How are Your Dogs With Kids?

Skye is good. Zoie is good. Romeo is a bit unsure but is okay with them..he wouldn't bite and if they are old enough to scritch him he likes them.
Fiona LOVES kids. They are the BEST. There was a family with younger kids at an event recently and Fiona and the kids had her on top of them going crazy and kissing them. She might be a bit much if you were living with a toddler though, would knock them down a lot.

Rocky doesn't mind kids, but in his old age he prefers not to be around fast moving or rough kids. With gentle kids he'll sit there and let them scratch is back or belly.

Baxter loves babies a little too much. He doesn't realize his own strength so we don't allow him near babies unless I'm around. If he sees a baby in our house and isn't allowed to be right beside them he turns into this wailing, pitiful banshee. He's great around toddlers and young children though, mostly because he's realized they are little food dropping machines. He'll follow kids around forever and be very gentle. He just loses his mind around babies.

Trent adores children, and he is so good with them (given that they're not running around screaming like little maniacs, which just gets him more excited and rambunctious).

A few weeks ago my friend and I were walking our dogs (Trent and her Sibe) through the park, and a group of about 4 or 5 kids ran up to us. I think the oldest was about 7-8 and the youngest looked about 2-3? My friend's Sibe was too excited by another dog running at a distance, so they all swarmed around Trent at once. He was very well behaved, did some tricks, and then I had him lie down because the youngest kid was so small that he was shorter than Trent sitting down. He already seemed a bit unsure so I put Trent in a down while the kids all pet his ears, his mouth, nose, teeth (why?!??), back, tail etc. They really liked his tail lol

The youngest kid actually did step down on his tail (I think it's because he was too scared to get any closer), which didn't phase Trent at all. I reminded the kid that nice people didn't step on dog's tails, etc., and he eventually gathered the nerve to pet him on the back. They really loved him!

Also earlier this summer, a little toddler in an adorable monkey hoodie ran around the corner while Trent was lying down and just like... hugged his entire muzzle before I could react. Trent just raised his head and gave him kisses on the face which was super cute, and then the mom noticed and reminded him not to run up to strange dogs

Here are a few pictures of Dekka being swarmed by children at the Royal Winter fair years ago. Do you see the no care?

Compared to when there was not many people coming past (people came in waves, it depended on what was going on in the Colosseum)

Elsie loves kids, the younger the better. Babies make her go all doe-eyed.

Jonas and Elsa have no interest. Jonas has no interest in people period, so big surprise. I don't let children pet or handle him.

Smalls, Jack, and Shambles love any thing that will touch them. We have to be careful with too young of kids with Jack because he has a big, puffy tail that is prime for interest and pulling.

Magpie will eat a child. No kids allowed any where near her, ever. It's a height/size thing. Older kids are fine. Kids that are under like 6 are not.

Cynder thinks they're gross and she wishes they'd ignore her, but she tolerates any and all affection given. (Kind of like with the cat, actually. LOL)

Abrams hasn't been around any children since he was a puppy, but he *loved* them then and was always super gentle. I imagine he'd get along wonderfully with kids, as long as he remembers he is huge and they are not.

Goose is great with HER kid. She has stranger danger around people outside our family, so would just ignore/retreat to another room from strange kids. But she's inseparable from Clive

Aesop likes kids, no matter who they are.

Brooks likes kids a lot. I have to watch him around other peoples small children, only because he gets SO EXCITED that he can inadvertently knock them over.

Nog likes older kids. He's not bad with small children, just worried about being smooshed.

Julian is not good with kids at all. Of any age.

Newt is afraid of the world,and everyone in it. Of all ages. She's fine with people petting her if we are holding her though.

Pip does not care for them, but if they leave him alone he leaves them alone.

Maisy loves every person in the world regardless of their age, size, or doggie social skills. If someone is touching her, she is happy.

Squash generally likes them, but if they get rambunctious he gets really wound up HOORAY WE ARE PLAYING NOW RAWWRRR.... and by RAWWRRR I mean he actually roars and sounds like he is going to kill someone so I generally keep a lid on that.

They are excellent with kids.

The boys like them until they start to run around and scream, like children are prone to doing, in which case Payton flips to WHEEEE I'M OBNOXIOUS I WILL JUMP ON YOU mode and Auggie turns into the fun police.

Pepper is, not surprisingly, terrified of them.

I'm more worried about Ru getting stepped on or dropped, I would actually trust him with a kid even if they cornered him. He just looks like a toy and they can't resist picking him up.

He used to frighten my niece when she was tiny enough that he could stand up and lick her in the face, but he was still a super-friendly puppy and she was the first person he had met that was small enough to be at face-licking level and this was amazing.

Paris pretty much ignores kids, unless they have food or toys and play with her. She's pretty indifferent, unless they're screaming and shouting and running around like crazy, which would probably freak her out a bit. Other than my little brothers (aged six and eight, who she's awesome with), she hasn't really been around all that many kids. I don't know any.

Here she is tugging with my eight year old brother.


Seamus, however, OMG OMG LOVES kids. He's sooooo good and gentle with kids of all ages.

He lights up around my little brothers.




... and just because :rofl1:

Who is Julian good with?

That pic is too perfect! It literally made me LOL :rofl1:.

Marsh is not kid safe. But that's ok, neither am I.

Well me..lol. And my husband..and my mom (who he sees like once a year as she lives across the country..but he remembers everything, lol) and, oddly, my coworker that took care of him when they boarded this year.

But, that's about it.

Oh, and he likes Newt.

The louder, crazier and more obnoxious the kid...the more Merlin LOVES them :rofl1:
That terror at the park who is throwing stuff and running around? BROS.

He is very sweet with all children, but nobody gets Merlin more hyped than a kid causing terror because he is right behind him partying. If Merlin had a dream world it would be like a boy's 8-9 year old birthday party always

They're good and tolerant. For very small, they hardly pick their heads up. even with ears pulled on, getting crawled over etc. They're very gentle in their interactions with them.

When something else is going on though, they'll run them over and not think twice too, so I have to watch for that. They play with my 4 year old nephew very well. He "trains" them and they keep each other entertained all day long.

Oz loves kids. The other night we had Thanksgiving dinner and my mom's friend brought her grandkids (5 and 2), Oz immediately went to the toy basket and brought them a toy to throw.
As long as they don't try to pick him up, he loves them.

Cobain tolerates kids. We do meet n greets at our demo shows where at any one time there could be up to 10 kids swarming him. No reaction - unless they're sticky and need to be cleaned.

Ruby is terrified. A kid at a park threw a ball for her dog in typical uncoordinated kid fashion, and she lost her mind.

Rigby is an odd one. She's better with strange kids than she usually is with strange adults. She's got a lot more tolerance for them, but I am not sure she would differentiate a kid from another "equal" when it comes to food.

There was one instance that she wasn't overly happy with kids, and that was at a dog park where some mother wasn't supervising her kids. The kid ran up to her and leaned over (which she doesn't like from anyone) and she jumped and barked at him. Which sparked the "Is she scared of me? Can I chase her? Ok I'm going to chase her" I stepped in and stopped it, but freakin' kid and freakin' parent. I made it pretty clear to the woman that the park wasn't for her kids to run rampant.