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Would you use a CM with a Rottweiler?

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McBear · 26/06/2014 13:12

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...

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ThinkIveBeenHacked · 26/06/2014 16:35

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

rainbowfeet · 26/06/2014 16:36

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

AlarmOnSnooze · 26/06/2014 16:37

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 Hmm, 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.

Trooperslane · 26/06/2014 16:38

A million times no.

motherinferior · 26/06/2014 16:39

No.

LegoSuperstar · 26/06/2014 16:39

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deepbluetr · 26/06/2014 16:42

No way.

TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams · 26/06/2014 16:43

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 Grin I might think differently.

lunar1 · 26/06/2014 16:48

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

starshaker · 26/06/2014 16:54

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.

BitOutOfPractice · 26/06/2014 16:57

No I wouldn't.

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PrimalLass · 26/06/2014 16:59

McBear, I feel like you are not listening to the many people saying 'not any dog' and choosing to focus on the rottie bit.

I don't think it is fair on the dog or the children.

Andcake · 26/06/2014 17:03

Absolutely not - probably not with any reasonably large dog to be fair. Dogs can be lovely but they are still animals and sometimes just turn if provoked in the wrong way by a child who doesn't know better.
Sorry - not worth any risk to my child.

GinnelsandWhippets · 26/06/2014 17:17

No, sorry. Any dog would be a no for me. I generally think dogs are ok but there's no way I would leave my kids in a dog-occupied house for 10 hours without me there. Because I don't know the dog, and (in my experience) some dog owners can be a bit over confident that their dog is 'bomb proof'. (I've been snapped at and bitten by dogs which I was assured were fine.)

DinoSnores · 26/06/2014 17:22

I wouldn't and would be among the people here that wouldn't with any dog.

insancerre · 26/06/2014 17:27

No I wouldn't
I would not like the idea of any dog being in the vicinity of children while they are playing, eating or sleeping
I would not like the idea of a dog being in the kitchen. Its not hygienic when you ate running a business.
Also I don't like the idea of children playing in a garden which a dog had used as a toilet
Dogscare unpredictable as are children. Together its not a good combination

fledermaus · 26/06/2014 17:48

I'd possibly consider one with a dog for a school aged child, if the dog was always kept separate, but it wouldn't be ideal.

Any large dog would be a definite no with babies/toddlers though.

MissWimpyDimple · 26/06/2014 17:54

No. Never. No dog ideally but def not a big dog. The potential for harm is too great.

Shlurpbop · 26/06/2014 18:06

Another no here I'm afraid, and not just to a particular breed but any breed.

Just not worth the risk at all. Not even a little bit.

Sorry OP x

Nobloomingideapgornot · 26/06/2014 18:22

Based on most of the negatives....so children and dogs don't mix? I'm astounded that people pass on their fears, am I a bad mum for having a 5 yr old and a puppy?
Cats can scratch and bite, hamsters bite, rabbits/guniea pigs bite..it's the same level of risk at they are unpredictable animals.

Surely children that are taught respect, not to fear, how to approach an animal or handle that animal are better off?

I have a puppy, a rabbit and a pony, all of which the children I care for regularly have access to. They learn how to be to be responsible and what effort it is to look after them and they aren't toys.
The puppy has come to work with me since he was 14 weeks old, I'm a nanny btw but still the same principle.

I can't help think that some issues with children/dogs were avoidable if exposed in a controlled and safe environment.

Anyway rant over...I really hate it that all dogs are stigmatised like this, it's unfair.

fledermaus · 26/06/2014 18:27

Dogs and children within a family is quite different to dogs and children in a childcare environment - neither the dog nor child is used to the other, the carer is busy with multiple young children. When you hear of children being badly hurt or killed by dogs it is so often the dog of a friend or grandparent as they aren't used to each other.

The level of risk posed by a rabbit and a rottweiler is very obviously not the same, and pretending it is is rather silly.

lunar1 · 26/06/2014 18:34

Family pets are completely different, my children spend lots of time around dogs, but never unsupervised. I love dogs and will have one as a pet once my youngest is older. I just wouldn't pay for my children to be looked after in a home with a dog.

GinnelsandWhippets · 26/06/2014 18:43

nobloomingidea for me it's about it being at a CM's place rather than under my supervision. Of course it's good for children to have contact with animals and to learn how to treat them responsibly. But I'm afraid I still wouldn't be comfortable leaving my (very young) kids in a house with a dog all day without my being there. Because I don't know the dog, and I do know my kids - and they're boisterous.I don't want my kids EVER to be in a position where they're stressing a dog out with their behaviour. Firstly, because that puts them at risk of the dog lashing out. Secondly, because that's awful for the dog. And I can't guarantee that a CM, responsible for looking after several kids, won't occasionally put my kids in that position.
As for the risk being the same with cats and rabbits...well that's just not true, is it?

Wishfulmakeupping · 26/06/2014 18:45

No I wouldn't even consider it

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