Could a dog be jealous of a baby inside the house?

maybe your dog feel threatened with the baby, dogs treat his owner and the member of the family as the members of his pack. of course, since the baby is new the dog basically doesn't consider your baby as a member of the pack, as of the moment. eventually, the dog will adopt with the new born baby, just be patient and keep an eye with the dog as he might get irritated with the baby.

Yes dogs definitely have emotions. Luckily my dog gets along with my kids even when my daughter was a newborn. My cousins dog on the otherhand was very jealous and they ended up having to find him a new home for fear that he would bite their daughter. I know you probably do not want to do that, but you may not have a choice..your baby's safety is what is most important.

My dog never got jealous when we brought our youngest home. She was more scared of her, lol. She does get jealous if I'm to close to my husband, she will try her best to get as close as possible in between us. With your dog, just be careful about his/tail. Our dog doesn't like to have her tail touched. He/she might be older and doesn't really like all the attention the baby is showing it. Maybe get a puppy to take the baby's attention off the dog and onto the new active puppy. Dogs don't like new people coming into there space. The baby is something new to a dog. They don't like new, lol.

Yes, the dog and also the cats are jealous of the baby in the house. My cat used be jealous until I started to give her more attention when my daughter was around, calling her by name while playing with my dauthter. Hearing her name mentioned while I was playing with my daughter made her feel included with us, I guess.

I think you need to very vigilant with your dog around your baby...never leave your baby alone with the dog

I sure don't agree with your teacher .. dogs have emotions! Your dog noticed a lack of attention that maybe he was getting before you had the baby. what you could do is be sure you give them both equal attention when you can.

According to my mother, a dog can be jealous of a baby in the womb. She said that while there, I kicked her dog literally clear off the bed, and we really didn't get on afterwards, at all. This is sibling rivalry, the new baby being resented by the old baby. The dog's no longer the centre of attention, and is apparently reacting. With all due respect to your teacher, the idea that dogs don't have emotions is ludicrous. Ask any dog owner on myLot, and they'll be as astonished as I am by that theory. I've never even heard that one before. You'll note also that the theory doesn't stack up too well against the way the dog's behaving. Dogs don't hang around humans for the ambience and intellectual stimulus. They don't regularly risk their lives for their owners on whims. A dog without emotions would be as natural as a human without emotions. Suggest you feed both at the same time, so the dog sees that you're still caring for him/her. Part of the bonding process with dogs is the feeling of domestic security. The baby is something new, and different in the home. The dog's probably trying to get attention.

yes some dogs have jealous

I agree that you MUST be vigilante when the two are together. It is common for dogs to have aggression to a new baby because the baby is taking over their place in the pack. Their way of dealing with this if it were another dog would be to act aggressively and fight. Therefore it is possible no matter how sweet you think your dog is that he will attack your baby. You must be very very careful. I know two different couples who had to get rid of their dogs because their dogs attacked their babies.