By Annonymous_Dad - 01/05/2013 23:22 - United States - Fort Wayne

Today, the neighbors in the next apartment reported me to the police for screaming at my newborn to "shut the hell up" every time he cries. I would never yell at my baby. My asshole of a dog on the other hand barks at everything, which terrifies the baby, causing him to cry. FML
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Annonymous_Dad 4

My dog IS trained. Generally, he just needs to be told "heel" or "quiet" and he obeys. However, ever since the baby has come home ( 3 weeks) hes gone into super protective mode. A car door slams and hes "killer guard dog". Its getting ridiculous and I do get exasperated when it happens multiple times within a half hour. He DOES listen when I yell, because its not something I have ever done with him. Afterwards, however, we go through the "heel" command and give treats. He just hasnt settled down yet! Maybe Ill just start yelling "Heel Killer!!" ( totally kidding, calm down, no more yelling for me)

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zandalee 19

Get the dog looked after by someone else for a little while or train it not to bark... I bet having a new born and a barking dog is going to ensure you get very little sleep.

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FaygoAndMiracles 18

You don't abandon family members because they "won't shut up".

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fleur_de_fevrier_fml 22

Get the dog trained or give it to someone who can look after it. Either way, you yelling at your dog is surely not going to get your baby to calm down. It will only give him more distress.

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babyshaft408 8

Dogs are awesome. The owners suck. And ur baby is horrible. But I blame the patents. Yeeee **** my girlfriends mom

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Kitten_Calderon 14

Have you ever tried water bottle treatment? When my three dogs were puppies I had this little spray bottle and would spray them with warm water when they did something they weren't supposed to. Or every time your dog barks you could simply put him/her in their cage, sooner or later they will get that if I bark I go in my cage where I don't want to be.

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finch01 18

time for a bark collar.

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perdix 29

Your dog's barking upsets the baby, and your yelling at the dog calms the baby. Sounds legit.

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Annonymous_Dad 4

My dog IS trained. Generally, he just needs to be told "heel" or "quiet" and he obeys. However, ever since the baby has come home ( 3 weeks) hes gone into super protective mode. A car door slams and hes "killer guard dog". Its getting ridiculous and I do get exasperated when it happens multiple times within a half hour. He DOES listen when I yell, because its not something I have ever done with him. Afterwards, however, we go through the "heel" command and give treats. He just hasnt settled down yet! Maybe Ill just start yelling "Heel Killer!!" ( totally kidding, calm down, no more yelling for me)

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rockydify 22

Sounds like the dog needs some reassurance that everything is ok.

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SynysterNero 20

Don't yell just give him time. It's good that he's protective over the baby anyway.

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PunkySpunky78 15

To the op It might be a good thing he is like this since real life story about this baby been saved by a dog since the baby stopped breathing and the dog got the mom to notice

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fdupagain 11

My dog was very protective when my daughters first can home. My husbands very expensive dirt bike was stolen about an hour before I went in to labor- and my dog did nothing. A few days later when baby came home she barked at every little noise. It was chained to the steps by our house.

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Durdanya 13

You shouldn't reward him for listening to that after telling him off. You're reinforcing that barking and then heeling brings treats. He'll keep doing it. Source: my family owns a kennel, I've worked there for four years, and we have three dogs of our own.

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tamtam27 15

I totally agree. Give him love & affection once he has totally calmed down and is in a calm-submissive state Source: Cesar Milan

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natsaysheyyy 16

And so a bark collar would fix everything...

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Tristyxxx 24

Your neighbors suck!

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Elfkid21 19

freaking ignorance... i am so sorry!! =[

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thisiscool19 14

okay one question did the police understand?

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TimmaysRoXy 9

Try keeping some background noise to lessen the outside sounds until "killer"is more settled w/ new baby.

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GrinchFu1 27

I love that you called your dog an asshole... cause I have a dog named asshole and his barking scares my 15 month old. I blast him in the face with a water bottle... That shut him up! The dog. Not the baby :-)

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Grayscale_Wolf 9

@#88 That isn't even relevant...

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w_pony_4ever 15

Actually, you can't just ignore him when he is bad. Then he will known there are no consequences. Obviously punishing him and making him stop, and then reinforcing the "behave" should be rewarded with cookies. You can't just give him nothing. And your dog isn't an asshole OP, a dog is a gift.

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Annonymous_Dad 4

Hey, OP here! My dog IS trained. Generally, he just needs to be told "heel" or "quiet" and he obeys. However, ever since the baby has come home ( 3 weeks) hes gone into super protective mode. A car door slams and hes "killer guard dog". Its getting ridiculous and I do get exasperated when it happens multiple times within a half hour. He DOES listen when I yell, because its not something I have ever done with him. Afterwards, however, we go through the "heel" command and give treats. He just hasnt settled down yet! Maybe Ill just start yelling "Heel Killer!!" ( totally kidding, calm down, no more yelling for me)

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rangerPat 12

I'll give you a thumbs up OP... Dogs have their own mind when newborns are brought into the homestead. Maybe you should move though, at least to a house so that no one else would be disturbed by your dog and baby going at the same time, right?

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LegendofZelda88 8

simple op, get rid of the dog or train it to shut up. it is insane to have a newborn and a dog that never shuts up...

FaygoAndMiracles 18

You don't abandon family members because they "won't shut up".

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ns1985 15

Get rid of the dog? clearly you have never had a dog as a pet.

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ktords 6

How does telling a dog to "shut the hell up" mean that she has never had a dog before. Plus, dogs become family pretty damn quick so it is easier said than done to get rid of your dog. If you don't know that, then clearly YOU have never had a dog before.

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PureSexy 5

Clearly #85 was talking to #75 not the OP.

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jmar411 12

Yes, that's why it's a reply to the comment.

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AngelSpit 18

Get rid of the dog, get a cat instead. :-P

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diaosi 4

I agree get rid if the "family member." I would rather not have a dog than to torture my newborn human baby and myself by sleep deprivation. Thumb me down proud pet owners, that's why I wrote this, just to piss all you off. Sorry I care about humans more than animals.

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AG1216 18

Like it or not but humans ARE animals. And we all have to share this earth, so if i where you id start respecting non-humans. No one is better than the other, whether you are humans or not.

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w_pony_4ever 15

Okay here #132, I thin you're being pretty ignorant because dogs are family. It's sad enough that people won't accept certain dogs (pitbills, dobermans) into their families, but for the people who have already made the commitment to get rid of their dog. Imagine how the dog would feel. My grandmothers dog, Lucy, was living with my cousins parents first. Then the father died and the mother didn't want her. This dog is so attached to my grandmother now, its amazing that she can be this confident. She can still be skiddish anyway.

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