Quote Originally Posted by MinuteMan
I think a lot of it is how they get raised. I mean "having a dog in the house" and having a dog exclusively as a house dog are two different things. I have never had a house dog I wouldnt trust around children. Even the geekd up ones seem to know that a kid is different. The dog above will go crazy when I flirt pole her, but:
My daughter can take the hide right out of her mouth, all she has to do is ask. Good luck for me or you to get that hide from her! LOL
Certain dogs do seem to have a '6th sense' with kids.

Little Bootie, for example, was ever so gentle with kids--and when I gave her away after she stopped, the people I gave her to told me she would mother their infant. Heck they couldn't even scold the child in front of Bootie (LOL), as Bootie would groan/growl her disapproval

Now Bandana, would flat-out nail you (me, or anyone) if you waived a hide in front of her. She took me down a couple of times, and I have deep scars to this day on my calves, from "accidentally walking too close" to Bandana's chain spot with a flirt pole. Nothing 'mean' about what she was doing, but when she was geeked-up for a hide, just as with Red Sonja, the whole "moving world" was fair game!



Quote Originally Posted by MinuteMan
As you can tell, that dog is much older than my son, and I was quite worried about how she would act when he was born. Yet, she completely changed the day he came home from the hospital. she used to run around the house, would jump on you while you were on the couch. I mean she was a nut. now she tip toes around whenever the baby is out.
I wouldnt leave her ALONE with my son, but I dont leave my 2 pound poodle alone with him either. dogs will always be "dogs"...
That is a sweet dog then. I would trust certain dogs with tiny baby like that (Bootie, for example, who was real mellow) ... but certain dogs make me recoil in horror just thinking about them next to a baby ... who suddenly started crying :shock:

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