| Re: Transitioning from inside living to outside living...is it advisable?
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Originally Posted by Princess8478  ...looking for someone who has done it and it was successful. | That would be me. My kids are now 6, 7 and 9. We have always had a rottie in the house minus two years. I got my first rottie when my wife was pregnant with kid #2. We really had to change nothing when adding a child to the mix. There is a lot of literature out there about bring home the baby to the dog. Like bringing home something from the hospital that smells like the baby before the baby comes home. Allowing the dogs to smell and explore new pieces of furniture is another good one. If you act like it is no big deal around the dogs they will follow your lead. (obviously it is a big deal, congrats!). I had a harder time bringing a puppy home to my kids last year than I did bringing a baby home to the dog.
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