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What dog breeds are good around children?

We're considering getting a dog. What breeds are good around children? -Lilly

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1. Beagles, Basset Hounds, Labs,
2. Medium to large sized adults. Get one from a shelter and save a life. http://petfinder.com
3. A well bred Basset Hound is the BEST breed of dog for kids. They are very calm, they don't jump on them. They are short and not overwhelming for a child. But they are so good natured with kids, that kids must be watched carefully with Basset Hounds. A kid could hurt a basset hound and the basset wouldn't do anything at all. Also because of their back care must be taken that the child does not put pressure on their back. If the fall on their back or lean on their back, it can cause severe pain, and major health problems. So bassets are excellent with kids, but kids must be watched around them or they could hurt the basset.
4. African Grey. They are beyond reproach with children and older people. They can be boisterous but seem to have a built in sense of when to cool it. They almost train themselves and are extremely clean about the house.
5. merican Water Spaniel Appenzeller Sennenhunde Basset Hound Beagle Berger Picard Bernese Mountain Dog Boston Terrier Boykin Spaniel Brittany Brussels Griffon Bull Terrier Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Curly-Coated Retriever English Setter Entlebucher Mountain Dog Flat-Coated Retriever Golden Retriever Harrier Irish Wolfhound Labrador Retriever Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen Pharaoh Hound Puggle Pyrenean Shepherd Small Munsterlander Pointer Sussex Spaniel 4 Airedale Terrier American English Coonhound American Eskimo Dog American Foxhound American Pit Bull Terrier Australian Terrier Barbet Bearded Collie Bedlington Terrier Bichon Frise Black and Tan Coonhound Bluetick Coonhound Bolognese Boxer Bulldog Bullmastiff Cesky Terrier Collie Coton de Tulear English Cocker Spaniel English Foxhound English Springer Spaniel Field Spaniel Finnish Lapphund Finnish Spitz Fox Terrier French Bulldog German Shorthaired Pointer German Wirehaired Pointer Goldador Goldendoodle Gordon Setter Great Dane Great Pyrenees Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Havanese Ibizan Hound Icelandic Sheepdog Irish Red and White Setter Irish Setter Irish Terrier Irish Water Spaniel Keeshond Kerry Blue Terrier Lakeland Terrier Leonberger Maltipoo Newfoundland Norfolk Terrier Norwegian Elkhound Norwegian Lundehund Norwich Terrier Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Old English Sheepdog Peekapoo Pembroke Welsh Corgi Plott Pointer Polish Lowland Sheepdog Poodle Pug Redbone Coonhound Rottweiler Samoyed Schipperke Scottish Deerhound Scottish Terrier Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier Stabyhoun Tibetan Spaniel Tibetan Terrier Treeing Tennessee Brindle Treeing Walker Coonhound Vizsla Weimaraner Welsh Springer Spaniel Welsh Terrier Whippet 3 Australian Shepherd Azawakh Belgian Sheepdog Belgian Tervuren Bloodhound Border Terrier Bracco Italiano Briard Cairn Terrier Chesapeake Bay Retriever Chinook Clumber Spaniel Cockapoo Cocker Spaniel Dandie Dinmont Terrier Doberman Pinscher Dogue de Bordeaux German Pinscher German Shepherd Dog Glen of Imaal Terrier Greyhound Jack Russell Terrier Japanese Chin Komondor Kooikerhondje Kuvasz Labradoodle Lancashire Heeler Lhasa Apso Lowchen Maltese Maltese Shih Tzu Manchester Terrier Mastiff Miniature Schnauzer Neapolitan Mastiff Norwegian Buhund Otterhound Papillon Pocket Beagle Portuguese Water Dog Puli Rhodesian Ridgeback Saint Bernard Saluki Schnoodle Sealyham Terrier Shetland Sheepdog Shih Tzu Siberian Husky Silky Terrier Standard Schnauzer West Highland White Terrier Wirehaired Pointing Griffon Yorkipoo 2 Afghan Hound Alaskan Malamute Anatolian Shepherd Dog Australian Cattle Dog Basenji Belgian Malinois Black Russian Terrier Border Collie Borzoi Bouvier des Flandres Canaan Dog Catahoula Leopard Dog Chihuahua Chinese Crested Chinese Shar-Pei Dachshund Dalmatian Miniature Pinscher Pekingese Pomeranian Rat Terrier Shiba Inu Skye Terrier Sloughi Tibetan Mastiff Toy Fox Terrier Yorkshire Terrier
6. English Bulldogs are very laid back and easy going. Mine is 9 and is very tolerant of our 6 month old.
7. well for big-dogs who live outside : labs & golden retrievers inside: it depends.. i have a mini poodle and he loves everybody ...
8. shetland sheepdogs also referred to as shelties. you may have heard them called miniature lassies but they are not related to collies at all. they are playful and even tempered, not too large, but not so small a child could hurt them easily. i really like that since they are natural herders, they have an automatic instinct to protect the "herd", they are not aggressive in any way, i have yet to see one bite somebody, but they are protective and guard their "flock" well.
9. pugs i know from experience i have a pug and its the friendliest dog. Even with kids she's never seen before she is so friendly. There are a few people with pugs in my neighborhood and they all are friendly. Also even if you choose not to get a pug its the way that you raise and treat the dog that will dictate the way he acts near people and kids. But in my opinion i would go with a pug not just because I have one but because I see the way the other pugs are and they all are friendly hope this helped
10. Here: http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/children.htm
11. labs, golden retrievers, bulldogs, mastiffs. I would steer clear of small dogs (under 20lbs), not because they are not good with kids, but because kids can accidentally hurt them and there is nothing worse than a little kid who accidentally crushes a tiny dog, or breaks its legs by stepping on it and has to live with that knowledge :(
12. Mmmm. No-one has mentioned the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Amazing with kids, they are, afterall, the 'Nanny Dog'.
13. American Bulldog (like Chance in Homeward Bound) I have a very large family. I am 1 of 9 siblings. We have 20+ nieces & nephews of which most are now adults with 30+ kids between them all. Our family has had many breeds over the years and not found any better then the American Bulldog. Nearly all of the homes in our family have at least 1 American Bulldog in it! This breed has been the most "in love" with children, truly drawn to kids like a canine "Nanny" to their "Man Pups" as we say in our family! Please be sure to research this breed. I know you will be very happy you did! They are given a *Excellent with children* grade on the Dog Breed Info website! On any and all websites you find you will read that this breed loves children. Of course because of their size when grown its recommended that you supervise them with small children as they may knock them down etc unintentionally. http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/children.htm
14. Beagles, collies, labs,wiener dogs, chichieaus (like taco bell's mascot)sorry don't know how to spell it,some retired police dogs(if owner had since it was a pup), be very careful with pit bulls(even if you do get them as pups), rothweilers( be careful with these also, and boxers!)These last 3 dogs are tempermental, they may not but they could on the children(even if you had gotten these 3 dogs from puppy size)
15. I had a cocker spaniel as a Kid Loved her ( my best Friend I now have Shih Tzu ( for 12 years GREAT WITH MY KIDS . now grown ( LOL) and dont take the dog for a walk. http://www.shihtzudynasty.com/index.html My dog looks very very much like the dogs in pictures:_ Speaking from experience with two dogs.