Dog: Meet Baby
Here's just the deal for you expectant parents out there -- a CD designed to get your dog used to baby sounds!
Play the Dog Meet Baby CD for your dog before the arrival of your little banbino. We recommend supplmenting this exercise with his favorite treat so your darling child's glass-shattering screams will be associated with happy thoughts for your dog (happy throughts are good and could prevent serious injury).
Among the tracks: "What's a baby got to do to get some food around here" (moderate crying); "Alright people, joke's over, feed me now or heads are gonna roll" (screaming); "Hellooooo??!!!! I'm sitting in my own pooh over here" (whimpering); "That's the funniest thing I've heard all day" (laughing).
Sounds pretty all-inclusive.
But how about some real live experiences of bringing a new baby home with pets established in the household?
Anyone have any stories or advice or warnings they'd like to share? (We have a collague who's expecting her first baby -- 'scuse me, her 2nd baby; the first is the couple's much loved dog.)
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About the Bloggers
Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
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