Would you use a CM with a Rottweiler?

I wouldn't mind but then i have children who know how to behave around dogs. I'd be more worried about the poor dog having to deal with children who have no idea how to treat animals.

No because I would worry that you would leave them unsupervised for short times.

Only under the circumstances that Karthryng90 describes and for any breed of dog.

I would bear in mind that mindees will turn over on a fairly regular basis so the dog will see a continous stream of different children some of which may be less kind to animals than others.

Mostly though I'd hate to be in a situation where my child was bitten and I had to ask a CM to have the dog PTS or withdraw my child. Worst nightmare.

So No. Sorry. For any dog.

The playroom thing - wouldn't bother me if you were happy to have all your living space invaded by children. If it was filled with expensive knick-knacks, an open unguarded fire and a rottie toasting his toes I might think differently.

No way.

No.

A million times no.

I owuldn't. And I used to have a Rottie - lovliest, soppiest dog ever, so it's not a fear of the breed as such. (most people didn't spot that my dog was a Rottie, btw - they would come over, be making a fuss of this daft thing, casually ask the breed as she looked unusual for a lab , and then withdraw when told she was a Rottie. Ffs. it was the same dog they'd been tickling and making a fus of moments before they knew what breed she was...)

I wouldn't want a CM with any dog, tbh. Too big a risk.

No sorry I wouldn't, I would consider a CM with a smaller less powerful dog but only if kept outside & never came into contact with the children

No I wouldnt chose a CM with a dog. Any dog.

I am a childminder of 23 years. always had a dog (obviously not the same 1!) make sure u have a good pets policy and stick to it. My dogs are walked before I work, a dog walker walks him at lunch and I walk him after work. He does not ever use the garden. He has his own fenced off area in the utility room well away from the children. He is a beautiful soft dog who I trust and who mixes with my own children. But if a child poked him or fell on him and he defended himself I don't know how his instincts would make him react. I can show parents how I have risk assessed my dog and how I can 100% guarantee their child's safety around him. But experience had shown me that parents are split 50/50 into dog lovers who would give me a chance to show this and others who would not even visit me. I am never short of work. Honestly, common sense and a good pets policy and I don't see a problem. Good luck it's a fab job!

No way. Sorry not a chance. Risk however small.

Love dogs myself. And have a small dog.
But wouldn't leave a pre school child alone with any dog.
Rescue centres do not re home to families with under fives.
Unless you are a primary school teacher wanting a career change doubt you will get any charges. Not trying to be mean just realistic.
Could you get a job in a nursery or pre school instead?

It doesn't mean you shouldn't try but it will prob be hard to earn as much as you would do at work somewhere else

I love dogs & have two of them, but I would never have sent my children to a childminder who had a dog.

any dog can be aggressive whether lab, beagle or rott. It only takes a small child poking its finger in the wrong place at the wrong time, or waving food in front of it at the wrong time. It's not media hysteria over rotts, it's perfectly rational approach to child safety.

No, not at all, not any dog whatsoever...

No. I wouldn't allow a Labrador either. Jaws too strong. I wouldn't even want a jack Russell.

Sorry, but it is what it is. Just trying to be honest with you. I just would not pay someone half my salary to leave my PFB with what the media might deem a child-eater sorry, bad joke

I would not. I would not see that as trivial. Having a dog like a rotweiller would be top of my list as absolute no ways. I would not want my children visiting houses with them either. I know lots are probably lovely but they do sometimes attack and kill children and I don't see the point in risks.

I wouldn't use a childminder with any dog. I'm not anti dog in general it's just why would you add a risk when there needn't be one? There are plenty of childcare options to choose from that do not involve dogs. I also think that from a dogs perspective having non family children around is very different than having a dog and child in the family being raised together - I was always brought up around dogs myself.

Sorry.

No. Not least because I am sensitive and allergic to dogs and my child coming home 'smelling' of even a tiny lazy dog with no teeth wouldn't be worth the allergic reaction.

But the risk of a Rottweiler or any dog "turning" on a child is too big. I'd look further afield for a non dog owning cm.

No sorry I wouldn't. I am a cm too and I have two collies. They have outdoor kennels and don't live in the house (apart from sleeping in the utility room)
My dogs havent put anyone off that I know of and the kids see them in the garden sometimes and if we go for a forest walk they come too. They are well used to kids and like going on walks with them but I would never leave them alone with my mindees as you just never know.
A rottie would make me run a mile unless you had kennels and the two would never meet. Then I might be worried about him getting out and being overexcited from being shut in a kennel all day!

My dogs are quite old now and run about in the fields where we live so they don't really get a walk every day, just let out to wander when the kids are inside/sleeping/gone home.