Totally agree with allowing the dog to sniff on the babies crib without the baby in it. Also maybe a blanket they had wrapped the baby in. This keeps the baby from potentially getting hurt. I'd maybe even take a bit further. Like you said I believe as well. This is a new family member you brought home, that needs to be in the hierarchy. I personally have gone as far as taking babies foot and putting it in the dogs food prior to giving the food to the dog. You can wash the babies foot afterwards. So that the babies scent is on the food. And or getting a blanket or bedding I didn't mind possibly being destroyed that the baby could have for a while and when time to clean it instead of putting it in the wash using it in that dogs bed. A fitted bed sheet works great for this by wrapping dogs bed in it. This puts the babies scent in that dogs personal space and without any possibility of harm to that child. This creates a hierarchy between the baby and the dog. In my home though my dogs are my babies as well. They are STILL a dog and in my mind they have no place in my home that is THEIR space only. I had also been all up in their kennels when we had to use a kennel. They had no place in my home that I or the people in the home could not take away from them. I did the food dish and food because children often pet on dogs and cats while they are eating. I don't want a food aggressive pet. I have seen even very friendly dogs be very aggressive while eating and bite. All because they were touched or walked by while they were eating. Yet very friendly any other time. Same with their beds. I have had people tell me don't pet on them or go near them while they are in their bed because that is their space. Food dishes and beds are low places in the house children are close to and on the ground crawling and playing around on the ground. Those areas are where your pets and children most likely come in contact with one another. So getting that childs scent in those "dogs personal spaces" shows them that I have touched and or the child has been in this food FIRST helps to established this hierarchy between them. If your pet is food aggressive or bed aggressive. You should be working on touching their food and petting on them taking the bowl away and giving back while they are eating same with the bed. Long before bringing the child home. Break their aggressive habits prior to. Lay on or in it yourself love on them while they are in it. Push them out of it and take it over for a bit then let them back. This tells them they are NOT the leader not the boss anywhere in your home. You are not being mean. Dogs and wild animals do way worse to one another to establish dominance. Trust I understand them being your baby. I wore those shoes. But I know the damage those babies teeth and or claws can do, especially to a child or elderly. As much as you wouldn't tolerate violence from your human babies, you shouldn't tolerate violent dog babies either. I do believe when you want to be left alone you should be and this goes for pets as well. And I do respect that space to be left alone very much and make others respect it as well too when I see the pet wants to be left alone. And they DO SHOW you this. However, what I don't allow is their bed or any other specific space to be that place for them. It's a time they want to be left alone not a place to go to. We SHARE all spaces in our home. But my human family are the leaders for a reason. In my home with any pet we bring into the family, my number 1 command they WILL and need to learn is LEAVE IT. They NEED to know if I tell them to leave something alone they better leave it alone. This is to include their food, treats, toys, other pets, humans, animals and this is until I say it's okay to have it or go for it. I have had very prey driven breeds. LEAVE IT is my #1 command in my home. Also Come. Even if it is the only 2 things you teach your pets, leave it and come I think are the top if not the most important commands to teach your pets. Especially a very prey driven breed. Sorry I am making these comments very early on in this video, so I don't know much on the situation. Nor am I a professional in this field. These are just my thoughts and how I deal with and have dealt with situations that have been or could had been what I believe similar.
Not necessarily. The questions I posed to Natasha are important to be able to further assess the situation, and the relationship this family has constructed with their dogs, particularly this Husky. The answers to those questions will tell us everything we need to know about how to proceed forward. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
@@The_Anti_Dog_Trainer good point, I guess I'm thinking of a dog I knew who was aggressive towards children and got chained outside instead of being retrained or re-homed sadly, thanks for your advice!
@@elizabethoneill9572 That is very unfortunate. I understand why they would have been hesitant to bring the dog back into the home, however there are much better ways to handle situations like these, which are not easy to work through. You're welcome and great question!
Super interesting naratives. I just heard her say the Husky is an "outdoor" dog which is weird given her characterizing the dog as her baby. Regardless, no way I could keep the dog given the way her baby is 1st over the spouse, for e.g. There are plenty of people who can take care of a dog like she has without kids, or like a farm. I would and never have given my dog away so.I get the feeling her Husband doesn't want to give the dog away and SHE does.
