Crawling Baby and Dog Hair

E.,

I don't think I can help you with the dog house (although, I would do a google search on two dog doghouse, there are several sites that sell dog houses... some are quite cute), but I can say that I have a little crawler (8mo) and two dogs and a cat. At first I was running all around trying to vacuum and use the wide sticky sheets, but my husband just kept telling me not to worry about it so much. I eventually gave in and yes, she has gotten covered in dog hair sometimes and face-planted right in a pillow of hair, but she seems none the worse for it. I've also read that children that are around animals during their first year are less prone to allergies, so I'm hoping this is helping her immune system. I guess we'll see.

Hope that helps.

I have two dogs and two cats and a 15 month old son, My dogs and cats are all inside animals and ALL shed like crazy. I too was worried at first but there have been no problems. He has gotten a TOn of hair on him at times and it has not affected him in the leaste. I think its great for him to be around animals, he LOVES them and they love him, I would not worry about the hair, if it has not given her any problems yet then she probably wont have any when she starts crawling. I personally wouldn't recomend putting the doggies outside, I think your daughter will be just fine.
Good luck!

I have two dogs and a cat (all indoors), so I can certainly relate to the shedding issue. My vet recently told me about a Science Diet food that helps reduce shedding in dogs from the inside-out by about 45% after the first month. I have not switched me dogs' food yet, but I do plan to. Maybe you should try that? Good luck to you!

Surprised you haven't had this response yet, but have the dogs shaved. I know they'll look a bit funny to you until you get used to it, but it will stop the shedding. Just take them to a groomer every so often and ask them to shave the dogs. I have a friend who has her golden retriever shaved all the time. You don't usually see that, but there's no hair all over the place. Once your little one starts walking it won't be so much of an issue, I'm sure, so you could stop doing it then. Hope this helps!