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Originally Posted by HeathenFaerie  Most recently a lady asking for help with her stepson roughly handling her yorkie and several people seem to think a Yorkie should never be placed in a home with children.
But I have seen it in other threads in the few months I have been here. I usually just ignore it and in the most recent thread even kind of understand their argument but some of them seem to think it is an all or nothing situation. |
The example that was given was this was a "teacup" yorkie. This is a very small dog that most breeders would not place with small children. Also many terriers don't like children period, unless they are raised with kids. It is more stated this way to protect the dog from getting in a situation where it would be hurt, or rehomed because of nipping or aggressive behavior. More times than not...parents do not train children how to be kind, gentle animal lovers. It is very hard for rescues or breeders to hand pick which homes that have kids that know how to act appropriately with animals...therefore the "all or nothing" rule.