Worried about my baby's childminder having a dog

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I am getting bit worried about my baby's childminder having a big dog. I don't know the breed yet. I saw the big dog in pictures in the same room as my baby and other toddlers and I have become concerned as I thought the dog wasn't allowed to come to the same space as kids.
My baby is only 11 months and other baby is 8 months and then there are toddlers who are 2 &3.
It's my first time using a childminder and I don't know what the norm is. Can you please help me figure out what to do and what to say to the childminder calmly as she's a lovely person but I am quite worried right now.

I'm surprised you didn't know about the dog before starting.

I have a dog, and have no objection to children spending time with dogs. You will find that Mumsnet is very anti-dog though.

The big concern for me here would be the ratio, why does she have so many babies and toddlers? If she doesn't have an assistant, there is no way she could be giving sufficient attention.

I wouldn’t be happy anyway. But the fact she didn’t even mention it beforehand would really put me off. Why would she not consider that to be a relevant bit of information that parents would need?

change the child minder 100%.

I knew a CM who had 2 dogs, 2 cats, a rabbit and a tortoise. I'd love to have had her for a CM, she was amazing.

You use a nursery

Most nurseries near me are full.

I am amazed that would be allowed, presumably childminders have to be assessed and regulated?

What are you expecting the CM to do, get rid of her dog?

You think that CMs aren't allowed to have pets? 😅

I am not expecting to get rid but I want to know more about the dog and how the dog is managed around kids.

Not have the dog in the same room as kids without parents even knowing about it?

It would be a No from me and I would be concerned that it had not been mentioned from the outset & I wouldn't be happy with the Rayo of babies and children to 1 childminder

She said she hasn't got other baby on all the days but that baby was there in a picture with my baby. She said she was only settling in.

My problem is that all the other childminders in my proximity have dogs. Is this the norm?

if its all above bpard why didn she tell op about her dog before she signed up

Where did the OP say the CM hid the dog? Op herself says the CM is listed on the council website as having cats and dogs. Looks to me like a lack of due diligence on the OPs behalf rather than the CM being shady.

Our childminder had two fabulouus golden retrievers - I suppose they would count as big dogs. We had no issues at all in two yeara.

So she never disclosed the dog? No I wouldn’t leave my child in that setting. And as someone else mentioned how many kids is she looking after at once?!

She's looking after 4 children. She did mention the dog after baby started full days and she commented that baby's so brave with dog and didn't cry after seeing the dog.

It was all on the council website. The dog was 'disclosed'

Why would a baby cry at seeing a dog?

I don't know, she just made this comment. She just said she'll cry to see a big black dog.

Crazy that you didn't know about the dog before hand. Was it not in the house on any of your visits?

I'm a childminder and always tell parents that we have cats, guinea pigs and hamsters on the first visit in case anyone is allergic.

No from me

People always think their dog is great - I don't trust any dog around kids

We lwenr amd looked at one childminder a massive dog was jumping up behind a fence at us, yes the fence was high but we moved on, no chance