...to think that raising a dog is brilliant training for raising a kid??

[Sheilasfeels]

So me and DH are trying for a baby. We have a two year old dog. Basically I'm pretty sure that I've got this whole parenting thing sussed now and raising a child will be a walk(ies) in the park. How do I know? Let's look at the evidence:

Cleaning up poo - check
Being woken up at 6 a.m. to play a game - check
Me and DH not having sex because the dogs asleep in the middle of the bed - check

AIBU or am i basically a parenting expert right now?

[KoalaDownUnder]

My dog sleeps like a log...during the day.

At night, she crashes around barking at imaginary cats.

[BirdintheWings]

Cigars, I think you need to teach your dog to say Sausages

[NinjaLeprechaun]

I have heard it said that you should raise children, dogs, and horses the same way. I think this is vaguely sensible.
On the other hand, my daughter thought she was a dog until she was 4.

"Nothing prepares you for the sleepless nights of a young baby."
I hand raised kittens from about 3 days old. They wanted to be fed every half-an-hour, around the clock. It definitely warned me about what I would be in for.

[Zaurak]

When you get the dog, take a large sharp object and create a wound about 30cm long on your abdomen
Attach the dog to your person, take only paracetamol and don't sleep for three days.
Attach the dog to your person at home and have it wake you every twenty minutes.
Repeat for nine months.
Worry constantly about the dog, about it waking you every twenty minutes for say, nine months.

If you have any sanity left at this point and haven't taken the dog to a kennels then you may be suited to parenthood.