Even my angels can go from "nice doggie" to "I wonder what Haz would do if I tried to crawl under him" in 2.5. Love the Judge Judy quote Oh boy, I can't wait until mine are teens *shudders*
My youngest brother really loves animals. But does really stupid stuff with them on occasion.
A few years ago he was about 9-10 and taking a bath. But I thought I could hear the cat in meowing in the bathroom. So I knocked on the door. "Is Toni in there?" "yes" "why?" "cause I brought her in here" "Why is she upset?" "because I took her into the bathtub and she didn't like it"
All this talk of kids and dogs reminds me of my training directors reaction this past weekend.
I had my son with me at the CGC, and when Kelly showed up, my son immediately wrapped Koenig in a giant hug.
I thought my TD was going to have a heart attack.
"Does he know that dog?!?!?"
lol
Keith and Koenig have met. And Koe loves kids.
TeeHee. There are SO many dogs who can't handle that. Koenig soaks it up, the big dork. I saw her face. She did look stunned/fearful/shocked. Then she got to meet my amazing brindle.
Personally, my kids are around my dogs all day until I get fed up and can't handle it. Then the dogs go up. It seems to be frowned upon to lock children in crates. Huh. At family/friends houses, the rules change and I'm like you Amy, my kids have been instructed not to pet other dogs (now only if they'd listen...)
I agree with everyone who's said to tactfully approach the issue and explain your fears/thoughts- I think you're on the right track with the 'it's not fair to your dog' line. A silent house to a home full of strange small 2 legged things is enough to stress me out, and I've been raised around them!
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Imagine the scales of justice. Put your children on one side, and the dog and other people, relatives and the like, on the other. Balance is achieved when you are comfortable with the safety of your children.
Your obligation, in the first instance, is to the safety of your children. The family either gets it or they don't. The degree of resistance is a measure of respect for you and your family. If some one's nose gets out of joint, so be it.
All the tact and sugar coating in the world won't penetrate the denseness of an insensitive person, family or otherwise.
It is not in my DNA to tolerate stupid when it comes to children and dogs. You are a parent first.
My daughter advised me she was uncomfortable with my dogs around her one year old daughter, my granddaughter. And she told me before the child ever came into my home, or was proximate to the dogs. Zero problem. Dogs are not present. Period. Frankly, I think dogs and small children can be an accident waiting to happen, all too often.
I don't want to unnecessarily get sideways with people, and especially family, but right is right and wrong is wrong. Speak up! Make your feelings known! As me Irish mither, God rest her soul, might opine, 'devil take the hindmost' what ever that means.
A day away from a family gathering can be blissfully tranquil, or so it has been my experience.
Mike A.
"I wouldn't touch that dog, son. He don't take to pettin." Hondo, played by John Wayne
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Oh boy, I can't wait until mine are teens *shudders* 
It seems to be frowned upon to lock children in crates. Huh. At family/friends houses, the rules change and I'm like you Amy, my kids have been instructed not to pet other dogs (now only if they'd listen...)
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