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They tore up the babys new nursery room ..are the dogs jealous
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Gravy
the dogs are jealous and if you friend doesn't want a serious accident on her hands I suggest she finds the dogs a new home
It's possible that dogs feel jealous of the new baby but this type of behaviour shows that your friend has very much let them own her. Don't let the pets into the house or it will be the baby next, show them who's the top dog and slowly try to introduce the baby to them. If they as much as bare a tooth though, get without them or join the list of dog shredded victims you read in the paper all around.
Clearly the dogs are jelous, before the baby arrived the dogs were the center of attention, now the baby is here, suddenly the dogs get very little attention and probably get pushed aside and now arent allowed to do things they would normaly be able to do.
This could be very serious, because the dogs may want to hurt the baby, so your friend needs to eb sure the baby is never left alone where the dogs can go.
The best thing you can do is to make the dogs feel they are still center of attention and be careful how you treat them towards the baby, eg, dont push them aside or shoo them out of the room.
If you make the dogs not feel threatened by the baby, you can slowly introduce the baby to them.
Dogs think like we do, if a new friend joined your group and suddenly no one wanted you around, you would be jelous too.
Just be very careful, they are big dogs and bred for hunting, they may be very dangerous.
she needs to decide who's welfare shes more concerned about. The child or her dogs? I found myself in the same situation when my daughter was born. i had a red cattle/bull-terrier who was like a baby to me, when my daughter was born i had to make the harrowing decision to give her away as she was soooo jealous. one day she growled at her cot and the very same day i gave her away. I wont say it was easy and many tears flowed on that day however it was the only option and it sounds like your friend may be in the same boat
Apple sauce and Gravy
Yes they will be jealous of the baby . She must watch them around her baby . She needs to be able to read her dogs . The Pitt is the one I'm most concerned about, it depends on the disposition of the dogs. But when you have more than 1 dog there should be concern about attacks. One dog may follow the other in an attack. I've raised Rotts and had no problems with family members. Just be careful know what your doing.
Asking from God and eat Apple
ANY dog might be jealous of a new baby, but from all the news items of pitbull attacks on children, you shouldn't even have to ask about the pitbull!
For the record, I've been around a LOT of bullmastiffs, and would expect hers to be a good companion and guardian for this baby.. but that's just my own personal opinion.
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