New Baby and Dog? Help for Expectant Parents 

Congratulations! A baby is joining your family! What an exciting and wonderful time. But wait: how can your dog and your baby coexist safely and happily? Two different species living under the same roof might require some accommodation, some training, and lots of planning on your part. 

There are a lot of strategies that I, as a dog training professional, incorporated with clients and also incorporated in my own life with my baby and my toddler to help us all succeed. This course is designed to help expectant parents, parents through adoption, parents through surrogacy, foster parents, and all the loving caregivers that come to this child’s life. 

I am so happy to announce this course and to help guide you during this transition time! In here you are going to find what I think it’s important to set up your environment, your dog, your daily routine, and your baby up to success.

I divided the course in the following steps: 

• How to prepare your dog and your house while the baby is not yet here

• How to train your dog to some of the behaviors that will really make your life easier

• What to do when the baby arrives in your house 

• How to ensure safety when baby starts crawling

• Setting up the environment to foster independent play for babies and toddlers 

• Setting up the environment to help foster parallel coexistence among dogs and babies

I am also going to touch on subjects like visitors in the house, dog body language, and some of the most common reasons dogs bite. 

Let me share with you what I learned in my past years as a mom, as an animal trainer, and as an observer of my children's forever evolving behaviors. I hope you can join us!