My girls are 3 and 5 and, although we're not planning on anything immediate, we will at some point get a dog.
Most of the rehoming sites I've looked at have very very few dogs that are able to go to homes with children at all and I've yet to see one that doesn't say 8+. Now my parents have done breed specific dog rescue so I completely understand why they do this. You simply don't know enough about a dogs background in most cases to potentially have them stressing about young children.
I just wondered if this was a hard and fast rule or whether it would still be worth going in and chatting with them when the time is right? Both daughters are great around all dogs they've come into contact with, including both my mums rescue dogs who they've been around since birth. My youngest in particular is absolutely enamoured with dogs but, even at three, understands that she shouldn't approach a dog and should wait for them to come to you with palm outstretched etc.
I suppose I just wonder whether these things are done on a case by case basis or whether we should wait the 5 years or so until my youngest is 8 to even start looking at adoption?
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Realistically what age should our kids be before we rehome a dog?
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weeblueberry · 21/06/2018 16:56
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