She was incredibly gentle with the child and the parents were wonderful in close supervision. The indestructible 3 year old child was very respectful of Duchess and the parents made every effort to work with them both. We all decided it could work. Duchess is now the proud sister of a little boy and the spoiled pup of loving parents. Young children and puppies are not always a good idea contrary to the notion of raising the puppy with the young child.
Puppies typically bite, scratch, jump, etc.
They are babies themselves and do not understand tolerance for the child as many adult dogs will. Children often naturally pull, poke, pick up and can be rough with a young pup. We have seen many dogs that grew up in that situation that are afraid or even aggressive toward children. We strongly suggest that if you have young children in your household, you consider adopting an adult dog that is proven with children. Not as bad as a dog that belonged to one of my relatives that chewed everything in sight, but enough to make it interesting.