Thor has always gotten along well with children. As you can see from my avatar, he's really cute
, and he gets lots of attention. As long as they ask first, I generally let children pet him and play with him.
Ironically, it's usually kids who have dogs and are comfortable with him that are too rough with Thor. Shy kids just stand there while he sniffs them, whereas "experienced" kids treat him like he's bigger than he really is. We had sort of a bad experience tonight, and I think from now on, I'm going tell kids that he gets nervous around strangers, and maybe let them give him a treat, but keep him off-limits for petting. I hate to do it, but I am worried that he might start fearing children, and maybe even start showing some aggression.
Anyway, just wondering what people around here do.