Where is it appropriate to take pets?

[Miss.September]

The problem is, it doesn't really matter what is 'appropriate' or not, there will always be those people (pet owners) out there who ruin things for everyone. I love animals, my children love animals, but we try to teach them a health respect for them. This can be very hard when some dog owners will bring their pets right up to the children and let them jump and slobber all over them. We teach our kids that you never touch another dog (other then our own). If it is a little puppy or something, they have to first ask permission from myself or DH and then ask the pets owner if it is alright to give it a gentle pet. Often the answer is 'yes' (and then my kids know how to approach the animal properly and safely, and either DH and myself are right there with them) or sometimes the answer is 'no'; and my kids accept that too, because some animals just do not have the temprament for young children - and if the owner says 'no' their is likely a very good reason. I HATE it when other pet owners try to allow their animal to touch my kids without asking permission from me if it is all right for them to touch the dog, or tell me "it's alright" when I stop my kids approaching their animal. It is not alright. Unless you know an animal initmately yourself, it is always better to be wary around young kids (and sometimes even if you know them well things can still happen).

Absolutely.

We had a lady come up to us when we were on holidays recently, with a beautiful German Shepherd puppy. From about 20 feet away, she yelled out and asked if it was okay to bring the puppy over as she would like him to be familiar with young children. We said there was no problem but I was so thankful to her that she had asked.

[AwesomeFoursome]

We take our 2 out abit they love going in the car. We take them for walks, parks, town, car wash but they are always on their leads.