im a nana

hi peeps became a nana on tue to a beautiful granddaughter my daughter is bringing lilly over on wed any tips on best way to introduce baby to willow and chester?

Congratulations to you & your daughter!

What I'd do is get a couple of old tea towels (clean of course) and ask your daughter to wrap the baby in them for a few minutes. Then let the dogs sniff at the towels so that when they meet Lilly, they will already know her scent.

Then just take things quietly & slowly, let both dogs sniff her, making sure you give them plenty of fuss.

Congratulations

When Moo met my niece and nephew she was awesome, I can't really advise Good luck and congrats again ><

yes i was thinking slowly do u think maybe one at a time meeting lilly? chester is very protective of me and i dont want him to become jealous of her but obviously i want to be careful as she is so tiny

If you can get them used to her scent with the cloths beforehand it will help.

Maybe introduce them with your daughter holding Lilly at first so that neither dog thinks you are transferring your attention. Every time they snif but don't touch, give them a treat & some quiet praise. As long as they don't feel left out they should be fine.

Caryll wrote:Congratulations to you & your daughter!

What I'd do is get a couple of old tea towels (clean of course) and ask your daughter to wrap the baby in them for a few minutes. Then let the dogs sniff at the towels so that when they meet Lilly, they will already know her scent.

Then just take things quietly & slowly, let both dogs sniff her, making sure you give them plenty of fuss.

Excellent advise. I would also take them for a walk before they meet your granddaughter as well so they won't be full of energy.

Congratulations and welcome to the Grandchild club

Easy does it , on lead , but i think you will be really surprised at how they know and adjust their actions accordingly (well unless you're called Tommy who just used to bounce round like a loon) Tilly was quite an excitable pup and when my grandson first came she just wandered up very gently and licked his hand as if top say welcome

Congratualtions to you, can you get hold of something with the new borns scent on for the dogs to have a sniff at ?

Congratulations to you and your daughter