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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
Absolutely not. I wouldn’t want any dog over, probably, 25 pounds around my infant/toddler/young child. They’re still animals at the end of the day and my wife would 100% be worthless in dealing with a savage dog attack; I’m sure of it.
At the same time, I wouldn’t want a dog that weighed under 25 pounds as a pet.
So we just don’t own any dogs lol
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Before we had kids we had our Maltese. It was always going to be a smaller one but she turned out to only be about 6 lbs. After our second kid became mobile the dog got depression. She was just too small to handle the attention. She started staying outside even in the cold instead of coming in, no longer sitting on the couch, and even squeezed through the fence apparently trying to run away.
So we got a cavapoo (grand cavalier/poodle) and that fixed the first dog’s depression. The Maltese tolerates the kids now, and at 3 and 5 they know how to handle her gently. This new dog ended up at just under 30 lbs. This is a good size for little kids as she is bulky enough to handle their rough housing without feeling scared but small enough to not knock them over just walking around or playing with them. I think anywhere in 20-30 lbs is optimal for young kids. I know people like labs for families but I’ve never been into big dogs.