I had a small dog for 5 years. Her name was Zoey. She was our fur baby for so long and adopted her from an abusive environment. She's an anxious dog that is usually displayed as aggression. We constantly worked with her and helped her get better with her behavioral issues.

When our baby was born she was completely fine. I was always hyper vigilant when my baby and Zoey being together as I know sometimes her behavior is somewhat unpredictable. As the months went on, my reactions towards Zoey trying to lick my baby's face weren't the best. I would push her away most of the time. I don't know what got to me in being overprotective.

Anyway, when my baby was 3 months old, he started grabbing stuff and making sounds with all different kinds of textures. The first incident was that he was trying to grab his playmat during tummy time and made a squeaky sound that Zoey did not like and lunged at his hands for a bite. I immediately harshly pushed her away and ever since I was always monitoring play time when my baby was on his play mat.

With time, this started to happen more and more until she became desensitized to the sounds. However now she couldn't stand the look of my baby. She would now avoid him and whenever they made eye contact cause my baby was fascinated by her, she would immediately growl and snarl. My baby would reach out to pet her and she would just growl and move away.

It got so bad she would try to lick his face like before and then immediately growl. My husband and I decided to rehome her before anything serious happened to our baby. We gave her to a rescue and we are getting updates and pictures.

However, my husband and I are completely devastated as we miss her so much. Should we have tried a different approach? Was it me that made her behavior worse? Did we do the right thing to remove her from our home? Please keep in mind we also got a trainer to assess her and she said she fears for my baby's safety as sometimes the dogs overtime develop jealousy. But I can't stop thinking it was my fault due to my negative reactions and overprotectiveness. We just miss her so much and want her back. I just want to know what you mamas think of this situation and if we did the right thing?