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To those with fur babies...

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I have a Great Dane named Maximus who has been SO great with August since day one. Very protective [he even will push me out of the way if he thinks I'm tickling August too much] and always very gentle and patient. Now that August is rolling all over the place he is able to get over to max and will pet him. Max is always super good about it and lays very still.

Like I said. Always very gentle. Patient. Protective.

Then this morning while August was rolling around he got to one of max's toys. Max jumped over very quickly, and snatched the toy away from August. So yeah, he was basically doing my job, [I was on my way over to grab it promise] but how fast he moved makes me really nervous, especially with his teeth. And I know as August gets more mobile this is going to become a more frequent scenario.

For those of you who have pets, have you experienced this with your dogs? How did you handle it? I was shocked because max has been so good so far, and wasnt sure what to do. August was fine, it didn't even scare him, but I'm just worried about the potential of max getting more pushy about it.
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  • aroman1aroman1
    I think Im overly cautious about my dogs and Amelia.  She will occasionally pet them if Im holding her but besides that they dont have too much interaction.  My dogs are very sweet and have never hurt anyone, but you cant really predict how dogs
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  • JayandEmmJayandEmm member
    This happened yesterday to us. Ds got a hold of Winston's squeaky toy, and he came over very slowly, while looking at me, and gently grabbed the toy out of ds' hand. Ds didn't let go, of course. Lol. Winston just sat there in front of him waiting for ds t
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  • bigbootyjudibigbootyjudi member

    Dogs make me nervous.

    I'm guessing that when August starts moving around more and gets a little more aggressive, your dog will just adjust.

    My cats are good with G and sit/lay with him all of the time. He pulls their hair, rolls over on top

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  • smile50208smile50208 member
    My dog is not a nice dog. In fact, that was my biggest worry when I brought the baby home - how my dog was going to react.  I have been pleasantly surprised...he has been wonderful with Seth (who loves him to pieces). The dog doesn't have many toys s
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  • jessalynn521jessalynn521 member

    I have a beagle mix, so much smaller than a great dane, but here is my experience:

    She has been very protective of Aiden from day 1. He is now moving and able to go pet her when he wants. she always looks to me to remind the baby "soft" with her,

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  • CoUnTryBB1CoUnTryBB1 member

    We have a cat, Lilly, with long hair.   I am more scared for the Lilly then LO.   She won't bite ever, she will nibble but that is it.  Last night I was brushing Lilly and she was irritated and kept nibbling at my han

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  • acire86acire86 member
    I have two dogs one big and one little. They both love the R to peices but I keep all their toys either outside or in their kennel when R is playing in the floor. Also I agree with pp about teaching the dog the wait command.
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