2nd Trimester

Those with dogs ...

So what do you plan to do with your pup when you go into labor? This was the talk of the weekend and we still haven't made any solid plans. If it's during the day, it's not a big deal, we can bring her to a friend's house, but what if it's the middle of the night? We would both feel like jacka$$'s pounding on someone's door, dog in tow, me in labor ... so, what are you all doing?

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  • I plan to labor mostly at home so they'll be around for that (we have 3) and then my parents live in our subdivision so they'll take care of them during the time we're at the hospital.
  • they'll go to one of our parents.
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  • Luckily, we have really nice neighbors. So they'll come over and let them out, feed them, etc.
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  • They are staying at our house. DH will run home and feed them and take them outside after the baby has been born. If the labor goes long enough that they have an accident in the house, well, so be it. One of our dogs is a mastiff and they both are really protective of the house. I really don't trust anyone else to watch them! 
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  • we'll leave her at home and my parents will swing by and get her. they have a key.
  • Theyll go to my parents or siblings house (both close to us now).  If its in the middle of the night, they will stay here until one of the above can come to get them.
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  • My in laws will probably come and collect him from our house.
  • I have a planned c/s and I live close to family/friends. MIL and FIL will also be staying with us.
  • I'm hoping my mom will watch him. If I end up with a scheduled with a c-section it won't be too hard to plan. If not, I'll have to have her come up and bring him home.
  • We literally live about 2 blocks from the hospital so we figure that someone (probably one of our parents) can run over and check on him.   
  • We just gave a set of keys to a friend of ours.  We made sure to leave food and extra water out for the dog, and our friend went over and took him out and visited with him.  The next day, DH went home to shower and hang out with him for a little bit and bring the baby's blanket for the dog to smell.

  • We've got friends that live close to us, if it's late, we'll let the dogs sleep like they normally would, shoot our friends a text to let them know what's up.  Then the next morning they will come by with the spare key we gave them & do food/potty/playoutside with them at just hang at our house for a bit.  Would that work for yall?
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  • My brother will take care of mine at our house. 
  • We've been thinking a lot about that issue...and we're still not sure what we are going to do yet.  Confused
  • My best friend is coming to stay with ours.  She has a key so if we go in the middle of the night, she'll just drive up (she lives in New Orleans) the next morning in time for his walk/feeding. 
  • I've been wondering this. Ashley is old enough to stay by herself for a while without needing the bathroom, so I think between DH and my parents, someone can run home to take her out if (when) I'm in labor for a long time.
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  • my dog will stay home.  our really good friends live across the street and our families are close, so between all of them, the pooch will be taken out and fed and hell, the neighbors or the IL's might end up just taking him home with them for the night. 
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  • We'll put her in her crate & either Nate or my parents will go home to take care of her.

    My parents will probably take her & her crate over to their house for the couple of days I'm in the hospital.

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    We've got friends that live close to us, if it's late, we'll let the dogs sleep like they normally would, shoot our friends a text to let them know what's up.  Then the next morning they will come by with the spare key we gave them & do food/potty/playoutside with them at just hang at our house for a bit.  Would that work for yall?

    Yes, this is probably going to be the best thing for us. All of our family wants to be at the hospital so it has to be friends. She's kind of a psycho pup, and hates being home alone for long stretches of time, but she'll just have to deal  :)

  • All of our dogs are crated when we leave the house, except for the eldest (he is crate trained, he just would rather sit next to the crate for whatever reason).  The hospital is only ten minutes away from the house, so if I go into labor in the middle of the night, we can simply crate the dogs, and DH can periodically come home and check on them if he needs to. Otherwise, we have several friends who have offered to come over and make sure they have food and water and get some time in the backyard.
  • They will be home dh will just have to leave me prob at some point to let them out of their crates to eat etc I think.
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  • My sister will be watching our dog, of course he is an outdoor dog so it's alot easier.
  • Look into doggy daycare or a dog walker, if you don't have friends/family in the area.  Then pup isn't home alone all day by himself (since he has issues).

    We, personally, will leave our dogs at home, then my parents will come get them, and my bro will take the cats for the time i'm in the hospital.  Hopefully i'm down to two cats by then.....

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  • I will probably let them outside (We have a fenced in yard) and have someone come by when they can to give them food and water and let them back in. Then, my grandparents will be coming by every few hours to let them outside.
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    we'll leave her at home and my parents will swing by and get her. they have a key.

    ditto!

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  • Last time we put them both in the kennel before we left for the hosptial.  FIL picked them up after visiting us and brought them home with him.  When we came home from the hosptial MIL/FIL came to visit and brought them back. 

    This is pretty much our plan this time except they will come pick up DD and the dogs before we leave for the hospital.

  • Our dog is used to being at home all day by himself, we both work FT during the day.  So, leaving him for a chunk of time will be fine.  Luckily, my sister rents out the apt in our basement, so she'll be home to take care of him at night and feed him, etc.  That also gives me piece of mind to know that someone is home when we're gone.  I also have a lot of family REALLY close by, so I can have them stop in and check on him if need be.

     

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  • My DH will be back and forth between home and the hospital. If he is gone for a long period of time, either my MIL or SIL will come over to let them out and feed them.
  • We haven't figured it out yet.  The hospital is 40 minutes away and the nearest relative is 40 minutes away.  We might ask one of the neighbors to let him out for us until DH can get back to the house...
  • We had asked a friend/neighbor if she'd come over to let him out and feed him; we left for the hospital around 9pm, so we let him out before we left and he was fine overnight until she came by first thing the next morning (it was no longer than he usually goes overnight).  DH was able to go home the following afternoon to let him out and feed him, and then he spent the next night at home and let him out in the morning before he went back to the hospital.
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  • my brother wil be taking care of them while we are not home
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