| Do pugs
get along with children?
I have just had my first
child, and Charlie for the first time had to give up some
lap space. Here is what I have learned thus far:
Pugs think babies
taste pretty good.
If
you are squeamish about having a dog lick your child, you
may want to teach your pug not to do this. I do this
the same way I did chewing on me. I say no lick! and
then give him something else to do, like play with a toy,
then praise like crazy. This has worked pretty well,
and now he only sniffs the baby. Pugs think babies
smell pretty good too.
Pugs like to chew
stuffed animals.
Here is something
unfortunate that had I the foresight would have changed at
the beginning. Most dog toys are stuffed animals with
squeakers inside or brightly colored rubber ones. Most
baby toys are too. This creates a problem! My
solution so far has been the stuffed baby toys stay in the
play yard, and the plastic ones are on the floor. I
also say NO! when the dog gets a baby toy. He does
know what toys are his, now he has to learn what toys will
not BECOME his. It is important not to let the baby
toy become a dog toy because he has chewed on it.
Throw it away, otherwise the dog learns that once he licks
it he gets to keep it!
Pugs don't mind
sharing the lap.
Charlie
would not give up the lap completely so I have learned to
nurse the baby and allow the dog on my lap at the same time.
In fact the dog makes a nice nursing prop for feeding time.
This has worked quite well. Charlie also has no
problem with probing baby fingers pulling his ears and hair.
Just watch that the baby doesn't put all that dog hair right
into it's mouth!
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