about my childminder? am I being too precious?

[miamibeach]

My dd (2) goes to a childminder 3 days a week as I only work part-time.

She has probably around 10 children there, however some are in school during the day.

I drop my dd off this morning and the childminder informs me that she's just bought a new puppy.

Whilst a puppy is fine, that puppy will grow up to be a dog and I'm not sure I feel comfortable having my dd around a dog whilst I am not there.

Am I being too precious?

Yanbu. no matter what the breed, I don't trust any dog around my children. I personally would find another cm.

This is a subject close to my heart at the moment. I hate dogs and will never have one, however my dd started at a CM aged 18 months and there was a dog. CM had thorough risk assessment, and also a dd the same age as mine. The dog was well used to children, I was happy with my choice.

However fast forward two years, dd still goes to CM and is happy there, CM then gets a new puppy! There was no consultation with us, the puppy nips and chews and yaps, dd is scred of it. I did tell the CM and the puppy is now kept out of the way. Dd only goes there a couple of hours a week now and stops going there in a few months which I'm relieved about now, and I won't be sending dd2 there next September when I go back to work as I don't want an 11 month old in a house with two big dogs.

So yanbu in my opinion!