At what age did you let your kid and dog do these things?

I have a few questions:



1.

At what age did you let your kid and dog start playing together with limited supervision whether it be in the yard or your kids room?



2.

At what age did you let your kid start walking the dog?



3.

At what age was your kid when the dog start sleeping in your kids room/bed?



4.

How is this different from when you were a kid?



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Honestly I got my first dog when I was 7 years old and I was walking him by myself when I was 7. I was only allowed to walk in view of the house though.



We always played out in the yard or upstairs together....my mom had had surgery I remember one summer so I also fed him and let him out every time he had to go.



He slept on the end of my bed every night from day 1



I know things have changed since then and I'm only 23.At what age did you let your kid and dog do these things?
What an interesting question!



My kids are still babies (1 %26amp; 2) so obviously they are still supervised at all times.



My kids ';walk'; the dog already but he is 100% leash trained and doesn't pull at all. Also, I am right there with them. I am not sure at what age I would allow them outside without supervision yet. The world isn't what it used to be. :(



My dog has always slept with me at night but he will take a nap on the floor with the babies. I am not sure when I would allow that or if the dog would even change where he sleeps in the house LOL



As a child, things were a lot different. Parents didn't have to watch their child every second of every day. I think once I was about 5 or so my mom let me out of her eyesight and I played with the dog alone. I walked him up and down our block (we lived in the city) on my own at about age 7 too.



I believe it depends on the temperment of the dog. I have a very docile and well trained Pit Bull (called ';Nanny dogs'; in the past because of how good they are with children) who adores the babies.At what age did you let your kid and dog do these things?
What type of dog are you talking about? I think it matters on the breed and temperament of the dog.
I work in the veterinary world, and I always tell people that they should use their own discretion! All kids mature at different levels, and all animals have their own unique temperments! You will know when it is right. :)
i am 12 and ill say it from my time with my dog( %26lt; she died when i was 6)%26lt; shelly

1. when i was about 3 becasue she wasnt snappy

2. my mum wouldn't let me take the dogs( we have two dogs now) out till the begining of this yr

3. im not alllowed our dogs upstairs they just roam downstrairs

4. im not an adult yet
I don't have kids of my own yet, but when I got my first dog I was nine. I was allowed to do all of those things with her right off the bat. As long as the kid weighs more than the dog I think it's okay. :-) That;s my rule of thumb. I'd of course never let my kid be alone with an aggressive dog, but a dog that has a good temperment should not be a problem.
i had german shepards from the age of 5 use your common sense like my dad did.
you just answered ur own question, nothing is a hard fast rule in this situation, whatever you think is best, you know best.
it's also changed from when i was a kid. i got my dog at 12 and no one ever helped me care for him. he was a shepherd mix.



1. my daughter's 8 month old pup is allowed to be in her room with her with the door open when i am not standing right in the room. (but no other dogs) my daughter's 6. but she has been taught from pretty much day 1 how to interact with dogs. she's not your average kid who would pull on the dog and annoy it, she knows better. they just sit in her room and read books and the dog lays at her feet while she draws at her desk. she interacts with the dog like an adult would, rather than a child. she sees the dog as her dog, not a playmate, although they do go outside and play fetch.



2. my daughter is allowed to walk my dogs when i am walking with her. i wouldn't let her walk them without me until she's old enough to cross the street and walk to town (about 12)



3.my dogs do not sleep in my kid's room, and never on beds. they all sleep in my room, in kennels for some, old couch for others.



4. when i was a kid, my mother hated dogs and refused to let them in the house. i had one, and after she went to bed (early, she was an alcoholic) i used to sneak him into my room.
Well mine are not old enough to be outside ';alone'; so I haven't gotten there. Though one of our dogs always follows them on their four wheelers (kids sized) and I am on the back porch. So technically they are alone. They do not walk the dogs, because we have all large breeds except a beagle. I would say around 6 or 7 they could, in the backyard or something. They would have to know the dog needed to go potty. I don't know about walking the dog away from the home, there are alot of things that could happen that a kid wouldn't know how to handle (another dog, possible attack,etc.). All of our dogs sleep in the hallway or in my room, but I made that choice because the kids would be up all night wanting to play with the dogs, lol.







