'Dangerous' dogs

[Windmills]

I get that people don't 100% trust dogs, thats understandable, but not letting them in the room with LO, if its a well behaved pet; why?
You are honestly never going to allow your LO in a room/garden with a dog?

Currently i'm sat on the sofa, LO is in her swing tooting away, Hobbes is in his bed (by distance hes actually closer to her than I am) ... should I really be putting him outside or not having him in the room with her?!? Thats silly.

I didn't say never, but while she's a baby, she'll never be in the room with a dog. I personally don't know why anyone would put their baby in that situation, that's 'silly' to me, and everyone I know. I was never around dogs as a baby and I'm not scared of them.. Not that it'd really affect my life if I was.

 

[Farie]

Fairy-snuff!

I guess I just grew up with dogs/cats/horses and feel I know and trust my animals, If I always held LO in the presence of my dog then he's have to go - and thats not an option!

 

[louandivy]

Mrsthomas - I love Beagles so much! When we get a dog one day we'll def get a Beagle, those pics are soo sweet.

 

[lmel16]

It does make me sad when I'm walking my dog in the park with my LO and you see other kids screaming and running away because a dog walked past them.
I remember when I was little I was petrified of dogs wouldnt go in a house if I knew there was a dog there. I wasn't exposed to dogs when I was younger and therefore wouldn't enjoy going anywhere where there were dogs.
I now work with them as a veterinary nurse.
I don't want my LO to be the same as I was when I was a child.
On the other hand I wouldn't encourage her to go up to every single dog and pat it on the head (unless i knew its temperament) just not run in the other direction screaming.

 

[Lu28]

I get that people don't 100% trust dogs, thats understandable, but not letting them in the room with LO, if its a well behaved pet; why?
You are honestly never going to allow your LO in a room/garden with a dog?

Currently i'm sat on the sofa, LO is in her swing tooting away, Hobbes is in his bed (by distance hes actually closer to her than I am) ... should I really be putting him outside or not having him in the room with her?!? Thats silly.

I didn't say never, but while she's a baby, she'll never be in the room with a dog. I personally don't know why anyone would put their baby in that situation, that's 'silly' to me, and everyone I know. I was never around dogs as a baby and I'm not scared of them.. Not that it'd really affect my life if I was.

But you're not putting your baby in any "situation" as far as I see it. A dog doesn't just turn and attack for absolutely no reason and without any warning so it's a case of supervising. If it was a dog with any kind of nervous tempermant then maybe but the vast vast majority of dogs would not just attack for the hell of it and you're likely to know if your dog is one of them. I would never ever leave dogs unsupervised with a baby or child but for me not allowing a dog in the room is a bit like saying they can't ever be in a room where someone is drinking a hot drink just in case it gets spilled on them or they touch the cup and hurts their hand

Each to their own obviously but I just think it's excessive.

 

[louandivy]

Since we're sharing pics, here is one of my mums little dacshund Poppy and Ivy together. Ivy just loooves her and Poppy always comes running and gets upset when Ivy starts crying. I would never leave them alone together but Poppy is so gentle with her I'm not nervous of them together at all!

https://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb75/lucillemclennan/P2210040.jpg

 

[ttc_lolly]

Well I am biased because I am a dog lover, especially of bull terrier breeds (which are often the ones that get all the bad press and such ) but if you don't feel comfortable with your LO being around a dog, any dog, then remove yourself and LO from that type of situation!

If your friend has offered to put the dog away for you then that is really nice & fair of her x

 

[tink23]

Fairy-snuff!

I guess I just grew up with dogs/cats/horses and feel I know and trust my animals, If I always held LO in the presence of my dog then he's have to go - and thats not an option!

completely agree 100%

 

[Windmills]

A dog is a bit different to a hot drink though. Unless your mugs have legs?
Honestly I don't really care if other people want to have dogs around their kids, but I won't be having dogs around Daisy for a few years yet.
You can't 'know' a dog like you'd know a person. Even people do things that are out of character.
I don't even like dogs, I'm not a house pet person, too much hair and dirt. So even if I wasn't worried about the baby, I still wouldn't have a dog.

 

[ttc_lolly]

Mrsthomas - I love Beagles so much! When we get a dog one day we'll def get a Beagle, those pics are soo sweet.

Amber with her granny's beagle, Ellie, on xmas evening x

https://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m503/laurynp86/amber062.jpg

 

[Farie]

aww cute!

My avatar was taken about 5 mins ago LOL

Lu - I was about to reply but you got there 1st and wrote it better than I could have, as you say, well behaved pet dogs don't just 'turn' and savage babies. There is always a trigger.

 

[PepsiChic]

I get that people don't 100% trust dogs, thats understandable, but not letting them in the room with LO, if its a well behaved pet; why?
You are honestly never going to allow your LO in a room/garden with a dog?

