{"id":636,"date":"2012-06-07T07:52:14","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=636"},"modified":"2014-01-13T20:52:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-13T20:52:27","slug":"how-to-prepare-your-dog-for-your-new-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/how-to-prepare-your-dog-for-your-new-baby","title":{"rendered":"How To Prepare Your Dog For Your New Baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Is there a new baby expected in your home?<\/h2>\n<h3>Clear the Air would like to hare some helpful tips on helping your dog adjust to your new  baby.\u00a0 If this is your first baby to come along and you already have a  dog, it is pretty safe to assume your dog already thinks he or she is  the \u201cbaby\u201d of the family.<\/h3>\n<p>It is best to start early by making adjustments to your dog\u2019s  schedule before your baby arrives.\u00a0 Start by making a list of the ways  your dog\u2019s daily routine will be changed.\u00a0 If your dog is used to  getting up in the morning and taking a walk right away, this may not be  possible when the <em>baby <\/em>comes along.<\/p>\n<p>If your friends have babies, it might be helpful to ask if your dog  can be introduced to him or her.\u00a0 Having a dog listen to a <em><strong>baby <\/strong><\/em>crying  before yours comes home will let your dog get used to the sound.<\/p>\n<p>You can also bring home a <em><strong>baby <\/strong><\/em>blanket from the hospital before  bringing your newborn home so your dog can get used to the infant\u2019s  scent.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to battle against any undesirable behavior from your dog  is through exercise.\u00a0 Make your daily walk a priority so your dog has  plenty of time to make use of his energy.\u00a0 Reducing boredom will help  make your dogs transition to having a new baby in the house a lot  easier.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to schedule time with your dog.\u00a0 In order to make sure your  dog still remains a priority, decide on times when you can give your  dog a little extra attention, maybe while the baby is napping or having  your dog accompany you on walks with the <em><strong>baby<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is there a new baby expected in your home? Clear the Air would like to hare some helpful tips on helping your dog adjust to your new baby.\u00a0 If this is your first baby to come along and you already have a dog, it is pretty safe to assume your dog already thinks he or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[18,269,122,123,33,19,21,25,38,270,20,71,22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636"}],"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=636"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/636\/revisions\/638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cleartheair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}