Introducing a dog to an infant

Nikki Parker-McElhaney & Dennis posted December 18, 2021

Hi Tanera I can’t find your post, but my daughter is almost 6 months old now. When I first brought her home we let the dogs sniff her a bit and used a pack n play so they could watch her. Once she was about a month they got to touch her head with their noses. Around 4 months our daughter was rolling in a play set so we would allow them to sit next to her while she was playing (obviously we were on the ground with her) we had to teach our Shepard to be gentle and not get in her face too much. Now at 6 months she’s grabbing at stuff so we’ll sit with her and let her pet the dogs. They mostly just watch her while she’s playing, but it’s been a pretty smooth transition :)

I hope this helps!

Happy Holidays!

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