We have a cavalier cross ****er spaniel and a cavoodle. Had both from pups and when DS came home one was 2 and one was 4. Dogs sleep outside and come on for varying periods during day.
We sat on couch with DS and let dogs sniff on a regular basis, in time they licked his feet (would not let them near face and hands.)
As he got bigger we would have him on floor on a blanket and dogs would come and sniff him.
Since he has been moving him and dogs are all over each other and get alone great.
We did plan on DH taking home a blanket or singlet from hospital for dogs to sniff and get used to but never got there
I have a maltese x shi tzu x poodle (apparently) and she was my baby before the real one came along. I worried how things would go.
She did a lot of sniffing around on the day he came home. I don't think she knew what he was. She was scared of him up until about 6 months when they suddenly became friends. Prior to then if he tried to touch her she'd run off.
We'd get her to sit up on the couch while we held my son & let her lick his feet or on the head (like on the hair) & when he was older put his hand on her.
She still runs off from him if he tries to grab her, but they do get on well now.
There's a great post around from about 6 months ago about how to introduce dogs and babies - has some awesome advice. I'll try and find it... think it may be in the pets area.
My DH took home a wrap that Peter was wearing in hospital. When we came home the next day I greeted all pets on my own without Peter. Later on when things had calmed down DH brought all 3 pets over to me one by one while I was feeding Peter. We had his feet out of his suit & we let them sniff them. We were very careful to not push them & gave them dinner straight after so they'd associate Peter with something happy!!
So far so good - haven't had any dramas with any of them.
Good luck!!
Newborns and pets
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