Originally posted by Fuzzy317
This could be several different reasons:

1. They are concerned about how the puppy will be treated by the children.
Young children are not always aware of the impacts from their actions, as in playing too rough, and not doing all things safely.

2. The puppy may cause an injury to the children.
Puppies are constantly exploring and testing their environment, they may give little "love" bites.

3. They may be concerned about if the dog will get away from the children. Either on walks, or slipping out a door.


When we fostered a great dane, the prospective new family had to complete a questionare, including about children and their ages, and how much child and great dane interaction there will be, both supervised and unsupervised.

I understand all that, I was just saying their nature is natural good. Her add said because he so big he shouldn't be with children, he will jump on them. I haven't meet a puppy that wont.

I'm think everyone should be concerned when they bring a new pet member to their home, if they have children. You just never know....no matter what the size, things can happen.

But we have no children, just family and friends children come over and I've never been foolish enough to let them walk Brock, I can barely hold on to him with the leash. As for the "love" bites....all puppies do that and it's always best to keep any child supervised around a new puppy or dog. Honestly, I perfer them to be supervised all the time. I've seen the most loving dog turn if pushed hard enough. It's their only means sometime to say "leave me alone" , children are not good at reading the signs as well as adults are.

But thanks for the advice, I am aware of these concerns and know fully what precautions need to be taken. Been here.....done this before....to many time.