really doesn't go into any detail about building that relationship between your dog and your baby.

[John Poulain · Rating 4 out of 5]

very much the message that "babies are boring" your dog shouldn't be getting excited, loving or falling over itself for your baby, but ignore it the way it ignores furniture. This will prevent anything going awry between the two, because even if you're never leaving them alone a baby or dog can do something unexpected and dangerous. Making sure that theres not a dramatic "homecoming" where everything changes, but that you make the change as gradual as possible for the dog, lowering their exercise to a manageable level with Baby before it becomes essential. From a dogs perspective, Babies are boring.

[Tiffany Ringsdorf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Luca & Margos wake up call to be better cousins & one day better big sisters