I've found a lovely childminder for my dd who will be 1. She's just starting out but she's been working at a nursery and has childcare qualifications. She'll only have my dd and one other child. Her house is lovely, she's lovely.
But she has 2 dogs. She has them gated into a conservatory/house extension and the rest of the house is asseible to her without having to go through the part the dogs will be in. Except the garden. The top part of her garden will be gated off as a play area for the children. To get the children to the end of the garden, she'll have to pass through the gate and conservatory/extension and then walk through the garden potentially with the dogs following to be able to get to the gated end of the garden.
I was fine about the dogs whilst I looked around the house. I love dogs and these are nice dogs but now, at home, I cannot help letting that motherhood anxiety creep in and I picture my dd toddling along that garden with 2 big dogs chasing after her!
What should I say/ask to put my irrational fears to rest. Presumably OFSTED consider the dog thing and would have asked her about getting to the garden without the dogs being a risk to the children???
One of the dogs is only a year old. Is the dog going to get jealous when the CM suddenly starts looking after young children in her home?