What is a good child friendly breed of dog?

pulliptears

cleopatra4485 wrote: »

I don't think a snoring dog is going to put me off :rotfl:

and I know what taking care of a baby is like and I know what taking care of a puppy is like thankyou very much, I am finding people very patronising. I am going to get one no matter what self righteous people on here think, who think they are the only people capable in this world to take care of anything. Thankyou for your concern, but no thanks at the same time. I am a completely capable adult, who adores animals like they are people.

So would like to get back to my op.

a little OTT, people are only expressing concern and giving you advice.
Taking care of child and puppy TOGETHER isn't a breeze and people here are only pointing that out to you for the sake of both you, your child AND any future animal you may have.

If everyone had the kind of impartial advice dished out like in these forums there would be a lot fewer animals sat in rescue shelters as I type.

Fuzzy_Duck

I'd go for a pug. They are affectionate, loyal and pretty good with kids. They do have health problems as others have stated but if you want a pedigree you have to accept the risks, and be prepared for the possible expense.

I would agree with previous posters though that it might be a good idea to wait until your baby is older. I think the best of us would struggle to cope with a baby and a pup!

cleopatra4485

pulliptears wrote: »

a little OTT, people are only expressing concern and giving you advice.
Taking care of child and puppy TOGETHER isn't a breeze and people here are only pointing that out to you for the sake of both you, your child AND any future animal you may have.

If everyone had the kind of impartial advice dished out like in these forums there would be a lot fewer animals sat in rescue shelters as I type.

Not OTT as I am getting irritated and people are writing things that are not answering my original post. I am a responsible person and as I have said several times I don't need people telling how to look after a baby and a puppy, just for the record and in bold I know how to look after a baby and a puppy I have experience of both. Me and my partner have both discussed in length the pros and cons of having a puppy and I am sure we will have some more conversations about it. I do not put animals in homes ever, now please people stop with the patronising comments, I am not an imbecile. You are wasting my time reading your posts and wasting your time writing them. If there is anything I hate in life and that is being treated like an idiot.

rant over, now if anyone has any recommendations on a small docile breed of dog I would love to hear about it as I am used to larger dogs. Thankyou

P.S I don't find it difficult looking after my baby at all (and she is crawling now) it comes very naturally to me, to the point I get bored of sitting around all day. I need something else aswell to keep me entertained and busy.

cleopatra4485

oh and instead of my life consisting of looking after baby, going on facebook, looking after baby going on MSE it will be looking after baby, looking after doggy, looking after baby, looking after doggy, which I feel will be more fulfilling

balie

I think you can't go wrong with a king charles caviler my daughter and i both have 7 month old pups, my daughter has two children (2 and 6 ) and they love the children don't need a lot of exercise one walk a day or more they settle very easy into your routine very easy to train and so loving
so much so i am thinking of getting another one when they are a year old:j

bouncydog1

I have no intention of being patronising and nobody is questioning the fact that you have experience of looking after a baby and a puppy. Do you have experience of looking after the two together - if you do you will realise that it is a different thing entirely to looking after a baby and a puppy separately.

All people are doing is trying to make you realise what you are proposing taking on - to ensure that you know what the issues are before you are forced to make a choice if it doesn't work out.

Bubby

We have a couple of dogs, we have had them since our children were babies, I am going to go against the grain here and say that as long as you do your research and know what to expect then it is lovely for children to grow up with dogs. When I was younger everyone I knew had a dog and now hardly any of my childrens friends have dogs and are very frightened of them (not mine dogs in general). However despite all of that I am very dog experienced having been an owner for a fair few years and also having worked in rescue. It IS hard work with a baby and a puppy, the puppy will need to be taken outside frequently for the first few months and you would be unable to leave it for any length of time, kennels would not be good for a puppy either so make sure you don't have nay holidays booked.

At the end of the day it is completely your decision just be aware of all the pitfalls as it was always people with young children who handed in their pets at our rescue:(

Bubby

balie wrote: »

I think you can't go wrong with a king charles caviler my daughter and i both have 7 month old pups, my daughter has two children (2 and 6 ) and they love the children don't need a lot of exercise one walk a day or more they settle very easy into your routine very easy to train and so loving
so much so i am thinking of getting another one when they are a year old:j

Cavaliers are fantastic with children and very laid back and if you choose a reputable breeder associated with the breed club who heart tests their dogs that would be great BUT they would not cope with being left outside in a kennel and would become very distressed they are lapdogs in every sense of the word they want to be around you ALL day long:rotfl:

maisiescamp

Ok - I also recommend a staffie, I have a 4 yr old and a 15 month old and she is great with them. Very tolerant and has never snapped/barked at them.

I also recommend going to a rehoming centre as they have given them a thorough evaluation and can advise if they are child friendly or not and they should be toilet trained then too. We got our staffie from one.

Also I don't see a problem with leaving the dog outside as long as it has got a warm shelter, food and drink. I have known someone who had the RSPCA visit her as people reported her for having her dog outside all day but as it had all the things listed above and was healthy, they were happy and satified with this.

Lastly I just wanted to say in response to one of the previous posters that neither of my children have ever stood in or picked up our dogs poop. We are always aware if it has gone in the garden and done it's business so it can be cleared up immediately.

Good luck with your dog search, there are so many breeds that it is hard to make a decision.

POPPYOSCAR

We have two Westies brother and sister that we took on when some friends divorced.They are the softest things on the planet and love everyone and being the two of them they love to play together.Having said that they do not like anything smaller than them messing with them. My niece pulled the tail of one of them and she growled at her but did not snap or anything.(I love my dogs to bits but I always keep them well away from young children unless I am there as any dog no matter what breed can turn suddenly and at any time.)