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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My suggestions?
-doggie day care. Invest in it so your dog is tired and well socialized. Use it when you are alone, drop him off and go back a few hours later. 
-find friends with kids and socialize your dog to children. Possibly do so with a trainer so they can observe any potential issues. 
-some minor research on what to do when you bring baby home like have someone bring a used baby blanket home.

A good dog will become protective of its pack by nature but depending on breed can be resource agreesive (my dog and tennis balls, for example). Sadly mom or dad can be a resource. But you have time to learn.

Don't rehome a dog unless it's agreesive with children. There's no need.

I have a 100lb dog and she loves kids, but I am still treating the birth of our child as something different. We babysat a child who screamed 90% of the time and are going to borrow a neighbors stroller to walk her with so she gets used to it. The sooner you start the better prepared you will all be.

My worry is my dogs loss of attention. But she is my first baby! I love her more than anything and couldn't imagine her not being part of our family once we have a baby. It would be empty!

Good luck![/quote]

There's no "need" but a dog will make your life that much harder especially if you have no safe yard space.  Your baby isn't here yet...just wait and see if you regret this advice once you are getting no sleep and, once your baby finally drifts off, your dog needs walked.  Multiple times a day.  Every day.  If OP has been worn out by dog in pregnancy, a dog and kids is going to be worse.[/quote]

I have 850 sq feet and no yard. I used to have 500sq feet and no yard and a twice deployed husband so all dog duty was on me. However, if you adopt a dog you are taking on a responsibility to that pet. The adoption organization should have maybe done a better job vetting the match between this family and the dogs personality, but it really isn't that difficult to find resources to help you manage. My husband does the last walk of the night, I do the first of the morning and we do them together as much as possible the rest of the time and have a mid day dog walker. 
If you can give away a dog, they aren't a part of your family. Otherwise, you adapt and use the tons of resources we are Lucy enough to have around here. I relied on doggie day care when my husband was first deployed because my dog needed interaction I couldn't provide enough of. I knew I'd need help. OP needs help and to spend time before baby preparing. Otherwise, she owes it to the adoption organization to give the dog back to them (not to someone else) and then not get another dog again. It's a commitment not to be taken lightly. Just don't rehire yourself because you have no idea who the dog is going to. But it should be a last resort - it isn't good forms dog to bunce around from home to home at the convenience of humans. [/quote]

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