Dogs and infants

[navygirl76]

the whole issue is the mother in law is not respecting your wishes. i would tell her that her and the dog are not welcomed over until she changes her mind and respects your parental decision. I would not give her any other option.

 

[cichlaguapote]

I'll keep dogs and skip the kids............it eliminates any issues.

what will you do for drama

MFK

You'll help with it

I think it is of no harm to have a dog around an infant or kid. As long as they're supervised 100% of the time, and the dog is trained well and right in mindset. Do I humanize my dog? probably a bit.. but she's also very well trained and listens. Is excercised regularly and is submissive. I can walk down the street with this dog with no leash.

But no she probably shouldn't be forcing your infant on a dog. Sniff sniff imo is fine though and probably needed.

You're right in your thought I think. This is not to say that dogs are always at fault. Untrained, unwatched kids/infants or ones who don't listen do some stupid things sometimes. My neice actually got a black eye from my dog because of it. You know what though.. not my fault..

The heart of this matter though sounds like a mother in law that you don't get along with. Communication helps a great deal. It might have come off hurtful to her or embarassing. Or if all that is excluded then maybe it is a pure respect issue.

 

[Ang]

well she said she would keep the dog from getting close to him until he's older and can walk and run on his own accord. - once he can do those things, it will be pretty hard to keep HIM away from the dog. But for now, the dog will be kept at least a few feet away from him when he's over.
which is all i wanted. since he's still an infant and cant even crawl.

once he's older (3 or 4), i'll probably get him his own dog...i havent yet because they require too much time and i dont want a dog taking my attention away from him since he's pretty needy still

i actually get along great with the mother-in-law. but she's got this attitude that breaks loose sometimes that seemingly she cant control. she's from texas and has a short fuse.
i tried to explain the best i could to her why i want the dog to stay back for now. she seemed to get it better when i explained a second time.
but she is still a little silly about it.

 

[Plasticmotif]

Just stick to your guns and tell her that you don't feel comfortable with that dog around your child.

Mountains out of molehills, IMO.

 

[johnptc]

play the 'yellow rose of texas' when ever she is around should lighten her up !!!

 

[Onion01]

play the 'yellow rose of texas' when ever she is around should lighten her up !!!

you should listen to john. he was raised by a pack of woves

 

[johnptc]

you should listen to john. he was raised by a pack of wolves

all from texas i might add

 

[Onion01]

all from texas i might add

wouldn't that make them coyotes?

 

[King Edward]

Someone else should always respect your wishes towards your baby, wether your fears are groundless or not. You can talk someone round by explaining your position but NEVER ignore their wishes...

I had my last pit put down, because he started growling at my daughter, 1 strike your OUT. Our dog before that, him I would have trusted my daughters life with...I would not leave kids and dogs alone...but with him I would not be worried. Sadly he died.

Bought a new puppy for my daughter the other day, a lovely little lab...See how he works out...

 

[freshwaterfishing]

I just recently had to put down my boxer 2 months that was 8 yrs old. He has grown up with pits,labs and other boxers all its life and has been around children all his life. He had a personality like no other and loved any attention given to him weather it was an adult petting so gently or a kid chasing him in circles and trying to ride him like a pony. 2 months ago my daugter started to crawl and BAM he attacked her and bit her side of her face and the back of her collar bone. These two were bestfriends and "rocky" always loved to come up and play with her and even when she had her naps hed lay beside her playpen and nap with her. My point is ANY dog will attack they are just like humans and every dog will have a bad day or two. You cannot trust anydog with a child and its not fair to a child to put them in a predicament such as that. (I know this now).Now a few things saved my daughter from being killed and thats is the fact i was right there when it happen,he had no fangs(due to falling as a pup) and he let go of her as soon as i grabbed him. Some of you may not be that lucky. Even in the hospital i was told that it was like an 80% chance that she should be dead because of where he bit her and how small she was.