Hi everyone. I am new on this forum and I LOVE reading all your comments! I think I could sit here for hours just reading and reading. I don't even have a picture uploaded yet of my puppy because I keep getting errors from the administrator or something like that.

Anyways, I have a new puppy and he loves to chase the kids when they run and I wondered if any of you have advice on how to teach them to stop. He is feisty but seems to train well. Thanks, Teresa

Cairns love children and won't hurt them. The Cairns think its a big party and the kids love it. Be Happy, don't Worry

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I think its more of training the kids, Have a couple of training sessions with the kids and the puppy. With Skipper it was chasing and jumping. I did this with the neighbors kids, when Skipper starts jumping just have the kids stop turn their back to him and tell him no jump. Works most times.

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i would be surprised if there is a way to train a puppy to not chase. you CAN and should train him to sit and stay. those are universal tools. you could use them to get your dog to not "chase" your children, but why would you? if they are running around playing, he will figure he can too. if he is really doing something you don't like for some real reason, first teach him to be solid about "sit" and "stay" and you can do anything.

I have a 18 month old and a 3 year old...Chloe will be one in a week. When we got her we were pretty strict with her learning that the kids were her boss and she had to be gentle. We never discouraged her from chasing the kids as long as she wasn't running into them and knocking the baby down when she was first learning to walk, or biting at their legs or hands. We had our 3 year old teach her almost everything so that she was used to listening to kids...when they asked her to do something we wanted her to listen to them or any other kid. Our 3 year old was responsible for the training sessions and feeding and now she will listen to any kid.

Our Cairn is only 4 months and she luvs to chase my kids around, she only does it when they run, she thinks its play time. So if I don't want her running around I tell them to stop running around and she stops as well. Its not fair for them to run and not her. She luvs them, she even stays with them while they bathe. Hope that helps!

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Right now we are using the commands sit and down to enforce wanted behavior and to re-direct unwanted behavior. He is not responding to stay real well yet. My son is 2...almost 3...and he can get Riley to obey sit and down commands pretty well. The others that I babysit are 3 and 4, and I have an older son that is 7, and they can hardly get him to do anything!! We are currently telling the kids to command him to sit when he pulls at their jammies if they don't like what he is doing to them. He is still in the nippy stage too so that adds to the terror for the kids I guess.

I really don't want a puppy or a grown dog that chases children and grabs their pants or pajamas when they run...I think that is an accident just waiting to happen. Chasing and running with them is harmless enough and I am okay with that but nipping at them when they run or pulling their clothing is another thing.

I guess it looks like I will just continue to use the commands and see if it gets better as Riley and the kids grow up. T-

Ok I must confess, some of the training I used for Skipper in getting his attention with the jumping and pulling on kids jackets, pants leg was an e-collar, the lapdog variety. I enlisted the aid of a couple of fearless neighborhood kids and after a couple of nics I got Skippers attention. Along with voice commands etc. I feel pretty comfortable with Skipper running with the kids. A couple of nics to Skipper is a lot better then him maybe grabbing too much jacket or pants leg and a kid gets a bite. and you know what happens if a dog bites a child by accident or otherwise.

Glad you are talking about the combination Cairns/kids. We have only grown up kids and no grandchildren so I

was very worried about Paco growing up without children. Up till now I have "used" children in the park and I am

really very happy he doesn

I don't blame him for wanting to eat their icecream! When I see kids eating icecream I want one too! Of course, I would never steal theirs! ha, ha.

As for Riley, he seems to be getting better with the kids the more we work with him but I was hoping someone had some advice on what they did with their kids. With kids this little, they are sooooo inconsistent in training properly...one minute they train well and tell him to "sit" and the next minute they are running and screaming and crying about the exact same thing!

Oh well, I know it will come with time. Yesterday he got to go to the groomers for the first time to get stripped and I had to drop him off early and pick him up late in the day. I think he thought I was going to leave him there and when I picked him up he could not lay on me enough. He was so clingy I think he was afraid to be mischeivous...I might take him back there again. It was actually quite comical!