We have a dog, two cats, and a 7 month old. And the baby looooooooves the animals. The cats aren't so much of an issue because they steer clear of the baby, but our dog does not. He's a really sweet dog, but he's still a dog (and also 10 years old, so I worry that he may have aches and pains a younger dog would not).

LO really wants to pet him all the time, and we help her by trying to keep her hands away from his face, tell her gentle, and intervene whenever she pulls his hair (which is basically every time she pets him because she is in a grasping phase). Obviously I always supervise them, but I'm just not sure if there is anything I can be doing now to try to teach her how to be gentle with the dog and stop grabbing his hair all the time