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Originally Posted by Deej
Yea, this happens. Hes letting you and the baby know hes there... like above posted... he presenting his dominance. You need to "break" that... Not saying beat his ass. but yell at him, rub his nose. and take something from him. all at once though. Just like you trained him to be housebroken before just take those steps again.
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Now don't get mad at me but the OP doesn't need to "take" anything from the dog. The OP needs to add the infant to the pack and make the dog aware of it, such that the animal does not feel displaced. Limits must be set as well and it must be made clear to the animal that the baby is "MINE!", 'cause if it ain't "MINE!", it is the dog's!
LOL!
Just the way the dogs think!
When the dog realizes that the baby is part of the pack but nevertheless "MINE!", the baby becomes HIS by default, then don't even try to fuck with the baby. The dog will die in defense of the human pup.
Of course, if the OP is not the PACK LEADER, all of this means nothing. My big dog weighs in at around 140 lbs and can lick me in the face when he stands up and that's quite a feat because I am over six feet tall. He is a big pussy, mostly wanting his belly rubbed but he scares the shit out of most people who see him. His half-sister is the indoor dog but she is little, only about 65 lbs.
I have nieces and nephews who when they visit the big dog, he grovels but he's just so damn big that he is only allowed kisses through the fence and treats tossed to him by the littl'uns. He must still respond to a command like, "Sit!". which commands are delivered by the children as they too must be pack leaders as they are humans.
Five-year-old pack leaders are a real sight because they then grow up that way.
How you treat your animals is a very good measure of how you treat your kids.
Sally.