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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any chance you're having another baby? My neighbor told me wait until your youngest is in K and I think that's good advice[/quote]

Very very minimal chance. Still medically possible if IUD failed, but we are sure we're done.
I could live with waiting til K. I hadn't thought about the toy chewing aspect that one PP mentions.[/quote]

Def wait until kindergarten or later. 10 sounds about right to me, tbh. Our super sweet golden retriever did great with our 1yo, but the years between 2 and 4 were pure hell. There's the issue with toy chewing, of course, but kids that young really don't understand how to interact with dogs. We took several classes on dog-toddler relations, which you can do at the Humane Society or online, and they all said you simply can't leave a dog of any breed or any temperament alone a child. We thought that advice was a little over the top, but it proved to be true when our dog nipped our child's face. DS very uncharacteristically provoked her and she had a painful medical issue that we had not yet identified and didn't know about. We addressed the pain and medical issues and haven't seen that behavior since, but we also don't ever allow the dog to be near the kids without us being in control of the dog. And frankly, it's exhausting. We had to put up gates all over the house to keep everyone safe and separated. The gates are a total PITA and make the dog feel excluded, which makes her bark and cry. It's hard on everyone. If the dog weren't so old (13), we would rehome her since this really doesn't feel like a nice way for her to live.[/quote]

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