I've had to make it so my friend's kid has very limited interaction with Lola, she keeps doing inappropriate things like barking and growling in Lola's face (she's 8, way too old for that nonsense). I keep correcting her nicely about it, she starts crying, and my grandmom and her mom get mad at me. We leave when she comes over now. Lola is very tolerant, but I'm not risking it.
The really sad thing is she lives with 2 dogs, 1 medium and 1 big, and 2 cats. I'm just waiting for her or her brother (7, and severly autistic) to get bit. She's even worse with her pets.
In general though I've found strange kids are much better than strange adults with Lola in public. Kids and young adults almost always ask before petting her, adults, especially women, don't. I've had about 5 50-60 year old women try to walk up and grab Lola's face, then get mad at me for preventing it. |