15 Wholesome Ways to Prepare your Pup for the Arrival of Your Hooman Baby

Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor

Jul 21, 2026 7:30 AM EDT

Bringing home your first baby bundle of joy is one of the most intense and fulfilling experiences in hooman life. But if your doggo is not prepawed for the event then it can easily turn into the worst day and months of your life. So before your bring home baby, have read of something of the things you can do it get your doggos ready.

We picked this collection of canine counsel from Reddit's r/pitbulls subreddit, a place where as you can imagine Pit Bulls are discussed, and as you might also imagine there are a whole heap of concerned pawrents who do not know how to handle introducing their darling doggo to their newborn baby. Now, this is a stressful encounter with any dog, but a Pit Bull unfortunately makes it just that little bit more intense and so you had better believe that these are some properly tried and tested tricks to make sure your first encounters go smoothly.

While there are several different suggestions from letting your pupper sniff the baby's clothes to exposing your pupper to baby sounds ahead of time, there is one thing that each of you pupper pawrents need to stop and consider before even choosing a technique, and that is the temperament of your dog. If your dog is chill and friendly then there is not much issue, but if you have a reactive dog or an anxious pupper, well then you need to take a slightly different approach. This involves creating more distance and seclusion than you would otherwise while still trying to maintain audible proximity. So we will let you dive into the details and good luck with your new baby!

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So we have had some seriously solid suggestions up until now, but this one really hits the nail on the head. It takes the issue as being related more to a new and unfamiliar experience than a specific problem with a baby or small children. Dogs are naturally frightened by the things they do not understand or know about. So the only way to help them overcome said fear is to gently expose them to it. Midnight wake ups, screaming children, and push chairs can all cause your canine to react poorly if unfamiliar. So taking the time before all the maelstrom of parenthood begins is not a bad idea.
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So you see, there are quite a few different approaches and some like the last few pertain to the temperament of your pupper. You cannot let yourself be caught off guard with a reactive or anxious dog. They need extra support and positive reinforcement, which will take time and extra measures that a pupper without these needs will not need. So whatever you do, first stop to think about your doggo and how they experience the world, then consider their preferred learning techniques and then you will have an idea of how to handle introducing them to your baby.
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