Keeping baby safe

[JJLondon]

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Some background info... my partner and his dog moved in with me and everything seemed great at first but his dog is very temperamental. I wasn't too concerned at first but now we have a son who's 6 months and will be crawling/walking soon and I'm very worried. The dog has huge issues with my dad and growls/barks at him whenever he's close, which makes it very awkward to have them visit and makes me nervous to invite any friends around. The dog also grows and snips at me if I'm sat next to him on the sofa and shuffle around or go to stand up. He does this to my partner too who unfortunately is very blinkered and thinks he'll never do that to baby.

What do I do, I need to keep my son safe but also want him to be able to learn all these lovely new skills without me being petrified he'll step too close to an aggressive dog.

Partner and dog move back out?
Sorry OP I have no idea what the solution is here that is happy one. I couldn't have a dog that I had observed being aggressive near a baby. You can't "trust" any dog unsupervised but this doesn't sound like a good situation to be in and baby will be moving more soon.

Sorry I misread post and thought that partner and dog had moved in since baby had been born more recently.
It's a really hard one and will be a hard conversation with partner.

You should never leave the most loyal dog alone with your baby and I've got 3 and the dog is shut in the kitchen with baby gate unless I'm around to supervise

This is an easy one - the dog moves out. If that means your boyfriend moves out too, so be it.

Anything else would be neglectful.

Take dog to a behaviourist or trainer
Meanwhile never have them together in same room
Unfortunately, also consider of the dog can live with a child.... or whether its better all round if the dog lives elsewhere or partner and dog live separately. The child can't leave, so it does need to be the dog. Some dogs do get stressed out by small children.

If it’s not an option getting rid of the dog then can you put the dog in the kitchen with a baby gate on the door and then the baby can freely roam the livingroom? Have two separate areas? If the dog feels too confined have the kitchen/back door open so it can go outside?

Dog and partner move out?

Either:

1. The dog is rehomed, or,
2. The dog and partner move out again

Until that happens the dog is kept in a separate room from the baby at all times.

Dogs that seem to want to attack children whether they are babies or 4 years old shouldn't be in the same home as them. The dog sees the child as prey. If the dog was child friendly it would ignore your baby or try to guard them unless really provoked.

Also even if you do everything to ensure your own child is safe it means you can never have any visitors with children under 12.