i like children petting milu or davinci as long as they are gentle. i think it's good for the dogs to be socialized and get used to kids. i think what you should do is stop them/interfere when you think they are too rough and correct the kids, tell them they need to be careful and that they are too rough with thor.
this usually works for us. and the kids will listen to you because they want to continue to play with the dog and they dont want to hurt the dogs, they just want to play with them.
there was only once when a very young kid will not listen and her parents won't stop her, she was hurting milu. i was at a friend's birthday party when this happened. so we just left the party because the child was being a brat and the parents won't do anything about it.
so i would suggest letting kids play with thor, but keep a very close eye on them.
one mistake i did make was letting children pick up the dogs. i would suggest never letting young kids pick up your small dog. |