Small dogs are not always better. They tend to be more wild, more accident prone, less obedient. As a child, I never had small dogs. I had a Portugese Water Dog and a rottweiler… They were protective of me, and made sure that no one hazardous was around me. One of them even protected my pet cat. He would go and stand over it when someone entered the backyard if it was out.

My friend had a small dog though. It would run around, run over us, cut us with it’s tiny claws.If we picked it up it would bite us. Small dogs do not like other small things like babies, the jealousy factor. Big dogs seem to take it as a new member, a child, something it needs to learn about and protect. They are also able to take the abuse of a child. If a small child hits a huge dogs back, it won’t do much. The dog won’t take it like a strike because it’s a baby, it doesn’t hit that hard. But if a child hit a small dog, that dog’s going to react by running or biting.

Now, it does depend on what type of small dog. Some dogs are naturally small. Pug dogs for instance, I love them. They are hyper as puppies, like all dogs are, but when they get older, though still rather small, they slow down a bit, kind of lazy, but still friendly and like to be around people.

It’s sometimes fault of a child and not the size of a dog… But kids are naturally curious… They will hit, they’ll pull, they might even bite a dog if they’re young enough, and depending on the dog’s tolerance to a young child’s actions, will result in how the dog reacts.

Some small dogs are good pets, but I’d rather have my child near aHuge protective dog then a small dog too active to realize it’s running and snapping at my child.