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09-25-2011, 05:07 PM
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Watch for the baby
How do I teach Hobson to watch out for the baby. She's 12 months and Hobson just runs past her, or squeezes past and knocks her down. How do I train him not to knock her over? Sometimes can't be helped, I understand. But when there's 6 inches on one side and 2 feet on the other side, he chooses the 6 inches and tramples her
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09-27-2011, 02:55 PM
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Bumping up!
Your puppy is still a puppy and needs supervision. Expecting this pup to have the body awareness and self-control to NOT act this way is expecting a lot. Supervision for when Hobson and your toddler are out and about, and seperation when you can't be right there to watch and control either one. Having a baby and a puppy at the same time is like having two pups, LOL!
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09-27-2011, 03:07 PM
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I think its a puppy thing, they are still not aware of how big and strong they are. i dont have input on how to train this cause mime was and adult when my son was old enough to walk so she already new what to do. But keep watching both of them, never leave puppy and baby unsupervised for starters.
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09-27-2011, 05:36 PM
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Well, when I want my dogs to avoid something I put an electric fence around it. . . .
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09-27-2011, 08:39 PM
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Then baby in crate and puppy running around.  Seriously I think you will either accept the baby getting knocked down, which will make for a tough adult, or get crate and baby gate or something to separate them. Even adult dogs sometimes react to a sound or something and move fast. If mine hears a cat he could take out everything in his path including adults without any intention of hurting anyone. Luckily that doesn't happen often because he has already scared away most loose cats in the neighborhood.
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09-27-2011, 09:46 PM
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I agree that even as an adult he may knock her over, however there must be way to train him to watch out for her. My friend has MS and her husband trained their retriever never to walk on the stairs if someone is on them. Not sure how but that idea.
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09-27-2011, 10:11 PM
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Part of what you're dealing with here is the same thing parents of rapidly growing teenagers deal with. You know how a 15 year old boy will reach for the milk and accidentally spill it? His arm wasn't that long just a few weeks ago. Your pup is growing really quickly, and he used to fit in spaces where he doesn't fit anymore; used to fit through gaps that he doesn't fit through now. He used to not knock over the baby when he brushed up against him.
Edit: Maybe you should ask your friend's husband how he did it.
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