Getting Your Dog Ready for Your New Baby

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2023

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

If you have a dog, you may be wondering what you should be doing during pregnancy to get your dog ready for your baby on the way. The good news is there are simple steps you can take to prepare your dog for a harmonious transition when your baby arrives. Learn how to focus on positive attention and avoid negative reinforcement to modify your dog's behavior, not just suppress it. This episode/article covers everything from dog behaviors to work on while pregnant to introducing your dog to your baby and having a seamless transition in your postpartum period. Plus, learn how to plan for your dog for when you go to the hospital or birth center and what to do with your dog if you plan a home birth.

Thank you to John and Jaime Caponetta of Pawsome University for sharing their expertise for this episode. Jaime has her certification as a K9 trainer from the Animal Behavior College in California and earned the title of Associate Certified K9 Behavior Consultant by the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants. John Caponetta is a former humane law enforcement officer and is a certified instructor in pet first aid & CPR. Both John and Jaime are on boards or support multiple non-profit organizations that provide dog training to families facing financial hardship or support fostering dogs and keeping them out of shelters or euthanized due to a lack of services. Together, these two run Pawsome University, which offers one on one in-home professional dog training using only positive and fear-free training methods. Plus, they have a podcast called the Podcast for Dog People. John and Jaime are experts in dog behavior. They are the perfect resource to help guide you on how to get your dog ready for your new baby and ensure that everything goes smoothly after your baby arrives.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. If you have a dog, you may be
0:17.2	wondering what you should be doing during pregnancy to get your dog ready for your
0:21.4	baby on the way. The good news is there are simple
0:24.8	steps you can take to prepare your dog for a harmonious transition when your
0:29.2	baby arrives. Learn how to focus on positive attention and avoid negative reinforcement so that you can
0:36.2	modify your dog's behavior, not just suppress it.
0:40.0	This episode is going to cover everything from dog behaviors that you should work on while you're pregnant to introducing your dog to your baby and making sure that you have a seamless transition in your postpartum period.
0:53.0	Plus, you're going to learn how to plan for your dog
0:55.4	when you go to the hospital or birth center
0:58.2	and what to do with your dog if you plan a home birth.
1:01.8	And for this episode, I'm joined by two guests that are experts in
1:06.0	dog behavior. You can find the complete transcript and all of the resources for this
1:11.8	episode at Pregnancy Podcast and all of the resources for this episode
1:13.0	at pregnancy podcast.com
1:15.8	slash preparing your dog.
1:19.2	Right now you are listening to the public feed
1:21.5	of the podcast. You can join pregnancy podcast premium
1:25.7	for free for seven days. You're going to get access to over 200 episodes
1:30.8	exclusively available to premium members.
1:33.7	Everything in the private podcast feed is ad free so you never hear
1:38.6	advertisements. Plus when you sign up you're going to get a free copy of the Your Birth Plan book.
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