Would you use a CM with a Rottweiler?

[McBear]

I'm thinking of a career change and would love to be a CM.

My issues are that I don't have a 'play room', I'd just be using the front room but that's what my CM does so no worries there really.

My other is that my pooch is a rottie. He's very small for a rott and he's very very lovely. Mostly, I'd probably keep them separated anyway but I know some people hear Rottweiler and run a mile.

Would something this trivial put people off? Most CMs have dogs from what I see...

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.

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!

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

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??

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Purple, not to be rude but am I right that you leave your dogs in a kennel and utility room at all times and then let them wander alone in a field? As you yourself say, you just never know. What if a child stroked your dog and it reacted badly and you are not there to see?

My dog sleeps ALL day. He has a very large teddy bear that he has made into his bed and cuddles that mostly. He starts off in the living room but generally gives an almighty sigh and toddles off most disturbed

What disappoints me most here is peoples fear of Rotts that is purely media based. Rotts score low on aggression charts. Labradors bite far more people than any other dog and have for several years running. They were originally herding dogs. Just like collies. Not fighting dogs. McDaughter and McDog are best friends.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

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!