Totally agree with allowing the dog to sniff on the babies crib without the baby in it. Also maybe a blanket they had wrapped the baby in. This keeps the baby from potentially getting hurt. I'd maybe even take a bit further. Like you said I believe as well. This is a new family member you brought home, that needs to be in the hierarchy. I personally have gone as far as taking babies foot and putting it in the dogs food prior to giving the food to the dog. You can wash the babies foot afterwards. So that the babies scent is on the food. And or getting a blanket or bedding I didn't mind possibly being destroyed that the baby could have for a while and when time to clean it instead of putting it in the wash using it in that dogs bed. A fitted bed sheet works great for this by wrapping dogs bed in it. This puts the babies scent in that dogs personal space and without any possibility of harm to that child. This creates a hierarchy between the baby and the dog. In my home though my dogs are my babies as well. They are STILL a dog and in my mind they have no place in my home that is THEIR space only. I had also been all up in their kennels when we had to use a kennel. They had no place in my home that I or the people in the home could not take away from them. I did the food dish and food because children often pet on dogs and cats while they are eating. I don't want a food aggressive pet. I have seen even very friendly dogs be very aggressive while eating and bite. All because they were touched or walked by while they were eating. Yet very friendly any other time. Same with their beds. I have had people tell me don't pet on them or go near them while they are in their bed because that is their space. Food dishes and beds are low places in the house children are close to and on the ground crawling and playing around on the ground. Those areas are where your pets and children most likely come in contact with one another.
So getting that childs scent in those "dogs personal spaces" shows them that I have touched and or the child has been in this food FIRST helps to established this hierarchy between them. If your pet is food aggressive or bed aggressive. You should be working on touching their food and petting on them taking the bowl away and giving back while they are eating same with the bed. Long before bringing the child home. Break their aggressive habits prior to. Lay on or in it yourself love on them while they are in it. Push them out of it and take it over for a bit then let them back. This tells them they are NOT the leader not the boss anywhere in your home. You are not being mean. Dogs and wild animals do way worse to one another to establish dominance. Trust I understand them being your baby. I wore those shoes. But I know the damage those babies teeth and or claws can do, especially to a child or elderly. As much as you wouldn't tolerate violence from your human babies, you shouldn't tolerate violent dog babies either.
I do believe when you want to be left alone you should be and this goes for pets as well. And I do respect that space to be left alone very much and make others respect it as well too when I see the pet wants to be left alone. And they DO SHOW you this. However, what I don't allow is their bed or any other specific space to be that place for them. It's a time they want to be left alone not a place to go to. We SHARE all spaces in our home. But my human family are the leaders for a reason.
In my home with any pet we bring into the family, my number 1 command they WILL and need to learn is LEAVE IT. They NEED to know if I tell them to leave something alone they better leave it alone. This is to include their food, treats, toys, other pets, humans, animals and this is until I say it's okay to have it or go for it. I have had very prey driven breeds. LEAVE IT is my #1 command in my home. Also Come. Even if it is the only 2 things you teach your pets, leave it and come I think are the top if not the most important commands to teach your pets. Especially a very prey driven breed. Sorry I am making these comments very early on in this video, so I don't know much on the situation. Nor am I a professional in this field. These are just my thoughts and how I deal with and have dealt with situations that have been or could had been what I believe similar.
It sounds like things are working for you! Keep it up! Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
That's a auto re-home, no?
Not necessarily. The questions I posed to Natasha are important to be able to further assess the situation, and the relationship this family has constructed with their dogs, particularly this Husky. The answers to those questions will tell us everything we need to know about how to proceed forward.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
@@The_Anti_Dog_Trainer good point, I guess I'm thinking of a dog I knew who was aggressive towards children and got chained outside instead of being retrained or re-homed sadly, thanks for your advice!
@@elizabethoneill9572 That is very unfortunate. I understand why they would have been hesitant to bring the dog back into the home, however there are much better ways to handle situations like these, which are not easy to work through.
You're welcome and great question!
Super interesting naratives. I just heard her say the Husky is an "outdoor" dog which is weird given her characterizing the dog as her baby. Regardless, no way I could keep the dog given the way her baby is 1st over the spouse, for e.g. There are plenty of people who can take care of a dog like she has without kids, or like a farm. I would and never have given my dog away so.I get the feeling her Husband doesn't want to give the dog away and SHE does.
I interpreted it in a different way, but thanks so much for your perspective, and I really appreciate you watching and commenting!