When I was a kid, I think I was walking our german shepherd at around 6. But I grew up in the country, we knew all the neighbors, and most of the time it was just in my backyard. I started taking our lab to the creek about age 9.
Well it depends on what kind of dog it its. I have a German Shepherd that stays in my back yard shes maybe 2 years old and theres no way that i would let my 12 year old sister walk her, but she can play with her in the yard or house whenever she wants. I also have English Bulldogs, my sister and 7 year old brother walk them up and down the street with no problem.
i played with my old dog when i was a baby coz he was really patient with me i could pull his ears grab his tail and he was great with me.



i started walking him when i was about 10 i think, it made me feel really old and like i could look after something on my own x



he never slept in my room but i suppose if he did he would have been allowed from day 1 aswel



now its so different my friends little sister can't walk out the house till she is lik 12 she can't walk the dog on her own till she is like 12 aswel no pets upstairs!!!! this is rubbish lol



i always look after my pets now i do have 15 x
I don't have kids (at 16, I'd hope not) but I know how it was for me so I'll answer.



My family got a Siberian Husky puppy when I was four years old.



I was probably around 6-7 when I was allowed to play with the dog without my parents watching like a hawk all the time.



I didn't start walking him until I was around 10 or 11, since he was quite strong and pulled a lot. I didn't start walking him alone until maybe 13.



He never slept in my room or on my bed. He slept wherever he wanted, and that was usually under my parents' bed.



And btw, yes, breeds do matter, so please don't say they don't. You could have a big dog like a Golden Retriever and they will be totally angelic with kids, or you could have a Siberian Husky, a breed that typically makes sport out of jumping on faces.
Well I don't have kids, but I would like to address your question. We grew up on a working farm, and we always had animals and dogs included. My husband also grew up with dogs. The major difference is that my parents passed on information about caring and training and behavior issues to us, whereas, my mother in law apparently did all the care for the dogs in their house, and didn't share the information with her children. So while my siblings were all working on the farm as little as 2 1/2 and we can potty train and train dogs and know how to care for dogs and other animals, my husband and his sibblings are another story. They do not know how to potty train dogs, they do know they need to walk a dog, but they don't know anything about leash training and how to correct things like pulling on the leash. They do not know how to give a dog/puppy pills, they do not know what corona, kennel cough and parvo are. They do not know which shots a dog/puppy really needs or what the vet is just giving the puppy to rack up a vet bill. My mother had each of us children take a turn with the puppy and she would set a travel alarm clock and put it on the other side of the bed so we would get up and take the puppy potty. I think there is a difference from being raised with dogs, and the knowledge was passed on, and being raised with dogs and the mom did all the work and care and didn't pass anything on. I did not sell puppies to anyone with children under 6-years-old. So my answer to question one, would be not under 6 or 8-years-old depending on the breed and the child. Question 2 would also depend on the child and breed of dog, I might allow a child to walk my dogs in my back yard at age 8, but not in the street. My neighbors have boxers and their teenagers can't handle their dogs. My other neighbors have assorted dogs, and their kids are scared to death of all of their dogs. They don't play with them let alone try and walk them. It is sad. Question 3 would be after the puppy is potty trained. A lot has to do with the breed of dog and the child. We had neighbors who got their kids a puppy and the other neighbor kid hugged the puppy to death. She was used to hugging a german shepherd, not a puppy and she killed this puppy on Easter Sunday. Puppies are afraid of kids and kids don't know how to treat puppies, it is a bad mix.
Kids, even teenagers need good supervision. Just not necessarily with dogs.
We had a big, mild mannered dog, so my daughter was three.



I think there are a lot of people who do not discipline either their kids or their dogs, so an adult needs to be there to intervene. Plus, I would not leave a small dog and a small child together - either one could get badly hurt in a second.



I taught my kids from an early age how to treat animals. They knew not to poke eyes or pull hair, and not to step on the dogs tail or feet.

They could not pick the dog up :o)



A lot of kids today do not know anything about how to treat an animal. I spend two weekends a month at Petco with my foster dogs, and I have to intervene with other peoples children on a regular basis.

Some of the adults are not much better :o)



I grew up with dogs, so I think I treated my kids the same as I was treated. My parents talk about the collie they had when I was a baby, and how he would ';herd'; me away from the street.

I remember we adopted another collie when I was ten, and I trained him to sit and made him heel when we went for walks together.
it depends on the dog and the temperament also about 9 yrs old also i had jade in my room after carlo died