Maysea - you are the ideal person to help Dawn - I'm afraid I'd forgotten about you & your 5 kids - see there are exceptions to every rule :D

Margot

hi i have a crate  and stair gates and the garden is fenced off so if he needs to be out on his own he has enough space and the kid and him are seperet i took the pup on and am going to make it work my kids are never alone with him

Hi nutty house wife i am the same i have a one year old and a two year old three dogs and a bird you can make it work my bullmastiff bitch is twelve weeks old and she can be a right cow you just have to learn them the word no   Sometimes she will grab old of my childrens clothes and rag them but i just say no she then stops and i give her a treat or start to play with her with a toy  Maysea has given you sound advice just stick to that  When my kids are in bed i train my basic obedience training she can go out she is going to ringcraft classes which would be beneficial to y0u   All i would say to you is stop putting yourself down and apologising everyone on here are only people if you dont know how to punctuate so what who cares as long as we can read it   I am not punctating because my other laptop is broke and this one is german so i dont know where half the things are and i sijmply cant be bothered to look   good luck Dawn

Regards Frank

I have 5 children too but it is hard work, I dont think I would sell a puppy to anyone with very young children though!
I know what mine are like!!!!!

I had heaps of problems getting my last puppy as I had 4 children & the last one was only 12 m old.

Jo
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hi to be honest he didnt even meet me or my kids i found the pup through chammp dogs we emailed spoke once and my husband went to pick him up

Personally i can't see the problem with there being young children. IMO its best to have the puppy and child grow up together, learn together and from day one form a bond. Provided the time is put in to training i really do not see what the fuss is about.

So having a young child is a full time job, they dont stay awake all day! I have been told that having a dog is wonderful for mums who care for their children all day and then when dad comes home mum runs off out with the dog!

It can be made to work, it does work if the time, effort and money are spent well.

It doesn't always work like that :) I couldn't have a dog when my children were young because I didn't walk my children to school, so couldn't take the dog with me. Also, my hubby worked away a lot, so I couldn't leave the children at home alone when I needed to walk the dog. It's probably not so bad with a small dog or an old one that doesn't need so much exercise. It's difficult to give a dog a good walk if you have very small children in a pushchair with you - I couldn't push a pushchair around the field that I use as it's so uneven.

Daisy

Must admit I look forward to my night out at ring craft & the odd day at shows without the kids :-)

Some children have no idea how to treat animals though, as I have seen with some of my childrens friends who wind mine up so much she will end up jumping on them & knocking them over.

She also tore a boys trousers (just in play) because he thought it was funny to fight with her :-(

Jo
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Dawn,
I have sent you a pm.
Karen.

Hi nuttyhousewife, I'm no expert on dogs but if you already have sealed garden and baby stair gates would it be possible to put the children behind the stairgate so they can see you play properly with the dog?  This would let them close enough to see what to do yet also be close enough to the BIG boisterous pup so they get used to it and you would not have to abandon either the children or the dog at any point in the day

Isnt it brillant though Dawn you never gave him back and so right you was he's the best bullmastiff i've seen in along time and i'd let him play with any kid he's great our Brock.

susan