Primo with kids....

 Are you going to give him up? Sounds like you should give him to your cousin if he really wants him back.

Jewlieee

 Are you going to give him up? Sounds like you should give him to your cousin if he really wants him back.

Yes that is exactly what I'm going to do.

He's such a mellow dog that just wants peace and quiet. Since I've been pregnant the house has been full of visitors, kids and there has been a lot of action. He hates loud noises and I am just thankful the situation worked out so well with my cousin. If I was forced to have to try and sociaize him with kids I would be very tense and I'm just not sure if I'm up to it.

 Whatever you do with Primo, you might want to get Rory in hand before the babe arrives. It isn't her place to guard you.

I gave up a cat once and I still miss him but it was the right thing.  My husband's friend adopted him but neglected him so I took him away.  At the time I was living with other girls and my friend fell in love with him.  They were really attached to each other, I couldn't separate them when I moved out and I had two cats so I left him with her.  She wouldn't let anything bad happen to him and if for any reason she could not keep him, we'd take him back.  I'd love him back but he is happy there.  Sometimes the best place for the animal isn't necessarily our place, as much as it pains us to admit it...

If Primo fits better with his original owner I don't see the problem.  I do not think you are the type of person who would give him up for the baby, but if the cousin wants him back and he's happier there, why not? 

Dog_ma

 Whatever you do with Primo, you might want to get Rory in hand before the babe arrives. It isn't her place to guard you.

Oh ya, me and miss sassy pants are wokring on her assertivness. It just came out of nowhere the lil brat but I had been so tired the past 2 months I hadnt really paid much attention.....give em a inch huh?

I've set a boundary for the room that is to be the nursery. She has gotten the idea that she cant come in without invitation. NOT that I want her to be isolated but I want her to respect the babies space.

Other then that she has been routinely obediant. She still asks permission to get on my bed or the loveseat, she still sits and waits for her food, retreats to her bed when its time for a treat, dosnt beg, sits and waits patiently by the door when its time to walk, to be let out of the gate or car.

Its just with Primo that she has been sassy, its almost as if she's saying "your stressing her out, stay back" which could be my fault but I think he'll be happier with boys again.

Its just that when my cousin went to college Primo was bored all day, I took him so he wouldnt be lonely, not because I had a huge desire to have him. I love him to peices since he's grown on me but like I said I'm thankful I dont have to feel like I'm abandoning him.

 I am really sorry to hear that you are giving him up, I know you have been training him and he and Rory seemed so good together.  I wish him the best as he has always seemed a sweetie.

I do agree with DogMa though in that you should really work on Rory so that she is not guardy with you - it sounds a bit to me like she sees herself as your guardian and even her packmate isn't welcome.

Best of luck

You should do what feels right, and you aren't abandoning him.  You are going to have your hands FULL with baby and Rory.  Primo will be just fine going back to his original house.  You know as well as I do that they live moment to moment.  And, if you have any inkling that there will be stressful issues for all involved...sounds like the right thing to do.  Could be worse...you could have to rehome him to someone new and unknown.

Good choice.  Now for Miss Sassy Pants...good luck with her training.

CoBuHe

Could be worse...you could have to rehome him to someone new and unknown.

Oh I KNOW! I have thought about that and I would have sought proffessional help if I didnt have my cousin to take him back. I still would have been torn as to what to do but he was with my cousin the first 3 years of his life and he's only been with us a year.

i'm curious as to what your approach to Rorys guardiness will be ? Tootsie also has this problem.

I think it's going to work out great.  Primo will go live at his bachelor pad with his boys and you guys will do the family thing.  He's going to be perfectly fine, really no worries.

tiffy

i'm curious as to what your approach to Rorys guardiness will be ? Tootsie also has this problem.

I have beefed up on her NILIF. She is such a good dog and I have been so. tired that I have become lax. Some don't agree with the strictness but with her I've found I have to be firm with all things throughout the day if I need her to respect me in other things.

For example lately I have let her jump on the couch or bed without asking permission. Before if she didnt ask I made her get down and go to her bed, lately I just cuddle with her. In the middle of the night when I tell her to get off the bed she used to go to her bed....lately she stands up long enough for me to get comfertable and then she lays back down again.

I have bene walking her instead of tiring her out on the bike and I have been emotional. When DH used to come home I would kick her off the couch and cuddel with him but Rory and I have been laying in the back bedroom so she hasnt had to share. I had completely cut Primo out of our routine so she was almost making him a outcast due to the way I had been acting.

So we took Primo to my cousin's on saturday. I let him out of the car and he immediatley ran to the back gate like "hey I know this place". He ran around making sure everything was where it should be.

They made him a awseome dog house, I put his bed in there it and he took to it quickly. There was 4 guys there BBQ'ing, one brought a female dog about 7 months old and Primo was in love......I felt so good about it.