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[quote=Anonymous]For the first time in my entire life, we're dog-less. I have always had a particular breed of small dog (I've had 5 since birth) and love everything about the breed. I've spoken to a few breeders who were polite, but wouldn't accept us as potential dog adoptees because we have small children. We have a baby and a toddler (and do plan on a 3rd child). We're just looking ahead to getting a new dog as we aren't quite over mourning our old one.

Is this going to be the case with all breeders that they want us to not have children? Or is this a small dog breeder thing? Our oldest who is just 2 was very gentle with our older dog and we trained her to never jump on him or bother him. They liked each other a lot.

And yes we thought about a rescue, but we've heard those are even harder to adopt from when you have children. Our last dog was a rescue 15 years ago and he had significant issues that I worked through. I'm a great trainer, but would much rather train from a puppy than a dog who has issues. [/quote]

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