Our 2 V's could not be more different - Skyy has always been very gentle and nice with kids.
Max, not so much... Basically he is a "bull in a china shop".
He views every kid as a potential playmate and after he almost knocked down my friends 2 year old last week, I started training him to be calm around babies and young children.
We went to the park and he had to sit and observe kids from a distance, over a period of a few days we were getting within a few feet of playing children and Max was getting a lot of praise for being a good boy (keeping his red behind on a ground).
This evening came a big test - the encounter with a 2 year old. Max sat down and gave a little boy so many kisses, but did not try to play!!!! I could see Max's tail going 100 times a minute, he REALLY wanted to run and play, but his bum was either on a ground or very close to it
I was so proud!!!!
We'll continue the training and hopefully in the near future if somebody will ask "Can my child pet you dog?" I can answer "Yes!"
Max, not so much... Basically he is a "bull in a china shop".
He views every kid as a potential playmate and after he almost knocked down my friends 2 year old last week, I started training him to be calm around babies and young children.
We went to the park and he had to sit and observe kids from a distance, over a period of a few days we were getting within a few feet of playing children and Max was getting a lot of praise for being a good boy (keeping his red behind on a ground).
This evening came a big test - the encounter with a 2 year old. Max sat down and gave a little boy so many kisses, but did not try to play!!!! I could see Max's tail going 100 times a minute, he REALLY wanted to run and play, but his bum was either on a ground or very close to it
I was so proud!!!!
We'll continue the training and hopefully in the near future if somebody will ask "Can my child pet you dog?" I can answer "Yes!"
