Walking the dog with a pushchair

As well as having my son I have dog. We got our dog before we had our baby as I didn't know I was pregnant when we got the dog.

When my son was born they became the best of friends and are inseparable and the dog likes walking at the side of the pushchair and my son who is now five months old loves talking to him and gurgles and laughs at him.

Now how do I walk the dog and baby on my own you might say, well on the days I am on my own I put my hand through the handle of the dogs lead and hold onto the pushchair, that way I have properly got hold of the dog.

If another dog is coming along with their owner I will push the pushchair off the footpath and put the break on, then shorten the dogs lead and hold onto it this time and wait till the dog has passed. My dog is a pro at this and will very patiently wait.

When going across a road I wait for a big gap, hold the pushchair with one hand and the dog with the other and then walk across the road, making sure that the dog goes up onto the pavement off to oneside away from the pram.

One thing to always remember with dog walking with you're little ones with you, that you are within you're rights to say something to someone if they are letting their dog go to close to yours whilst you have a pram, as it is safer to keep other dogs at a distance.