How to Introduce Your Doodle to a New Baby: Dog Meets Baby, Part 2

Part 2 with Dominika of Dog Meets Baby is the how-to half. We start with the first meeting between your Doodle and your baby, including the step most families skip: greeting your Doodle without the baby first.

From there, Dominika covers why jumping and barking are the two behaviors to work on now, what changes the day your baby starts crawling, how to tell a happy lick from a "please give me space" lick, the bubble trick that finally makes sense to a two year old, and the signs it's time to call a certified professional.

No baby at home? Every how-to still applies. Grandkids, nieces and nephews, and the neighborhood kid asking to pet your Doodle all count. 🐾

In this episode

• Where your Doodle stays during the birth, and how to choose
• The first meeting, step by step (no dangling feet!)
• Why jumping quietly pushes families toward rehoming, and why it's fixable
• What changes the day your baby starts crawling
• The kiss-to-dismiss lick, plus the happy-lick snapshot test
• The bubble trick from Dominika's book, Lola and the Bubble Mission
• When to call a professional, and why a growl is a warning to thank

Links 

🍼 Dominika's courses, her book Lola and the Bubble Mission, and her complimentary prep checklist: thedoodlepro.com/dogmeetsbaby (use code DOODLEPRO). I'm a proud affiliate and may earn a commission. 

🛋️ Build the skill underneath almost every tip, a Doodle who can safely park it: The Settled Doodle™, thedoodlepro.com/settleddoodle

📝 Episode page and full transcript: thedoodlepro.com/introduce-doodle-to-baby 

🎧 Missed Part 1? thedoodlepro.com/prepare-doodle-for-baby

 📸 Dominika on Instagram: @dogmeets_baby

The Doodle Pro Podcast, where we celebrate how Doodles are different, wonderfully so.

Corinne Gearhart is the founder of The Doodle Pro®, a science-based training platform helping Doodle parents raise calmer, well-mannered dogs using positive reinforcement. She is the host of The Doodle Pro® Podcast and author of the bestselling Your Doodle’s Daily Schedule Blueprint™.

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