Pups and pregnancy

Pups and pregnancy This page is for new parents to learn about how to pair parenthood with their pet dog in harmony.

Mechelle Is one of the few dog trainers in the UK who have achieved the Kennel Club Accreditation in Training Companion Dogs. This 5 year course backed by City and Guilds is a gold standard for dog training in the UK.

12/08/2024

It's going to be a warm one and humid too. Dogs find it difficult to lose heat in humid conditions. Having a fan on, blowing across the floor, can help them regulate their temperature as the can lay in its path if they wish. Please wet them too but remember in humid conditions evaporation rates can be much less so make sure there is some moving air to help the evaporation and cooling.
If you are at all worried about the heat and your dog contact the vet straight away. Early intervention makes for much better outcomes and your vet will welcome your call.

23/02/2024

Is your dog well mannered?
As soon as you know you are pregnant, give your dog a MOT, both physically and mentally. Some undesirable behaviour can be due to pain or underlying physical conditions so your vet can advise. Other undesirable behaviour may be due to problems with a lack of basic training. So get your dog back in the swing of training and drag your puppy training books back out. Simple instruction training can really tune up a dogs brain and help to iron out bad manners. If you need help, contact a reputable dog trainer or behaviourist straight away so you have time to iron out any problems.

Never too early to start.Once you know you are pregnant, start planning how to be both a human and canine parent. There ...
20/02/2024

Never too early to start.
Once you know you are pregnant, start planning how to be both a human and canine parent. There are many things you can start to do early but one many people forget is who will walk the dog in the last trimester and shortly after birth. It can be worth introducing the dog to a dog walker, this does not need to be a commercial dog walker, but a friend or family member who can commit to walking the dog in the early stages of parenthood, when the baby is taking up every moment of your life. Now is the time to slowly introduce the new person into the dog's life, and then over the months increase the time the dog spends with their dog walker, maybe even overnight (in case of emergencies). So that when the time comes, and the baby arrives, the dog will already be in the routine of walking with their dog-walking person. Therefore the dog's needs can be met, at this most busy time and it is one less thing for you to think about.

19/02/2024

Useful Factsheet for some key points.
https://capt.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Your-dog-and-your-new-baby-fact-sheet-2023.pdf

19/02/2024

This page was created to give hints and tips to new parents and parents to be, about how to harmoniously integrate babies, toddlers and dogs.
The page author is Mechelle Jacques, an established and accomplished dog training behaviourist and school teacher of thirty years. She hopes to share her insight into dogs and children to help everyone avoid pitfalls and reduce accidents and incidents between dogs and young children.

Noses first. A dog's major sense, is that of smell. So before baby comes home from hospital (or out of the room from a h...
19/02/2024

Noses first.
A dog's major sense, is that of smell. So before baby comes home from hospital (or out of the room from a home birth) take some items that smell of the baby and leave them in the home so the dog can explore the smell of the new baby and familiarise itself with the scent before baby arrives. This will help reduce excitement when the baby actually comes into the house.

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