Pets

AprilCachet · November 2009

I am sure some of you have furbabies what has been others response to your having a baby and the pets? We have two cats and two dogs and its like ppl keep asking us if we are getting rid of our pets now that we are having a baby? Why would we? I dont get why people think that having pets are an issue with children? Its starting to annoy me a bit am I the only one who hears stuff like this?

joyful8581 · November 2009

Why would anyone give up their pets because a baby was coming?!?! I mean, unless you knew for a fact that the animal was aggressive toward the baby.

That's crazy-talk. I'd NEVER give up my dog!!

synchrosally · November 2009

That makes no sense. Why would you get rid of your pets? I loved having a cat when I was a kid. I have been getting advice about my cat from a friend who doesn't have cats. She wants to make sure that my cat doesn't enter the room that will become the baby's because she thinks the cat will kill the baby. Uh...ok. Not sure how that would happen.

radiokate · November 2009

I don't understand why people think it's impossible to keep pets after having a baby. I thought we would have at least some kind of "adjustment" period with our dog and baby, sure, but we didn't even have that.

DD loves our dog more than she probably loves me, I could never imagine getting rid of him, and I'm glad I would never have listened to such stupid advice. People are weird.

teammussell · November 2009

We just have one dog, but I can't imagine getting rid of him! I'm sure he's going to have a problem with the lack of attention, but nope, not getting rid of him at all!

KatelynRae · November 2009

That would annoy me as well! I haven't been asked if we're getting rid of our dog. But we only have one, very mild mannered dog so that might be why.

AprilCachet · November 2009

synchrosally:
That makes no sense. Why would you get rid of your pets? I loved having a cat when I was a kid. I have been getting advice about my cat from a friend who doesn't have cats. She wants to make sure that my cat doesn't enter the room that will become the baby's because she thinks the cat will kill the baby. Uh...ok. Not sure how that would happen.

O I have heard the cats will suffocate my baby about a billion times now!

WaitingOnAMiracle · November 2009

I have a cat. I definitely dont have any plans to "get rid of him". What is wrong with people?

Granted, when the baby comes if there are any issues we'll try to work through them. God forbid there are any major issues (like aggression) that we are not able to work though then I would have to consider finding him a new home. But right now, no way.

KiKiMe · November 2009

We have a pitbull mix, Mya, who is the sweetest girl in the world. She has been through tons of training and is even an AKC Canine Good Citizen! Before we got BFP people thought we were crazy for having her - I can only imagine what people are going to say when they find out we are expecting. Obviously if she ever displayed any aggression towards us, any other people or the baby we would have to find her a new home. However, she has lived with cats, a 3lb morkie and been around tons of other pets, people, children and babies and has been fine.

People should mind their own business!

teamsweet · November 2009

One snarky way to respond is to say any of the following, "No, my pets are well-behaved/well-trained/loved so I won't be getting rid of them."

I haven't had anyone ask us about that - they know too well how much we love our dogs and cats!!! I can't wait to see how the pets and baby interact actually.

Temp700366562504480 · November 2009

FWIW, I have 2 dogs and DS loves them. Every dog is called "Bu bu" (Malibu's nickname) and he loves to play with them. He throws their balls, pets them, and he even loves to FEED them by scooping out their dog food while I hold the bowl.

Dogs are members of my family and we have prepared them by exposing them to kids, training them, and preparing them for the baby. My inlaws questioned DH before DS was born. I told him that they were lucky that they hadn't asked me or I would have given them a piece of my mind. DH told them to NEVER bring it up again--and they haven't--thank goodness.

jlthompson19 · November 2009

We have 3 dogs, totalling over 300lbs. Everyone who knows me knows that those dogs are part of our family and getting rid of them is not now or never will be an option. Dogs need to be trained and dog and children need to be supervised 100% of the time together. If any accident happens, it's MY fault.

CarolEvans · November 2009

we had to move the dogs out of the house w/ my last pregnancy b/c i already had mild allergies but after that they got REALLY bad. the moved to the garage/backyard w/ very little time in the house. now that i'm pregnant again i'm already starting to feel the effects of the dog being in the house even a bit. that's the only reason we've considered finding a better home for them. and even then, we've just adjusted.

jess60 · November 2009

jlthompson19:
Everyone who knows me knows that those dogs are part of our family and getting rid of them is not now or never will be an option. Dogs need to be trained and dog and children need to be supervised 100% of the time together. If any accident happens, it's MY fault.

I agree with this 100%.

We got our first "getting rid of the dogs" comment this weekend but it didn't surprise me coming from BF's uncle who discriminates against our pittie because of her breed alone. Any dog can be a danger to a child. Breed has nothing to do with it.

kmwills · November 2009

I'd be willing to bet that people who make those comments don't have any pets of their own.

mristine6 · November 2009

(lurking here) We have 5 dogs and 2 cats and I often get comments like this. All of my dogs love kids. My little cousins(5 & 9) spend about one weekend with us a month and have for years and my dogs are in heaven when they're here. My puppies came from shelters and most of them did not have a good start I'm not going to disrupt their lives now that its good. Besides I grew up in the country with tons of animals and it is one of my best memories from childhood. People who don't have animals just don't get it.

rareskirt · November 2009

I have heard some people making comments such as this too. We have 2 bigger dogs and 4 cats, but I don't plan on getting rid of any of them. We just plan to adjust if there are any issues and we have thought about putting our dogs through a class made for people who have babies on the way. I feel like they can already tell there is something wrong with me. There have been times I've been so sick with m/s and the dogs come and lay beside me. Our animals were our first babies, we are just adding to the family.

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