We have a 3 year old cocker spaniel who has been used to having all of the attention and fuss for the last 3 years. She's always been well behaved and we've never had any problems with her. We now have a new born baby and understandably the dog is jealous that she isn't getting all of the attention but 7 weeks later it's getting out of hand. Yesterday I came home after being out for an hour and the kitchen floor had been ripped up and in shreds! She has never done anything like this before. Most of the time she goes to work with my husband but the days where he can't take her I now feel I can't go out and leave her for just a few hours. We never had this problem before the baby arrived. She also always sleeps downstairs and we have a stair gate so she can't come up. She now doesn't understand why the baby comes up at night and she can't and keeps trying to jump the stair gate to the point she works herself up so much she makes herself ill. Does anyone have any tips on how to get her used to the change or will it come in time? Getting to the end of my tether with her and I definitely don't want to be one of those people who get rid of the dog because they've now got a baby. She's part of the family and we love her but we just can't give her all of the attention she always has had and I feel so bad for her 😔
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