| Hi fergie, I totally agree with all the truly sound comments. All my children have grown up with the dogs and are just wonderful,but we always use common sense. One of the things I put in my puppy book is,when you bring a brand new baby home from hospital you automatically teach your children how to handle the baby, and would never tolerate them poking,or sticking sticks up their nose or in their eyes and ears, so why allow it with a puppy. One of my other rules are that the kids all feed the dogs right from the word go and take it away once,this teaches the puppy the pecking order,hope this helps and they are truly wonderful family companions.
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Maggie Murray
Rottweiler Specialist Judge
New Zealand
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