
Learn essential preparations for introducing your dog to a new baby, including crate training, baby gates, and a playpen to safeguard child and dog through clear boundaries.
Train your dog to stop leash pulling and reactivity, desensitize them to infant noises, and practice controlled, one-dog-at-a-time introductions with designated baby and dog areas.
Discover why barking, leash pulling, guarding food or toys, and door-opening can become major safety issues after a baby arrives, and how to retrain for calmer, safer home interactions.
Learn the essential do-nots when introducing a dog to your baby, including never leaving the dog alone with the baby, proactive training, and considering rehoming or board-and-train if needed.
Integrate kids as they mature with training, leash walks, and shared commands to build a safe dog-child bond. Be proactive about boundaries and dog signals to prevent bites.
This is video course was specifically developed with expecting mothers in mind. This course really places a massive importance on prevention. It's my desire to enable expecting parents with the right information on how to properly integrate their new baby into a home with dogs. I also talk candidly about the when you need to think about re-homing your dog for the sake of your babies safety.
I get calls every week from mothers to be who are completely overwhelmed trying to get ready for their new arrival. Maybe you have friends with kids and want to know how to prepare your dogs for small visitors. If you are struggling to understand the things you should be doing to prepare your dogs for the new arrival, this course is for you. My basic approach is easy for follow as it is laid out step by step, in point form.
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