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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, some food for thought. I know you feel like your son has a need that could be met with !a dog!, but please read some of these:

http://eileenanddogs.com/2015/04/07/posting-dog-and-baby-pictures/

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/06/what-i-learned-too-late-about-keeping-kids-safe-around-dogs/?_r=0

This is also probably one of the best videos I've seen about NOT letting children do what they want, even to a "good dog". [b]This shows a dog communicating rather clearly, and being forced to remain uncomfortable.[/b] He somehow remains "tolerant". A HUGE crisis was somehow avoided here, but it might not forever:

https://youtu.be/yaxCYgqh2ao

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Omg.  I was cringing watching this video--poor dog.  I'm sorry, but these parents are idiots.  This was a friggin' Rottweiler; it could've done real damage to this toddler just by virtue of its size.

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+1 This is horrible. That family is so lucky that dog didn't maul that poor baby right then and there. Who videos this stuff?

I used you do "home visits" for potential adopters for a dog rescue group. We would always take one of our own dogs to see how family members reacted to the dog. When a child, probably 5 years or so, started trying to RIDE my senior retriever and the parents did nothing to stop it, then idly watched as she tried to feed my dog an Oreo, I cut the visit short. They probably got a dog anyway, but not from my group. Eventually the group stopped adopting to families with small children at all because of issues like the one above. When things happen, it is almost always the parents.[/quote]

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