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[quote=Anonymous]Our dog was a bit further along in the mellowing out process (2.5 yo) but still very much a puppy.  Getting her used to the baby turned out to be no big deal, so I don't know that I'd worry too much about practice/accilimation beforehand (not much to be gained from crying baby tapes, walking with an empty stroller, etc).

But doing some training classes now is a very good idea to get a handle on any obedience issues -- especially (i) jumping up (you don't want to worry about coming down the stairs w/baby and having pup jump up to see what you're carrying) and (ii) walking well on a leash (when you've got one hand on the stroller and one on the leash, you're not going to be in a position to manage a dog that's lunging after squirrels or people or other dogs, even if it's purely friendly).

As one of the PPs said, there's also a good chance that another 5 months will take some of the edge off the puppy energy and chaos anyway.  Also, you can definitely stretch the time between walks - by 1 yo our 60lb border collie was getting by just fine with walks every 4-5 hours (and every 1.5 hrs is just not manageable with a newborn). [/quote]

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