Would you use a CM with a Rottweiler?

It would put me off. My DCs had asthma and are allergic to dogs and cats.

It wouldn't put me off completely, but it would be a big tick in the 'downsides' box.

Not on your nelly.
and even if you said you were keeping the dog in a kennel all day, I'd not want a CM who treated a dog like that - afraid it's a lose / lose.

Dog likes to sleep all day anyway so if I put him in the kitchen would that make a difference?

You'll need to cook in the kitchen and supervise the dcs while doing so. Also what about messy play/baking etc.

Also your outdoor space- would the dcs be playing where the dog toilets? I know that is a definite no-no with the social workers where i am.

I definitely wouldn't. I might choose a CM with a dog but not a dog like a rottie. I know there are lovely well behaved rotties around but I wouldn't take the chance.

No i wouldnt. I say this as a dog owner who grew up with a rottie. I wouldnt use a CMer with any dog because as much as they say they will keep them separated, slip ups happen and I wont take that risk for my children.

No I wouldn't for lots of reasons mainly because I would not be there to supervise the child (obviously as a childminder) but also, if the dog was suddenly being kept out of all the action he/she might resent being kept separate??

Sorry I wouldn't use a CM with a dog either

Absolutely not. And to be honest I'd judge the person who was happy to leave a dog without company for most of the day, if you kept them separate, and I don't think if believe that anyway. So no, you couldn't with me!

Surely dog walking would be done before and after work, like any other job?

Some people will be fine with you having a dog, some people will be fine with you having a dog once they know how it will work...but yes, some people will just not want a childminder with a dog, no matter what.

Same here: I'd be wondering how you could look after a dog properly (sleeps all day in the kitchen?).
Any breed would put me off.

I wouldn't, just because of that tiny risk, no matter how lovely and well behaved a dog is. Dogs can get out of where they have been put, kids can be rough - there's that really, really tiny risk and I personally wouldn't consider it. Especially as we don't have dogs so DC aren't used to them; if we did have dogs then maybe I would.

My other worry would be for the dog, as childminding can be 10 hours a day and it's not fair to to the dog to be constantly shut in the garden when the kids are inside, in the house when the kids are inside etc.

Sorry, I love dogs but if I had a choice between a CM with one and a CM without then I would go for the one without.

That's a point. How would your dog be walked or given attention during the day?

I don't think that a busy job with long hours like childminding is compatible with the needs of a high-energy dog like a Rottweiler and it would be a recipe for disaster. They need a really good walk every day. If I were looking at childminders' I would be a bit very about a home with a large underexercised dog around. I wouldn't even do childminding with my much lower needs Bernese because she gets overexcited and could knock children over merely by being over-exuberant. I often have to shut her in the cloakroom when children come.

I have used a childminder with one, but it was kept separate the majority of the time and well supervised when there was contact. My DD was into primary school though. I wouldn't have been happy with a combined setup in case the children were ever left unsupervised with the dog, particularly for a preschool child. That would apply for any dog.

I wouldn't believe you could keep the children and dog seperate and I wouldn't expect you to as it's stressful for you and unfair to the dog. I would not use you anyway primarily because of the dog. I have had a bad experience with a Rottweiler in my teens but I generally wouldn't be happy with any breed.

I am a childminder and I have lots of parents visit who specifically looked for a minder without a dog but there will also be some who don't mind at all.

No, I wouldn't use a childminder who had a dog. Unless that dog was kept physically separate from the children at all times. Mostly probably would not be good enough for me, tbh. I'd want always definitely.

I am not demonising dogs, dogs are lovely. My sister's lab is a daft gooey ball of love and I adore him. But they are animals and animals are unpredictable. And so are children. And when you have a setting where there are likely to be several young children, I wouldn't risk the minder's attention being diverted or spread among several kids and perhaps a child bashes the dog on the nose, or pulls its tail or yells in its face etc or there is just too much noise or activity and the dog reacts and bites. It happens. There's no pretending it doesn't. So no, I wouldn't risk it.

Wouldn't bother me one jot, but I imagine it would bother the majority. In fact I'd probably be inclined to use you more because it is my very humble view that people with dogs are the best kind of people.

I wouldn't.

Absolutely not

I'm sorry - I wouldn't, although I appreciate that may be my own fear of dogs and lack of knowledge speaking.

No, definitely not.