Quote Originally Posted by Jessika
My parents had a large shepherd mix when I was a baby, and again when my youngest sister was born nearly 10 years later.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with having a dog and a newborn at the same time.

I think these people are just ignorant to the issue of training their dog. I think they assume or listen to stories on the news of babies being hurt or mauled by large dogs, when in most cases, the infant and dogs were both left unsupervised which is HIGHLY discouraged by me anyway until your child is older and your dog(s) get used to having an infant around.

I love my two dogs and trust them and know they would never harm anything with foul intentions. But they are dogs, and they do have instincts. Would I give them up when I decide to have children?? NO WAY!!! But I would make extra precautions to not leave them unsupervised with one another, and I would introduce the infant to them in the same way I would introduce another cat or dog. Supervised, and slowly.

These people just don't understand that some dogs are well-behaved and trained properly. They are also set in the old mind set. It's like an old wive's tale to have to give the dog up once you have a baby because the dog will become "jealous" and harm the baby. It's ridiculous and you and I both know that isn't true but unfortunately a majority of the population believes this so... lol

Sad that people still automatically believe that. Believe me, I wouldn't even dream of leaving Roscoe and the baby unsupervised. I will be taking extra precautions, and have already gotten a lot of ideas.