(this is long... sorry..) Okay so maybe he doesn't hate her... but he is at least seriously annoyed with her right now. Which is unfortunate because she looooooooooves him. And that is sort of the problem.

I have 10 year old Corgi. LO is 10mo. She's been seriously obsessed with him since around 3 or 4 months old. He has seemed mostly disinterested or sometimes curious about her. We let him lick her anywhere but the face or hands and try to encourage and pet him a lot when he is around her. He also still gets walks pretty much every day it is nice outside. And he still gets lots of cuddles whenever it is nap time or after bedtime or whenever the baby is entertaining herself and I'm not otherwise busy (admittedly-- this is not that often).

But lately he's been having a hard time and it is not his fault. Ever since baby got mobile his life has sucked a bit. We put all of his toys away every time baby is awake because otherwise she makes a beeline for them and tries to chew on them which is both gross and also I worry about him thinking she is stealing his toys (he has never been people-aggressive but still, trying to be safe here). Also he gets stuck behind the baby gate every time she eats (because if she sees him she is too busy laughing and clapping to eat) and whenever she gets put down for a nap (again-- too excited to sleep). So that pisses him off because he's as obsessed with me as she is with him and he hates that he can't follow me 24/7 like before. Also the baby will. not. leave him alone. She is constantly crawling after him and trying to pet him (i.e. pull his fur). We are super vigilant about monitoring interactions and not letting her pull at him or poke him but we are trying to teach her gentle petting (a bit beyond her capabilities at 10mo...). And we try to encourage him to lay on the couch out of her reach to get a break from her (although he doesn't really try to run from her ever).

So anyways. This morning he sort of snarled at her. No sound or lunging, but there was teeth baring. He was laying on the couch and she crawled over and stood up, reaching to pet him. He didn't have a toy or anything. I immediately screamed at him and he stopped and I grabbed her and we (baby and I) left the area.

Sort of not sure where to go from here. He's a good dog, and he's never been aggressive with people, and this baby is sort of making his life suck a little bit right now. But also I don't know what more we can do... baby is here and I'm not putting her back where she came from so he's sort of got to learn to deal.

I'm torn between (at least for a while?) keeping baby and dog totally separate. We have lots of gates so it wouldn't be hard. But I worry that will just increase his annoyance towards his life because he's being separated from me that much more. So then I think maybe I should let them be in the same room but make sure I"m always between them, don't let her attempt to pet him at all (at least for a while), and try to just love on him as much as humanly possible (challenging at the moment because i'm feeling angry at him for snapping, even though I do understand... sort of.. why he did it).

tl;dr: good dog is annoyed by baby and snarled once... how to proceed?

So anyways. Pet lovers... wwyd? or what have you done if you've had this situation? Thanks

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