Breeds that ENJOY children

[maybe532]

I see/hear people often asking what breeds are good with children but I am interested in knowing what breeds enjoy being with children.
Lucy is the most even tempered dog, will tolerate a lot of "abuse" from the little ones, but she would much prefer a belly rub than a game with the kids. She is good WITH children but doesn't interact with them much. Now Koda, she LOVES children. She is gentle with them, will choose to lay next to my baby, lick her toes, etc. as well as interact with the preschool crowd.

I will start the list-Newfoundlands. I met one while on a road trip when my oldest was 2. This huge dog was so excited to see us, you could visibly tell from across the store. I walked over with my daughter and as we got closer the dog sat down and waited for us to get there. The dog wanted nothing more than to interact with my daughter. I knew that I needed to find out more about this awesome dog. Apparently the owner had rescued her from a shelter and didn't have any kids and didn't really get around kids much. She was as surprised as we were at how "into" children her dog was. The dog was so gentle and just snugly with my daughter. We ended up getting a newf/golden mix ("accidental" pregnancy-owner surrendered 9 pups to a local rescue) after researching both breeds.

[Tankstar]

Pitbull's is all I can truly think off. they are the "nanny breed" from back in the 30's (20's?) would be left to baby sit the children. (not that I recommend that with any breed. But they were used for it)

[milos_mommy]

I think a lot of it depends on the individual dog, really. But yeah, pit bulls, goldens, newfies, and some herding breeds are what i think of.

[bubbatd]

My Goldens loved to be with my kids ,

[Saeleofu]

Boxers. Not every single boxer, of course, but a lot of them. Gavroche LOVES kids. There's nothing he'd rather do more than play with my nephew. When he sees kids his tail starts going a million miles an hour lol.

When we go to the playground with my nephew Gavroche is always DYING to go play on the playground xD

[sammgirl]

Keeshonden are known for their fondness of children, even when not socialized to children. Same for samoyeds.

Cardigans- although Cardi people might argue with me, I would say that they have to be socialized towards kids as sometimes they can be protective of their space.

[Pops2]

pretty much all bull & terriers (bostons, ebt, staffy bull etc), well bred bulldogs (boxers, alapaha, american, oldes, rotties etc), in fact most molossers, & most curs love kids and will fawn over tham greatly and often will interfere w/ discipline & punishment. JME

[HayleyMarie]

Im going to say Bouvier de Flander, I grew up with one and she adored me and my brother. Her whole purpose and reason for living in her mind was for me and my brother.
She was our protector, our rescuer, our babysitter, our friend. She was just a darn great dog!

[PoodleMommy]

I think a lot depends on socialization and the individual dog.

I grew up with a toy poodle she was the best dog ever even though they usually say small dogs and kids dont mix well... she would let me do pretty much anything to her.

When I got Armani he was great with kids, the breeder had a toddler who handled him a lot... but I really dont know any kids at all, so over time he has become worse and worse with them.

[MicksMom]

This may sound stereotypical, but Labs (in general) love kids. I can understand dogs growing up with kids loving them, but Caleb is just one example of many of a Lab that was not raised with little ones in the house (his breeder had a teenage step-son, and our youngest was 18 when we got him). But, from the very first time he saw youg kids, he went insane with happiness to be with them. He is in total heavan when we have people over who have kids. And, in all honesty, his favorite "toy" to play with is our grand daughter.