But unfortunately, I have to disagree with part of this specific post.

I am a pet-owner, and have had to make an extremely tough decision to give my much beloved husky/wolf mix to a better home, only because I know outright from experience that he is not good with children who can’t yet walk. He is extremely aggressive during playtime, and does not know his own strength, and for fear of hurting the baby, I felt it was a better idea to find someone else to take care of him. Not only that, he thinks he’s a lap dog and tends to jump on my now-buldging belly more often than not. I am concerned for my child’s health at this point, so understandably, the dog has to go.

Now, I am not planning to give him to just anybody, and I sure as hell won’t be in any rush to get rid of him, so I am taking my time finding him a perfect home with someone who will let me keep in touch with him.

I do understand how wrong it is to be giving animals up and using pregnancy as an excuse, but in a situation like mine, sometimes you have no choice. Out of 6 of my pets, he is the only one I am considering rehoming.

It breaks my heart hugely to have to let such a companion go, and I most certainly wouldn’t if I could see him being calm around the baby.

This is my first child, and although it wasn’t planned, I am going to do what it takes to be the best mother possible to my child, I will do everything in my power to protect them. And if it includes passing up something that I love so much that I know may cause unpredicted harm to them, such as my beast of a dog, than I will do it right and ensure all parties in the matter are happy with the final outcome.

Responsibility is a huge role when both expecting children and owning pets, so you kind of have to do what’s best in each situation.

Otherwise, I fully agree with keeping pets and accepting the responsibility at hand, pets are supposed to be a life-time commitment, but then again, so is having children.

Well, I am having my little guy lay on my belly( technically, just his little head, he wait only 8 lbs) in the evening when we sat down to watch TV. I hope he is bonding with my baby. I swear he knew something is up, because he is very attached to me lately. He doesn’t even want to go to daddy unless daddy have treats in his hand.

My sister -in-law gave up her pet because her child is allergic to the pet. That was so sad. She gave up her pet to her parents. At least the parents are understanding and taken in the little pooch. I hope more families are willing to help out in this kind of situation.

But my cat has already been exposed to a range of children at all ages. I’m the oldest of 7 with the youngest having been 18mons. when we got my little orange beast. So a newborn will be new to him but this is a cat that lets toddlers drag him around by his back paws. He just looks up at me and meows til I free him lol.

I will NOT be getting rid of my cat. He’s my first baby, even though my tarzan thinks the cat is bonkers, he’s seen how well the cat deals with children.

Out of the three dogs we have, he’s the best with the kids. The little ones can grab and pull while he sits there and tries to lick them. It’s cute. The three year old covered him in yellow highlighter, and he didn’t even bat an eye. They let me know if they’ve had enough from the kids and I intervene.

Of course, we don’t leave them with the kids. Even at night. We kennels in our bedroom and they sleep in those at night.

I know that I don’t get to spend as much time with the dogs as I used to, but they still get love, care, full bellies, and soft beds.