I would have a totally different opinion if the dog were not familiar w/it's potential new home. Under normal circumstances, I think uprooting a 10yr old rescue dog is abominable.

Grandma's and Grandpa's might be the way to go, but like Connie said, the baby will come over, so they still have to decide how they are going to handle this. Although I think occasional isolation while the baby is visiting is WAAAY different than a dog who suddenly has to live in the laundry room b/c a baby was born.

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Yes sir. I'm sorry,

Connie, everyone, thank you. Very helpful, especially re: desensitizing.

Jenni, the dog has spent a fair bit of time with them and gone 'on vacation' there before, so I think it would be about as good as those things can be.

Connie, you are right that it is a stressful situation. Actually, all my dogs were invited (Teagan declined for obvious reasons), but I felt that Neb would become overstimulated and that Luc has a very low stimulus response, so he did come, but he is okay with having to stay close to me and is the most vice-free dog I've ever met (in terms of having him around food, I offer this example: Saturday I was having breakfast (PB on rye) when a friend invited me to brunch, so I gave the piece I was eating to Luc, and sat the other piece down by him for him to eat when he finished the first . I'd just assumed he'd eaten it when I left, didn't look to see, and when I came home couldn't figure out why he wasn't at the door to greet me; instead he was hovering next to the easy chair I'd been eating in. I walked over and the piece of bread was still there, and he looked up at me with his big eyes. And then I gave it to him (again) ) I kept my eye on him constantly at the BBQ though all the same (he was invited to go talk with a couple of friends). Toby kept saying 'he's fine!' but he was fine b/c I kept him with me and he knew that.

But I do feel a bit bad in that while this dog probably would've reacted that way to the little girl (who is 5 actually, I can't age kids to save my life) regardless, I feel like a strange dog stressed the beagle even more.

And a very good point that the dog will still see the little girl. Not something I'd thought of.

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... Connie, you are right that it is a stressful situation. ... But I do feel a bit bad in that while this dog probably would've reacted that way to the little girl .... regardless, I feel like a strange dog stressed the beagle even more. ....

Good thing he came, then. Now the problem is out in the open in plenty of time for the Beagle not to get into bad trouble.