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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here back to update. Thank you for all the feedback, both positive and negative. Positive feedback gave me hope and the negative feedback reinforced just how vigilant my husband and I need to be. 2 weeks in and so far so good. She is extremely friendly and chill to all people, dogs, kids, and even the neighbors cat! 
She does not seem to be alarmed by the loud noises toddler inevitably make. We praise her when toddler is whining/ being difficult. We have been as careful as possible. We never leave them alone, don’t let toddler hang n her or get in her face, dog eats downstairs away from toddler and baby, she has a room to “escape” to if she wants....the funny thing is she hasn’t wanted to. She likes to be with the whole family.  She greets the kids with a tail wags and a kiss every morning, and waits on the couch looking out the window while we are gone. She has not needed the crate and is getting 4 good walks a day (tired dog = good dog)!

She knows basic commands : come sit stay lie down. Do you think we should still do the PetSmart type obedience classes? Any other tips or things I haven’t implemented yet?[/quote]

I'd recommend an in-home dog trainer rather than a class at a PetSmart or similar because your kids will be at home and it's important for the trainer to see that dynamic.  One big thing we wanted to work on was our dog not running past the kids on the stairs.  They're older than yours, but still small enough to be knocked over by a lab.  You can't do that kind of stuff at an off-site location.  [/quote]

What was your solution to this? Our dog does  the same thing  and so far we have just been making the kids not go down stairs in front of the dog. He always goes first then the kids follow. Curious if you have tips.[/quote]

It's been a while since we did it and both my labs learned it in the first session and are now super careful, but basically we worked with the adults first and we could block the dog with our body and not let them get past.  We used a word, I think "slow" to get the dog to go slower and stay behind us.  Then we used the word while we were standing at the bottom of the stairs and the kids went up and down.  Labs are pretty easy to train because they just want to please, so of course there were lots of pets and treats when they went nicely.[/quote]

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