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Don't get a dog unless you can pull it, lay on it and take its food.

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No, this is good advice for adopting a dog with small kids.  You want a dog that is as close to "bomb-proof" as possible.  With my dog, you can pull his tail and ears, you can lie on top of him, and you can take kibble out of his bowl.  He would look at you with a sad and worried expression, but he would never threaten a human.  [/quote]

+1.  Nobody is saying you SHOULD pull and lay on it, but you should be ABLE to, so that if something accidental or surprising happens, you know (with as much certainty as you can) that the dog can tolerate it.

OP, train your toddler.  Your toddler knows, but is still too young to be consistent.  My 2 y/o has lived with two dogs her entire life and we still have to watch.  She gets over excited and chases after them when they try to distance themselves, gets mad and hits the dog instead of hitting me, etc.  And she KNOWS.  She just can't help herself because she's two.  It's on you, 100% of the time, to be the dog's advocate.

Second, my two dogs are doggy BFFs, but during the first month after we got the second dog, there was a dynamic establishing phase where they had a few nasty fights.  It worked itself out, but I would be VERY VERY cautious about the new dog as it's figuring itself out.  Our second dog is the sweetest dog on the planet, but became a very different dog after the first few weeks.  She was shell shocked and what seemed like good behavior was actually timidness.  She opened up (and a lot of harmless ornery behaviors came out) once she got more comfortable.  Do NOT think that the first two weeks went well, so you can let your guard down a little.  Give it a few months, not a few weeks, before you feel like you can tell how the dog "is".  [/quote]

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