What do you think is acceptable...either in your own home or visiting etc.

i would never ever leave other peoples children with fred unless i was there :nhy: .... you cannot be too careful.. fred loves children, hes been used to them from the day we had him, but it only takes that one child to hurt him ....

i leave tia with him all the time, she knows if she does anything to hurt him she will get a telling off .... if she sleeps in my bed sometimes fred will go up to her and sleep with her until i shout him to go out for a wee :love:

awwwww bless him.

i look after my grandaughte Libbie after school for a few hours and she drives me insane with the mauling of the dogs she does
i can't leave the dogs alone with her for fear the dogs are going to be mauled to death. Bailey has growled at her a few times just to say
" get off me" she takes no notice whatsoever, by the time Lindsey comes for her i am screaming!!!
" Libbie Leave the f**king dogs alone for f**ks sake"

every single day
(apologise for the language)

I would never personally leave children alone with dogs

I left Keira at my brothers once while i popped into town When i came back and asked where she was i was told playing in the garden with my nephew Danny who is a real livewire I nearly died just incase Keira had nipped him because it was at a time when she was still mouthing
I neednt of worried they were having a great time running up and down the garden I am a worrier tho so wouldnt risk leaving her alone with kids even altho she loves them
Some kids are evil little monsters anyway so the dogs wouldnt be safe

@ kiera

i caught my grandson Jack kicking Tilly

:2431: bless libby..... tia used to be like that with fred, she used to jump on him and drag him about..... hes bigger and stronger now so she has to learn its not acceptable :nhy: ....

lol bren.... if a dog was to mouth tia, she wouldnt even flinch :2431: .... bless keira, shes got a lovely nature

he shit himself when i caught him
he cried his eyes out when i kicked him

lmao

:2431: .... when tia was little she bit freds ear for biting her ... he was only tiny, i felt more sorry for him than tia

melissa did that with Shady

I don't do it....... its not worth taking the chance.

I do trust my dogs but i wouldn't put them in that position.

I caught my boy kicking as well and i kicked him back... he never did that again.... he was also a bit rough when playing with the pups so i did the same to him to show him what he was doing and i have to say touch wood he has been amazing with them ever since we had our little chat.

He now sees it as his responsibility to look after them and he asks 'is this right mum ??' which is just fantastic. First thing he does every morning... 'good morning puppies' and climbs in for a cuddle... before me i might add... lol !!!

i wouldnt leave any of my three alone with children. I have a 3 year old niece who loves molly and will sit for hours stroking her or playing with her collar, but would never put either of them in the position by leaving them alone.

it seems TRUST on both sides is the key here,
you have to TRUST your dogs not to bite
and you have to TRUST the child not to hurt the dog so he/she doesnt get bitten

my grandsons are 8 and 10 yrs old , but i would never leave them alone with any of my dogs even though they have excellent temprements , better to be safe than sorry