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Last year I had, had Cody about 5 months, I was visiting a friend in another town. Cody needed to be walked so out I went with him. The sidewalks were narrow, a young man pushing a stroller with 2 little girls in it was coming towards us, I stepped into the street so he could pass us, the 2 little girls about 6 and 4 y/o saw Cody and started to fuss wanting to pet him, many of you may not know this, Cody's prev. owner was a little 11 y/o, he was gotten for her when she was 8 y/o, Cody was doted on by his little mistress, when he heard the squealing of the 2 girls he got very excited, I guess he remembered his little mistress squealing and laughter, I asked the dad if Cody could say hello to his girls, Cody was so happy and the girls were so gentle with him, the dad thanked me for allowing his girls to pet Cody, I told him his prev. owner was a little girl and Cody loves children, I thanked him for allowing his kids to say hello to Cody. Not all parents want their kids near dogs they don't know. If I am out with Cody and there are kids around, I watch the kids, if they are calm and want to pet Cody I allow it, if I see they are hyper and loud I won't let them near Cody, as an adopted dog, I don't know what Cody's reaction would be to loud hyper kids, I do knowheLOVEScalmlittle girls. My passed girls were afraid of kids and could bite them out of fear, because they were teased by 2 little boys that would squirt them with water pistols (long story) and my cousins 2 granddaughters would get so excited when I went to visit my cousin they would scream for hours in excitement over the dogs, but their screaming scared my dogs. I want Cody to be child friendly so I watch the behavior of the kids that are around him.