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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your.
Kids.
Should.
Not.
Have.
To.
Walk.
On.
Eggshells.
IN THEIR OWN HOME.[/quote]
I didn’t get that from OP’s post at all. Sounds like they’ve taught the kids to observe the dog’s body language and stay away if the dog doesn’t want to be bothered. Sounds like dog ownership 101 to me.[/quote]

". They know not to approach him on his bed and to never bring friends or strangers around him." WTF.

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Strangers inside his home is his big trigger, especially if they try to approach him to give him unsolicited attention. Since we know this, why would we force the issue on him? It’s not a big deal to not be allowed to give a random dog unsolicited attention.

He sleeps in our sunroom off our living room and runs in there whenever people come over. As long as they don’t approach him, it’s all good. He doesn’t care. If they try to come into “his room” in order to pet him, then yeah he barks and growls to say “stay away.”

[b]The kids’ friends know he is not a stranger friendly dog and they are all old enough to follow the rules in someone else’s home. Our big rule is: don’t go near the dog. I don’t see what is wrong with that.[/b] The kids don’t care. No one has ever tried to force the issue. My husband or I am always home to make sure that wouldn’t happen anyway.

He is capable of getting used to people (like some of our extended family members and the staff at his daycare) but it takes a long time and repeated exposure.[/quote]

I guess it’s fine, but this seems like an exhausting way, having to manage your dog any time you have guests over. My kids have play dates a lot, neighbor kids popping by, we host dinner parties, etc. and it would be tiring to worry about my dog’s emotional state, needing to put him in his own room, worrying about anyone not knowing the rules and trying to pet him, etc. You say you’re new to dog ownership, so I’m trying to be nice about this, but as someone who grew up with dogs, I can tell you this isn’t normal. Every dog I’ve ever had has been part of the mix so to speak.

We do put our dog in our bedroom when we have service people (like the electrician or whatever) come over, but that is because otherwise he would follow them around wanting pets and attention! Or if we are having people over who we know are scared of dogs (like when our kids were toddlers and had play dates). [/quote]

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