Children and Pets

We got a puppy when our first son was three weeks old. I had read that dogs can be a little resentful of new born babies coming into their space so we waited until he was born before we picked the puppy up from the breeder. We had no problems in terms of dog/baby rivalry; Siberian Huskies are renowned as being good with children. But having a puppy and a baby meant that for a few weeks my life was a maelstrom of crap, it was everywhere. The first night we got the puppy home I shut it in the kitchen as the breeder had recommended and it was like Hades. The baby was crying and crapping in the bedroom and the puppy was howling and crapping in the kitchen. The clean up process was akin to that of the H-Blocks in Northern Ireland after Bobby Sands' "Dirty Protest". So, babies and puppies do go together but the timing needs managing efectively.