Posted by Jane on June 10, 1998 at 05:08:27:

In Reply to: Re: Peke puppy and small children - good or bad? posted by Jamie on May 05, 1998 at 18:55:11:

> > My daughther wants to get a peke pup and her baby is going to be 3 years old. She was told by a breeder that most breeders would not sell a peke pup to any child in the family under 7 years old. Can anyone help us in this decision? How are pekes generally with small children? Are they easy to train and can they tolerate small kids?

> I have a pekingese puppy and my sister in law has an 8 months old baby and my puppy is gentle with kendra and lets her pet her and everything. Pekingese aren't mean dogs, it's really in all the way you train them. If you don't teach them to be mean and don't rough them around they won't get mean(that's what i done with my puppy ) , but if you do they will probably get mean. They can tolerate small kids, because my puppy will be a year this month and and she can handle them/

This is nonsense....if you can train your child how to interact with the dog.....should be no problem. I do know that most dogs do not like small children but pekes are extremely gentle and should not be a problem if the child has been taught to treat the dog respectfully.