My son was 5 he was my youngest, he was already familiar with dogs.
Once he grabbed a friends dog hardly when he was about 2 years old trying to climb to ride the dog.
He wasn't allowed to touch or be near the dog for weeks only throwing a ball holding an extra attached leash pretending to walk the dog too
Later after weeks of his upset over not being allowed to pet the dog he was slowly allowed to.
Train your child first.
I now have another child he is 6 months and already be trained on appropriate animal care & treatment. With a small dog here to do this with-well I wouldn't wish this on anyone.
It has to do with every way to train your child if your child has already show aggression and thinking that behavior is acceptable then NO your home is not appropriate for a dog right now let alone a small fragile dog. |