How safe is your child with a dog?

Video: sweet mama dog interacting with a beautiful child with down syndrome. from jim stenson.
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Video: Sweet Mama Dog Interacting with a Beautiful Child with Down Syndrome. From Jim Stenson.

The key to assuring your dog never attacks one of the family kids, or any other child for that matter, is selecting the right breed, and behavioral training of the dog as well as the children.

Some breeds of dog are not suited for the boisterous play and activities when in the presence of children. These breeds are not the large, aggressive type of dogs most people commonly associate with a biting or attack concern. Yes, a few of the large breeds should be avoided, but the vast majority of dog/child incidents fall to the smaller breeds of dogs. The meanest dogs I have ever run across have almost always been small in size.

One area where you as the parent must exert you authority over the child and dog is teaching both there are behaviors to be followed when they are around each other, or serious consequences will result. This should be a common sense issue. Sadly, many parents just breeze past this because they either do not know how to take charge, or they do not feel there is a need to do so. Any child with a dog must know how to treat the dog properly so as not to challenge or anger the dog into responding with aggression.