Even though she can get annoying, I have to say that my aunt's yellow lab is a saint to put up with my little cousins. When they got her, Ben was 5 and Maggie was 3, and they tortured that poor puppy! She never once bit them, even though she is SO hyper. But I think that if you bring up almost any dog around young children it has better chances of being good with them. My Basset Daisy spent her puppyhood with my little cousins allaround her and she is very tolerant.