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   From: spanaval@scs.gmu.edu   
      
    wrote in message:   
      
   > Great Danes are   
   > a great breed and I know people who keep them exclusively with two   
   > children under 10, but if you get one it will always be unable to be   
   > fully controlled by your daughters unless it is very well trained, but   
   > even then, if it wants to go somewhere with them, it will.  I   
      
   One of many things I disagree with from what you've written.  My Dane is the   
   only dog I know that can be walked by a child.  In fact, my neighbor's   
   daughter has been walking her since she was 6, and my nephew has been   
   walking her since he was around 3.  Of course, neither child ever walks the   
   dog by themselves, and I wouldn't recommend small children walking any dogs   
   by themselves.  Any dog that is well enough trained to walk on a loose leash   
   can be walked by a child, under adult supervision.  Conversely, pretty much   
   any dog that is not properly trained to walk on a loose leash would be a   
   menace to the adult or child handling the leash.  It isn't the size of the   
   dog, but the amount of training in the dog.   
      
   FWIW, both of my dogs will take commands from children as long as they are   
   able to articulate it, and comply.  Neither one lives with kids on a daily   
   basis, but both have had frequent exposure to them, and know to be   
   respectful of kids.   
      
   Suja   
      
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