3 dogs and a baby. šŸ¤šŸ˜…

Hello mommas!

We’ve recently rehome our third dog. She’s an absolute dream. We’re really lucky with all three tbh. We attend regular training classes with them.

Unfortunately my side of the family aren’t ā€˜dog people’. They don’t know we’re pregnant yet… but I feel like I’m already anticipating the negativity.

Did anyone experience negative comments about their fur babies?

Also, has anyone got 2 or 2+ dogs and can give me some positive advice/guidance.

Thanks in advance xx

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Only have one doggo but have definitely had some negativity and even ā€œwhen are you rehoming him thenā€ šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļøšŸ˜³ never gonna happen. Just going to do some training of course 😬 crazy some peoples attitude towards animals x

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My Mum and I had a HUGE falling out over our new pup - we were 6 months pregnant when we got him & she started acting like I was a 15 year old again. I had to really put my foot down and set boundaries with her because I wasn’t having it. Hold your ground, you know what’s right for you and your family šŸ«¶šŸ½

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I have 5 dogs. 😭 honestly it’s nothing to be concerned about. We keep our dogs put up in crates and walk them regularly. Pets don’t dictate whether you can have a baby or not. Just keep your babies space separate for a while and slowly introduce your dogs to the baby by scent. Unless you have a dog that shows aggression, then consider rehoming.

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I got a lot from my side of the family I found out I was pregnant and then ended up keeping one of my dogs pups (silly pregnancy idea) you’ll always get that comment ā€˜how you gonna cope’ and I always say tbh I don’t know but I willšŸ˜‚ because mine are still very young dogs mum being 2 her pup being 6 months old and very playful so I do did and wonder how the hell am I gonna do this but alls I will say is if you get a negative comment brush it off let it go over your head best way to be cause at the end of the day you know what your doing is right xxx

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Ignore them. It’s your home. We had 2 dogs when I got pregnant and 4 by the time I gave birth šŸ˜‚ my mom commented but at the same time she has a dog less home so I wasn’t surprised. There’s not much to it just get them used to seeing baby things as you put them together etc. like I let the dogs hangout in the nursery while I put it together. Would turn on the swing so they would get used to seeing it move. When we brought our son home they were curious for a minute then didn’t care. They were more excited that we were home

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I have a dog and 3 cats and I’m not worried at all. They’ve all been around kids before and are very chill and low maintenance. My SIL has a monster dog who is incredibly poorly trained. He’s like 70lb, high energy, reactive, and jumps up on people. It’s been challenging for them with the new baby, but they’re 4 months in and are still making it work and the dog has actually been better since the baby came. I figure if they can make it work with such a terror dog, than most people should have no problem at all.

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We have 2 dogs and 4 cats, the cats have always known children to be arojnd (regularly have my nephew and my step daughter) and the dogs grew up from step daughter being a new born…just be catious

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You’ve all made me feel so much better! They’re all pretty well behaved anyway and they adore my niece/nephew. We’re going to keep working in basic discipline (no jumping up, being calm when we have visitors, being calm in a separate space to us, enjoying time in their crates.)

Just to add to the chaos.. my fiancĆ© has sold his flat that we’d been renting out. I’m selling my house and we’re looking at buying somewhere with slightly more downstairs space to support with giving the fur babies their own space šŸ¤

I’m so excited!

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