{"id":1078,"date":"2013-04-24T21:01:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T21:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/?p=1078"},"modified":"2013-04-24T21:02:02","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T21:02:02","slug":"prepare-your-dog-for-a-new-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/prepare-your-dog-for-a-new-baby","title":{"rendered":"Prepare Your Dog for a New Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tips to get your dog ready for a new baby.<\/h2>\n<h3>Bringing home a new baby can be stressful on your pets, especially if you have always treated them like your &#8220;babies&#8221;! Check out Adopt A Pet&#8217;s helpful tips on bringing home a new baby and how to prepare your dog for the new family addition.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"baby and dog\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a5\/GSD_and_a_baby.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"124\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>What does your dog expect when you\u2019re expecting? We\u2019ve heard stories of  dogs curling around pregnant bellies, stealing <strong>baby <\/strong>toys, and many other  silly and wonderful stories from our pregnant friends and family about  their dogs behavior when a human baby is on the way! \u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Our friends over at <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.barkbusters.com\/\">Bark Busters<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"> \u2014the  world\u2019s largest dog training company\u2014offers tips to help families  ensure a smooth transition for their dog when bringing home a <strong>new <\/strong><strong>baby<\/strong>. <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"> If you are expecting a <strong>baby <\/strong>and you have a dog, take time now to prepare  your dog for the day you bring home your new child. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u201cDogs  can feel rejected and become confused or stressed when parents suddenly  shift their attention from dog to baby,\u201d said Liam Crowe, CEO and  master dog behavioral therapist of Bark Busters USA. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">\u201cA  dog doesn\u2019t understand why a baby is being elevated above the dog in  the pack. In trying to regain his pack position, the dog may seek  attention through behaviors such as barking at the baby\u2019s cries, jumping  up, or chewing on <strong>baby<\/strong>\u2019s things.\u201d <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Head on over to the BarkBuster\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barkbusters.com\/page.cfm\/ID\/469\/iNewsID\/826\/newsTypeID\/23\" target=\"_blank\">Tips to Help Prepare Your Dog for the Arrival of a New Baby<\/a> <\/strong>for help reducing bad behavior, easing everyone\u2019s stress, and help to keep <strong>baby <\/strong>safe.<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.adoptapet.com\/prepare-your-dog-for-a-new-baby\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.adoptapet.com\/prepare-your-dog-for-a-new-baby\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tips to get your dog ready for a new baby. Bringing home a new baby can be stressful on your pets, especially if you have always treated them like your &#8220;babies&#8221;! Check out Adopt A Pet&#8217;s helpful tips on bringing home a new baby and how to prepare your dog for the new family addition. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,3,5],"tags":[17,620,18,619,265,122,33,19,618,24,25,38,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}