Currently i'm sat on the sofa, LO is in her swing tooting away, Hobbes is in his bed (by distance hes actually closer to her than I am) ... should I really be putting him outside or not having him in the room with her?!? Thats silly.

its NOT silly, its how she feels abotu keeping her LO safe, and thats no laughing matter. to her a way of keeping her LO safe is by keeping dogs away. if that makes her feel safer about the situation then she shouldnt be called SILLY or anything else because of it!

we have a Yorkshire terrier living in the house, its our roommates, its kept at the opposite end of the house behind a gate because i DONT and WONT allow it to be around the baby unsupervised, but also sometimes just not at all. the dog is excitable and hyper if someone comes to the door or a car goes past. he charges around the room. now other times he can be calm and quiet and happy to just lie down under my chair,

but the point is hes unpredictable and i dont want to take the chance he'll nip or bite or jump on my LO all because of something else. so until my Lo is old enough to learn how to control the dog and stop it from jumping up on him, or can move away form the dog should the dog get excited and try to nip, then the dog wont be around him.

 

[ttc_lolly]

I get that people don't 100% trust dogs, thats understandable, but not letting them in the room with LO, if its a well behaved pet; why?
You are honestly never going to allow your LO in a room/garden with a dog?

Currently i'm sat on the sofa, LO is in her swing tooting away, Hobbes is in his bed (by distance hes actually closer to her than I am) ... should I really be putting him outside or not having him in the room with her?!? Thats silly.

its NOT silly, its how she feels abotu keeping her LO safe, and thats no laughing matter. to her a way of keeping her LO safe is by keeping dogs away. if that makes her feel safer about the situation then she shouldnt be called SILLY or anything else because of it!

we have a Yorkshire terrier living in the house, its our roommates, its kept at the opposite end of the house behind a gate because i DONT and WONT allow it to be around the baby unsupervised, but also sometimes just not at all. the dog is excitable and hyper if someone comes to the door or a car goes past. he charges around the room. now other times he can be calm and quiet and happy to just lie down under my chair,

but the point is hes unpredictable and i dont want to take the chance he'll nip or bite or jump on my LO all because of something else. so until my Lo is old enough to learn how to control the dog and stop it from jumping up on him, or can move away form the dog should the dog get excited and try to nip, then the dog wont be around him.

she wasn't actually calling any person or their comments ''silly'' just the situation she was describing...

 

[Eve]

I have a lab pit bull mix and he is seriously one of the best dogs ever! He is just awesome! My parents have a Rotty and she is hilarious and so sweet.... we call her Uncle Lucy as she is quite masculine. It's the owner and the breeding that makes a crazy dog. Inbreeding can cause them to be hostile.

 

[mrsthomas623]

Mrsthomas - I love Beagles so much! When we get a dog one day we'll def get a Beagle, those pics are soo sweet.

Amber with her granny's beagle, Ellie, on xmas evening x

https://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m503/laurynp86/amber062.jpg

I recommend beagles to anyone looking for a family dog. They are so sweet and always wanting to please you. But they can be noisy, Brutus always likes to let us know when they stupid neighbors cats are out, or if the lawn guy is outside.

 

[minichicky]

I was really enjoying this thread up untill page six. I know I'm ignorant, hence starting the thread and asking for info which most people have given in a fab way and have made me change my mind as I have already posted! I Also don' t need to get my fear of dogs in check as Isaac has been around other dogs.. wish people would read properly before replying. SOme really cute pics by the way.
ax

 

[alibaba24]

perhaps if u had worded it in a more thoughtful manner you would have gotten a more thoughful reply. I would just like to add though whilst i trust my dogs completly i do not EVER leave them alone with Rosalie and that would count for all dogs because dogs ARE dogs. And i didnt start having them loose wandering with her until she was 6 months because i felt she was too small but now is the time to socialise her and teach her how to respect animals. If you look at how your original post may have come across to staffie owners you can understand why i got upset

 

[minichicky]

perhaps if u had worded it in a more thoughtful manner you would have gotten a more thoughful reply. I would just like to add though whilst i trust my dogs completly i do not EVER leave them alone with Rosalie and that would count for all dogs because dogs ARE dogs. And i didnt start having them loose wandering with her until she was 6 months because i felt she was too small but now is the time to socialise her and teach her how to respect animals. If you look at how your original post may have come across to staffie owners you can understand why i got upset

Sorry I made you feel that way but I'm still unsure what I did wrong and What I said angered you so much? I called him a staffie as that what's his owners call him and openly admitted I only had info from the media hence the point of asking for advice? AS I said, I have read enough to Have my mind changed so the thread has served its purpose.

 

[alibaba24]

what does my friend has a 'staffie' mean ? why 'staffie' youv also basically said you believe they are child eating dogs as that is what you have read in the papers Obv you are finding it hard to understand why your original thread was a bit insulting to read so lets just agree to disagree and move on

 

[alibaba24]

the fact you even think the dog would be angry at put away and could escape and attack you just shows your complete lack of understanding on this breed which is why i said why not research them instead of looking at whats normally mis informed headlines in newspapers