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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our dogs are always leashed unless they're  in the dog park. We get so many kids running up lunging at them to touch them without ever asking. Either my husband or myself will use our bodies to physically block the kids. It amazes me how few parents teach their kids how to ask before trying to touch dogs. We just joined a private dog park to avoid all of the kids who go to the neighborhood dog park even though the sign clearly states no children under 12. Not every dog loves children[/quote]

I will say that as someone who lives in an apartment and keeps my dog on a leash 100% of the time except for those rare occasions when we either make it to a dog park or to a friend's house with a fenced in back yard, people who let their little kids loose in the dog park drive me nuts.

My dog is the sweetest thing with kids. He'll be very calm, and sit there and let them pat him, but when he's in a dog park and allowed to freely chase a ball, he's moving fast.  Once he collided with a German Shorthair Pointer (a midsized dog, maybe twice as big as my 25 lb dog) and both dogs walked away limping.  If he hit a toddler at that speed he could send him or her flying, which is a chance I'm not willing to take.  So when a parent brings their 2 or 3 year old to the dog park to "see" the dogs, I call him over and keep him close.  If someone has a dog and a kid, I can kind of understand it, and if your kid is in a carrier or your arms, that's fine, but I often see people come in with a toddler and it pisses me off.  [/quote]

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