Yes that's my daughter who's pregnant but the problem is my dog.
Basically he's getting more and more protective. He's a, big for breed, 8yo gsd and this is his first experience of pregnancy in his family. Dd lives at home, she's only 12 weeks so maybe I'm wrong but nothing else has changed in his environment.
He's always been vocal and protective but will have an initial woof then considers his job done which is exactly what you want imo. Now though it's a whole new level, he flys at doors or gates like he's possessed, accepts a visitor then barks again if they move room or something (and his bark is loud, all be it with a hapoy tail), checks things out if anyone touches my dd (eg for a hug) and barks and gets anxious if contact is odd or prolonged (like she sat on my knee which blew his mind). Sleeps outside her room and is always watching her around the house. He's naturally an anxious dog, we've learned to manage him over the years and know his limitations in most situations but this one is new!
Now I must stress, he's showing no sign at all of biting, it's just like his normal behaviour amplified. He now seems to be bark first then assess which has meant he's barked at a household member with a new haircut for example where usually he'd let his nose do its job!
This behaviour is outside of my experience, I don't want it to escalate but also don't want to make him anxious by preventing him behaving naturally.
Then comes the next problem, what happens when a dog is protective of a pregnant women and baby arrives? I was slightly concerned about this anyway, he's a big, older dog and he's never been around young children (under about 2years old) but now I'm really worried. Should I be?
Thank you if you've made it through my ramblings, any advice appreciated! I'm going to ring our local breed clubtomorrowwho run the breed training, breed behaviourist and breed rescue here too.