A FB friend put a picture up today of her dog proping up her 3 week old like a boppy on their bed... WTF is wrong with people?!?!?!
I have and LOVE my dogs, but I have no delusions about the fact that they are still unpredictable. It would take half a second for someone to ring their doorbell and that dog would jump up so fast and send that poor baby flying or trample all over her.
I don't care if it was for 5 seconds just to take a picture, this is a very stupid thing to do, IMO.
*Edited to change title for clarity
Re: Using a dog to prop up an infant on FB!
I've caught myself side eyeing some friends on FB for what they post like:
A new FTM posted a video of her 6 day old "rolling over" well.. Of course he's rolling over, he is screaming crying flapping his little arms for someone to pick him up!
Another friend posted a pic of her on a bike with her two year old in the baby seat behind her, NO HELMETS! What the hell?
? Voted Cool Cat ~ 2012 Sweetpea Mom Awards ?
I don't see an issue with it.
I have tons of pictures of my DD with my 100+lb German Shepherd
::shrug shoulders::
To each, their own
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I will definitely allow our child to be super cuddly with our dog. He's 60 pounds as well. I probably wouldn't do it as young as 3 weeks though. It's hard to say though, I may end up doing that anyway. Whenever I think of Finn (baby) and Bailey (dog) cuddling, I imagine him as a 6 month old baby, who can support himself and what not.
It depends on the situation. Babies are tougher than you would think.
I did this (obviously)- I wanted Oscar (dog) to know and accept DD Wayy before she was mobile, pulling his hair, and stealing his toys.
They are the best of friends
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Exactly. I have a 70lb lab. My kid will will play with our dog too. However I don't think what this chick was doing was safe. The baby can't even hold her own head up and she was already really awkwardly propped against the dog. And I know the dog. It's a very jumpy dog.
I wouldn't trust my lab to not jump up if startled, no matter how good she is with the baby.
You probably need to see the pic. They are up on a bed close to the edge. You have a dog, so I know that you know if someone rings a doorbell or there is a strange noise (or whatever the trigger is for your dog) it will jump up and go to investigate. I really think that if this happened, given the situation in the picture, the baby would end up on the floor. I just don't see how that is safe. It has nothing to do with the baby interacting with the dog.
I think "to each their own" on this too.
I mean, three weeks is young, but when I put myself in her shoes the scenario went something like this: Dot (dog) laying down, and LO cuddled up against her, with me right next to them both...
I think I'd be thrilled to pieces that they both enjoyed eachother so much... obviously, my dogs won't be a babysitter or guardian and I wouldn't walk away if that was the scenario, but... being right there, I wouldn't mind it.
Butttttt I know our personal situation. No, it wouldn't be okay with a stranger's dog, nor would it be okay with someone else's baby, or my dog and my baby if I or DH weren't there.
I took this post as you complaining that the baby was interacting with a large dog at such a young age. I missed the part of dog/baby being on the bed for the picture in your OP, my bad.
Carry on
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Yeh... maybe I needed this information in the first place...
Ditto
Oh yeah. Close to the edge is a no go! That's crazy.
This. I think it depends on the dog and the level of trust you have with them. Our dog is VERY dependable and not at all unpredictable. When we say Stay, he stays until we tell him to move. I'm sure a hurricane could come through our living room and he wouldn't budge. He is that good, and we know that. So I would trust him to do this.
Someone else's dog that we didn't know though, I could totally see your point.
tl;dr
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