Jill
06-25-2006, 10:19 AM
Our neighbors have their oldest daughter and her son (7) living with them. Curtis, the boy, comes over often to play with Dan and help him in the yard(his dad doesn't live with them). Reese is great with him, Bailey just runs around the yard and barks at him. He usually ends up back up on the deck and watches from afar. Yesterday was Curtis' birthday party. So there were a bunch of kids around. Curtis came over to show his friends the dogs. They were in the backyard, fenced in. Bailey starting barking and kinda nipping through the fence. The little boys were sticking their hands in the fence. No one got hurt. I tried putting them on their leashes and taking them in the front. I held Bailey, thinking the kids could pet him. He was still growling and trying to nip.
Bailey has never done this before. He's perfect with my best friends 4 year old. Bailey has known him for as long as we've had him. They chase each other around the yard and play great. He's perfect with all the kids that we run into at events, and Petsmart etc.
I was thinking that maybe he was overwhelmed because there were about 6 or 7 kids around. But, with the exception of Curtis, it is not often we have kids around since, well, we don't have kids yet. He is great with my younger sisters too, but they are 13 and 14.
Any ideas, thoughts or suggestions? I am wondering if it is because he was at our home? But he's great with Dylan (the 4yr old) at our house. Last year we took him to Dylan's birthday party and there were a bunch of kids around and he was fine?!
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Bailey has never done this before. He's perfect with my best friends 4 year old. Bailey has known him for as long as we've had him. They chase each other around the yard and play great. He's perfect with all the kids that we run into at events, and Petsmart etc.
I was thinking that maybe he was overwhelmed because there were about 6 or 7 kids around. But, with the exception of Curtis, it is not often we have kids around since, well, we don't have kids yet. He is great with my younger sisters too, but they are 13 and 14.
Any ideas, thoughts or suggestions? I am wondering if it is because he was at our home? But he's great with Dylan (the 4yr old) at our house. Last year we took him to Dylan's birthday party and there were a bunch of kids around and he was fine?!
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