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<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Hello Droolers!</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I've been on the drool for over a year now and this is the first time that I have posted (I hope this works). My husband and I have a basset named Barney. We adopted him last January and according to their estimates, he should be around 4 1/2. He's been a great addition to our household. He's loveable, goofy and pretty gentle. We take him on walks twice a day for 30-45 minutes and he loves doing the basset 500 around our house.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Well, the point of this post is to ask for advice - we are expecting our first baby in Sept. and were trying to figure out ways to prepare Barney for the new two-legger. I don't think he'll be aggressive towards it, but I worry because he is very used to being the center of our little world. We know that we won't have as much time or energy for him as we do now (especially when it comes to the routine walks in the morning and evening), so I'm worried that he will become jealous and start acting out. Or that the baby's crying will somehow affect him in a negative way. Since he is adopted, we have no idea what type of living situation he was in before and whether or not he had little ones around his previous house. </font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">There are two specific things that worry me about the new situation. One, whenever we get visitors, he gets really excited and barks his noggin off. Both when they arrive and when they leave. I don't think that he's being territorial (especially because he barks when he thinks our company is leaving). I just think he gets excited. He doesn't bark at all however, whenever my husband and I leave or arrive. Soon, there will be a lot more people over at our house, so how can we curb as much of the barking as we possibly can?</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">The second thing that worries me is that he also sometimes tugs/chews on socks and other fabrics if they are left out. How do we keep him from doing this to our baby's booties or mittens (and possibly the little foot or hand inside of it)? When he does this now, we correct him and take it away, but I'm hoping to prevent him from even getting to that point with our little baby.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">I know that we aren't going to be able to "train" all of these traits out of him - we've had him long enough to know about Basset stubborness. We're just hoping for a few tips that we can try out before the baby comes to better prepare him for sharing a house and parents with someone new. We already plan on bringing something home of the baby's from the hospital to get him used to its' scent and we don't ever plan on letting them be alone in the same room together. Any other ideas or tips?</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div>Thanks for your advice!<div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div>Lindsay, momma to Barney</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="http://www.dogster.com/dogs/488193">http://www.dogster.com/dogs/488193</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div><div><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material of Mojo, LLC. which is for the exclusive use of the individual designated above as the recipient. 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