Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: Alyssa Myracle
I spend more time protecting my dog from my son than I do my son from my dog.
Tether and supervise.
Crates are your friends.
And add a date night that involves watching Ed's Basic Ob and Marker Training and Pack Structure videos together.
It can't work to have one parent not on board with puppy-training when there is a small child.
BUT the videos are so much fun, and marker work is done in tiny chunks throughout the day (perfect for how much time a toddler-parent has -- two minutes).
Thanks, that goes with what I thought. I didn't really think that pup would take her as higher in the pack, guess that was wishful thinking. I have already started Jordan with my parents Lab teaching her to "be nice" to the dog or slowly pet her back. And I was already planning to tether most of the time when pup is not crated. However, my wife is insistent that Jordan will play with the pup, but I can't get across to her that they should be seperated till both are a little older. I was hoping to find some safe/fun activity that my wife can do with them that would also reinforce the no nipping, chasing, jumping concept.
Let your wife look at some of Ed's dogbite photos.
Betcha she changes her tune quick.
(Praise be to Allah that I married an ol' PPD guy.)
I spend more time protecting my dog from my son than I do my son from my dog...
Crates are your friends.
I agree with this! I personally didn't do the tether, it just didn't seem to work for me (I was constantly tripping over the pup!), but what I did instead was that my puppy was crated in whatever room I was in at all times, and if I was too busy for that, or if I was with the kids and couldn't keep my eyes/hands free constantly with my pup/kids, then he was crated until I could. This is necessary both for teaching them how to interact, but in teaching the pup how to act in general (potty training, not chewing furniture, etc), as well.
My kids were 5, 3 and 22 mos old when I got my 7 week old pup (almost 2 years ago). He was taught from day 1 that jumping on kids was a no-no, and to this day he doesn't ever jump up on/push my kids. Just remember - at no time should a small child and pup be together unsupervised. And by that I mean, not only should you be in the room, but you must be watching them and ready to act at all times if need be.
JMO. Good luck!
Oops - I just noticed this post is more than 2 weeks old. My bad.
Thanks for all the good info. My wife is getting much more onboard as we get closer to D-Day. She's also onboard now with the toddler/puppy issues. Pup should be here within the next week and I've hooked up with a group in my department that trains PSA so the next few years look really bright. I'll post pics and an update after we've had a few weeks to settle in and start house training. Thanks again, I'm sure I'll have more questions soon.
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