Hello everyone. I'm expecting my first child in February and I was was wondering if any of you guys had some advice on how to make things happy and safe for all of my family members, including the ones with four legs. For those of you who may not be too familiar with me my household contains 3 dogs - two siberian huskies and a great dane, and 3 cats.
Until this point my fur babies dominated most of my life. Most of my days revolved around them and when the baby comes that is going to have to change. They aren't going to be able to be the center of attention anymore and I want to know how to make this easier on them.
They have all been around babies before and are relatively fine with them, especially the great dane who take extra care and caution and is very dilgent around them and one of my two huskies is also very gentle but my older husky Shiva is a little nervous around them. She goes to the other side of the room and sulks with suspicous glances. I believe this was caused by her first encounter with a baby that, when she gently came up and sniffed it, grabbed her face and screamed.
How can I help her understand that babies aren't going to eat her?