help needed with baby training my dog

I personally wouldn't let the dog and the baby be in the same room unattended, that's the most important thing.
Same as with proofing anything, keep him on a line indoors and keep distracting him away and rewarding him for good behaviour, calmness, lying down, if he starts getting uppity, out.
You could also try using a dolly, stupid as it sounds, for this reason - without being too overprotective, if you can't trust a big strong young dog not to mouth a baby while you are proofing him, a baby is the last 'thing' you want to use as a crash test dummy and the risk of injury is too high, I would just keep them apart or him on a lead or fenced/sectioned off for the duration of baby's precense or until he begins to ignore the baby.
 
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Some dogs just 'get' it and move into a mothering role straight away (and can get quite defensive of 'their' baby :o as some of the ones I grew up with were) some don't, FI Bella is a sweetie with small babies, B is good with older kids (he was raised with a three, five and eight year old) and is super with Colleen's boys (think OhmygodcormacisbehindthetreeImustfindhimandlickhisface!) but when introduced to my friend's baby he did jump up far to eagerly and I would be terrified that he would think 'what's that small, moving thing, I must catch it and hold it in my mouth!' so I would not take the risk and she's hardly lend me the baby to practise on!!!
Again, ALL these encounters are/were accompanied.
 
Ditto CCs advice, you must make sure the two of them are never left together unattended! Is the dog crate trained? Crates are a really safe way of keeping a dog out of harm's way.

Is the dog a puppy? Just wondering why he is mouthing anyone, as older dogs have usually grown out of this behaviour. Does he mouth you and other people as well, or just the baby? If he is a puppy who mouths everyone you need to train him out of this. One possible way of doing this: give him your hand, tempting him to mouth you, as soon as he does, squeek the most high pitched squeele you can and leave your hand there. Don't pull your hand away, as this turns your hand into prey that is running away. The noise says to the dog "you really hurt me", at first he is likely to think "really? you are very sensitive!", but repeat and he will learn that you are just too sensitive for him to play with in what he considers a normal manner (i.e. the mouthing!).
 
no chaos isnt a puppy, he is nearly two now, he doesnt mouth unless he is really excited and forgets his manners and then he gets the 'big squeal' which puts him back in his place, he is crate trained
but he will investigate small moving things and i am worried he might try with a baby especially if it is crying
 
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TBH my fella is very grabby/tactile when excited (he will mouth my hand very gently if I am giving him scratchies and bashes me in the face/knee with a paw if he wants scratchies to continue :p) two is still quite young for a large late maturing dog of his type/s and that sort of behaviour would be common with drivier Belgian and German Shepherd dogs so you are right to try and curtail it and right to be looking ahead.
 
i know i have a lot of preparation to do, i am being very organised with a big 'list' of things i need and things i need to do,
chaos has never met a baby as all my friends children are older (5+) and i want him to be as prepared as he can be
 
Fab advice, the one thing I can add is get his routine changed gradually asap, you will have to spend alot of time with the baby and he may not beable to remain in the same parts of the house he does now, or have all of your time to begin to change now, so he does not have to cope with "hang on why I am not in there now" and why is there a squalking thing in the house":D
So things like more time out alone/baby gate and to be honest if he is mothuing I would be giving out a cesar style dig in the side and "NO" in a very angry voice and this needs to be nipped in the bud.
Its very common esp given his breed for them to show interest in moving, baby sounds, and the smell of poohey nappy, if he you want him in the living room whn you are there with the baby introduce a "in bed" command and get it introduced now using treats, so you can calm any over selous behaviour and have a place to send him, and obs im sure you dont even need to be told:p when you are not there he goes in crate/behind baby gate.
Lots of walks with baby in pram so he can also get used to the baby presence when he himself can focus on other things, a bit like when you are introducing 2 dogs, dont let him always be in a situation where he can focus all the time, and ay over selousness an "ah ah" back!

Get set up before hand, cot in place, and as CC suggests baby doll, a pretendy nappy change and try and impliment his "in bed" and reward him with something to occupy him aswell.
 
thanks for all the advice, i will start his training asap, i think baby gate training will be a nightmare seeing as since he started agility training he now jumps over anything and everything (yikes),
kizzy is fine with babies so he may take her lead and leave alone but we will crack on with training
 
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