Any dog moms worried for when baby comes?

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I have two pups, one is 3 years old, very gentle and calm, but my other one is 9 months currently, will be a year right before baby shows up. Hes super sweet and theres not an aggressive hair on him, but hes so hyper sometimes it worries me.  I know he'll calm down with age, and i try and give them enough exercise to keep them chi
ll but he hits spurts of madness and will run around the house jumping on the couches and coffee table and diving into me. Are there any other dog moms (or rambunctious cat moms) on here worried about when baby comes?

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We have a chocolate lab who turned 1 last month. He is well behaved, but like others have said he is quite hyper at times! We currently have him in a training class to kind of prepare him and fix the small things.

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I’m kind of worried. We have a 8 month old boxer mix ( he’s kinda small though with short legs) lol and he will be 1 just after the baby is born and he’s hyper a lot and gets in trouble cause he jumps on my stomach sometimes cause he doesn’t really know he just wants to play. I think when the baby comes they will be gentle though. They’ll be curious and probably protective.

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My dog is almost two and seriously gets the zoomies 3-4 times a day. He just goes nuts and runs all over the house. He listens very well otherwise, but when he’s like that you can’t catch him. I’m scared about baby once he’s here and have debated getting rid of him although it breaks my heart. I can’t have him jumping up on the couch when I’m there with the baby and I’m not going to leave him locked up just to keep him out of my hair.

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My dog was 2 when my son was born in 2017 and she was our baby before we had him. She has been absolutely AMAZING with him. She’s very protective of our family and will scare the crap out of people with her bark, but she is the most gentle, patient, selfless creature with him. Dogs are so intuitive and somehow she understands that he’s little and she has to be careful with him.

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Could you start to walk him more to get some of that energy out? Our dog is walked daily for at least 45 minutes, and we plan to continue that once baby comes to make sure that she gets her energy out and that she’s still getting attention 🙂

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We have a 5 yr old chocolate lab she was 2 when twins were born. I was terrified but she is just as much a mommy to them as me. When they were tiny if I had to leave where they were to get something she would stay. She would guard their pac n play when they were asleep. She was our baby so always on the bed and couches with us but when they came she stopped jumping up she would only vet occasionally creep up side opposite of babies. Now they are almost 3. They climb all over her they play fetch with her. One time they got outside our yard fence to where are horses are and she started jumping up and down barking to warn us. And when we walk in the pastures she always corrals them so she is between them and horses. She still sleeps in their room now.

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I have three pups! Our 4 year old girl is literally like Nana from Peter Pan; she’s been my best friend this entire pregnancy so I’m not worried about her. She’s just protective haha. 
My 3 year old boy I was not worried about AT ALL as he has always been the best behaved out of the squad up until a few weeks ago. It’s so strange! I’m about 26 weeks and a few weeks ago he started the most unusual behavior like going potty in the house, being super clingy, and whining constantly when he’s in his crate. Nothing has changed other than he may be jealous of the baby and senses that something is up, it’s been a crazy change in him! 
As for my pup who just turned 1 yesterday, he has a neurologic disorder that makes him prone to seizure episodes (luckily managed for the most part with strict medicine) but it makes him constantly hyper, dopey, and really clumsy. We have tried everything to train him not to jump and bark but the vet thinks he just can’t remember that he’s not supposed to do it. He’s smart, he just has no trainable memory so we have our fingers crossed that he’ll calm down and be gentle. We’ve been working on the phrase “soft paws” to remind him to be easy so we’re hoping he can learn!

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Yes I’m worried about the dynamic with a new baby. I have 3 dogs, an over loving pitbull, a nervous beagle and a blue heeler that hates kids. I’m concerned the heeler is really attached to me and I hope she sees the baby as a part of me and not a threat.

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same here, mine will be 1 in September a month before baby is here. she's not aggressive but is so hyper, she's very protective over me though and she lies round my bump 😂

Any dog moms worried for when baby comes?

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