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Would you allow a dog or cat around your infant?
I see a lot of videos of dogs and cats being the perfect fairy godmother to their new infant babies, but what's the reality? I've heard dogs can be too excitable to be around an infant, and cats can become jealous of the infant and start destructive behavior. What do you think? Many people who have babies also have a dog or cat in their life, how do you make everybody happy when the baby comes? |
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It really depends on the dog or cat and the human that raises them. My daughter had a Rottweiler and he was fine around the babies they were part of his pack. But a Rottweiler with a different temperament or a human owner who was too nervous, the dog would pick up on that. There’s just too many variables to make a blanket statement about babies, dogs and cats.
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Nammu beat me to the punch. Too many variables to give a blanket answer. |
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It would depends (for dogs) on how well trained the dog was
For cats, it would be dependent on the temprament of the cat For example: my older girl cat Tigger, adores literally everyone and I mean everyone - she would even get all lovey if Hitler walked in - no exaggeration Willow? She ended up in rescue cause her previous family had a baby, and Willow's reaction was so concerning that they felt they had no choice but to give her and her sister into rescue. Then her and her sister got split up cause her sister became afraid of her. I have seen Willow's reaction to children playing outside and I truly think she would hurt children if they came over to her (she would consider it to be self defence, she just does not trust children and I think she's afraid of them) My Tigger, I would have around children. The worst she would do to a child is shed fur all over them and give them lots of nose kisses Willow, like I said, she is not good around children, so for safety reasons I would never even try to have a child around her. Last edited by Anonymous32448; Jan 05, 2023 at 10:56 AM.. |
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I’m no expert but I’d always err on side of caution, I’m thinking even the most placid animal can misinterpret a movement or they themselves may have a sudden pain that makes them lash out.
With supervision I’d say. Never alone just in case. |
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My daughters cat is always around my infant grandson. Kitty was scared of a baby for the first few months and very jealous. They are best buddies now. Her cat is very chill, not aggressive. And at this point baby is not unsupervised when with the cat
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I agree. Don't let them be together without supervision,
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