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Question for 2nd+ time moms with pets

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Hi ladies!

This weekend DH and I amde a trip to IKEA (so awesome!) and bought a bookshelf for the nursery and this fun play mat that has different textured things that stick up.  So, we laid it on the floor and our dog immediately tried to chew the little things off.  I kept swatting him away and he just kept coming back for it.

We know there is going to be some adjustment for him when it comes to distinguishing baby and dog toys.  But, is there any good way to start working on this now?

TIA!

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  • Mama JanMama Jan member

    Do what you're doing - expose him to the baby stuff before the baby arrives and just keep reinforcing that that behavior isn't allowed... just like you would teach him not to be on the couch/bed/etc.

    We set up the swing, crib, changing table, etc early -- all the places the cats would like to curl up.  It took some convincing that those toys weren't for them.  They continued to sleep in the crib until the baby came home and suddenly they understood, and never climbed into it again.

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    You may not like my answer - but our toys have kind of become interchangeable.  We are lucky that the dog is past her younger days where she chewed a lot.  But still suddenly she will mouth a puzzle piece or push the lego around with her nose.  And dd prefered the rubber squeeky dog toys while teething over any teether I gave her.

    But yes, I agree to take stuff out in advance.  We had to for a different reason - our dog was very fearful of certain baby equipment bc of past abuse.  But things that moved or bounced and stuff was scary to her.  So we gave her plenty of time to get used to it.

    Oh - Is it one of those letter rubber mats?  I know a few moms IRL who their babies ruined those mats by chewing on them while teething too haha.  I never got one simply bc I figured it would be a magnet for the dog hair and something I would have to constantly clean.

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  • samakasrcsamakasrc member
    We exposed all our pets to all the baby stuff before LO arrived. For things they'd go after we used a squirt bottle with water to shoo them away and it worked like a charm. They still go after her stuffed animals sometimes, but we just keep telling them no and taking them away, we also make sure we always have bones and things to give them as a distraction.
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  • Kflie83Kflie83 member
    We did the opposite of everyone else. We didn't expose the dogs to any baby stuff until the baby came home. We didn't even let them in his room! They figured out super fast that the baby was delicate and very important, so they left all of this stuff alone. It was pretty weird how well it worked out. I think if we would have brought out little blankets and mats before DS got home, they would have been confused thinking it was for them and then not understood why they were getting in trouble.
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  • cynasmincynasmin member

    Don't have any kids yet but trying to get our dog used of stuff. I put down a few old stuffed animals I didn't care about. At first she was interested but we just kept telling her no and "that's not yours" seems to be working well we've used that command a few other times and shes backed off from whatever she was into.

    She destroys stuffed animals in seconds so soft plushy things will be for baby and hard rubber stuff will be for the dog. I'm sure there will be things that cross those lines - like baby teethers. shes pretty good at exchanging whatever she's got for something else. she young though so i'm still nervous about little toys - don't want to her to swallow anything!!

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  • kmm2150kmm2150 member

    We don't have kids yet but work all the time with our dog on "drop it" and especially "leave it" and he's getting to know them both.  With "leave it", I hold a treat in my hand with my fist closed.  He noses and licks at my hand trying to get it, and when he finally gives up and backs away I give him a treat from my OTHER hand, and say "leave it" right as he backs away. He eventually learned what "leave it" meant and now we use it if he's investigating a drink on the coffee table, a shoe on the floor, etc. - and we'll start doing it with baby stuff as soon as we get some! 

    I think if you're consistent they can learn pretty quickly what they're supposed to leave alone, especially with big stuff like play mats, swings, etc.  Toys that come and go quickly and look like dog toys will probably be more difficult, but good commands and lots of supervision (and lysol) should help.

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  • MrsSteelerTeacherLadyMrsSteelerTeacherLady member
    Our dogs were both trained with "leave it" before the baby (like if we had company and they dropped food or something like that.  We use that with the baby toys.  I did set up the baby stuff as soon as we got it though, so they got used to "leave it."  The big thing I did do with the dogs that made me happy was practice walking outside with them with the stroller.  It made my first walk post c-section a breeze. 
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