Dogs and Babies

A friend of mine's granddaughter was just bitten by the family's chocolate lab.  The baby was trying to grab her toy back from the dog.

While I think this picture is adorable, I don't think Chase is sharing a pillow with Caleb because he loves him.  Don't get me wrong - Chase is an extremely tolerant dog.  He let our six year old crawl all over him, shoot him with nerf balls and scream at him.  However, I think Chase is more concerned about using the pillow and getting close to me than he is about hanging out with the baby.  Some of the reasons I think this:

• Chase uses the pillow when Caleb isn't there. 
• Chase is always trying to climb into my lap, baby or no baby.

So as good as Chase has been with kids in the past, I think there's a much better chance he's jealous of the baby than he loves the baby, so I don't leave them alone together.

Comments

[hoegaandit]

Maybe so, maybe not - depends on the dog. I read that in the wild female dogs can share puppy care, so why can't a dog love a human baby?