Is your dog a full on kid lover? Or does your dog fear those tiny human minions?
Morrison LOOOOOOOOVES kids. Especially infants and toddlers. He is extremely gentle, polite, and respectful of space. His current favorite kid is my sisters 2 year old son. The kid has pried Morrisons mouth open to look at his teeth, he sits on him (gently), and he hugs and kisses on him. Morrison takes all of it with kisses and tail wags. He LOVES the attention. He's like "FINALLY a hooman that appreciates me!" .
He cracks me up because he is a food thief when it comes to adults. But my nephew will literally shove a treat in his face and Morrison will refuse to take it until I say it is okay. He never ever attempts to steal from babies or children. He is also very good about giving kids who are fearful or wary of dogs their space. He doesn't push himself on kids who don't want contact with him.
Leia is also great with kids. She is also a major fan of my nephew...Mainly because she is a mouth licker and a 2 year old doesn't know to close his mouth when a dog tongue comes near it lmao. She has cleaned out his mouth a couple of times. I am happy my sister has worked with her son about being gentle with small animals (she has two cats). So all of Leia's experiences with small kids have been good ones. Which is great. It makes her confident when it comes to meeting other children.
Fae isn't such a big fan of kids. She isn't growly or snappy. She would just rather observe from a distance. She is not a fan of loud screaming kids running around like wild animals (neither am I). I blame her lack of confidence around kids on her previous owners. I was given Fae when she was 6 months old and I was told that from the time she was 12 weeks old to the time she came to live with me, she was chased on a daily basis by her previous owners 3 year old nephew ...So yeah I can see where the fear comes from.
She is good around older kids and will approach and give tentative kisses. But it takes some warming up. I often tell my older nephews and niece (age ranges 10-16) to just ignore her and she will come around. And she always does. It just has to be on her terms.
I try not to let her be put in situations where she feels overwhelmed or cornered.But my 2 year old nephew has run up on her twice and her reaction was different each time. One time she just ran behind the chair and hid. The second time she laid/cowered on the ground and licked at his hand submissively.
So I am glad that she doesn't react aggressive/defensively, but I don't like to push it and try not to put her in situations with out of control kids.
Morrison LOOOOOOOOVES kids. Especially infants and toddlers. He is extremely gentle, polite, and respectful of space. His current favorite kid is my sisters 2 year old son. The kid has pried Morrisons mouth open to look at his teeth, he sits on him (gently), and he hugs and kisses on him. Morrison takes all of it with kisses and tail wags. He LOVES the attention. He's like "FINALLY a hooman that appreciates me!" .
He cracks me up because he is a food thief when it comes to adults. But my nephew will literally shove a treat in his face and Morrison will refuse to take it until I say it is okay. He never ever attempts to steal from babies or children. He is also very good about giving kids who are fearful or wary of dogs their space. He doesn't push himself on kids who don't want contact with him.
Leia is also great with kids. She is also a major fan of my nephew...Mainly because she is a mouth licker and a 2 year old doesn't know to close his mouth when a dog tongue comes near it lmao. She has cleaned out his mouth a couple of times. I am happy my sister has worked with her son about being gentle with small animals (she has two cats). So all of Leia's experiences with small kids have been good ones. Which is great. It makes her confident when it comes to meeting other children.
Fae isn't such a big fan of kids. She isn't growly or snappy. She would just rather observe from a distance. She is not a fan of loud screaming kids running around like wild animals (neither am I). I blame her lack of confidence around kids on her previous owners. I was given Fae when she was 6 months old and I was told that from the time she was 12 weeks old to the time she came to live with me, she was chased on a daily basis by her previous owners 3 year old nephew ...So yeah I can see where the fear comes from.
She is good around older kids and will approach and give tentative kisses. But it takes some warming up. I often tell my older nephews and niece (age ranges 10-16) to just ignore her and she will come around. And she always does. It just has to be on her terms.
I try not to let her be put in situations where she feels overwhelmed or cornered.But my 2 year old nephew has run up on her twice and her reaction was different each time. One time she just ran behind the chair and hid. The second time she laid/cowered on the ground and licked at his hand submissively.
So I am glad that she doesn't react aggressive/defensively, but I don't like to push it and try not to put her in situations with out of control kids.
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