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We may be able to help.

We have a retired greyhound who is 7 years old and a big softie! He does take part in "meet and greet" sessions which involves standing around in shopping centres and such like  allowing members of the public to pet him and fuss over him, all to put across how good greyhounds are in a home enviroment, so he is used to being fussed over. He is also used to our grandchildren.

We live in Kingstanding, which is only down the road, so pehaps we could meet up somewhere so they can meet each other, and we also have a lurcher who is smaller and very appealing but she is only 2 and can be a bit boisterous.

If you are about this Sunday, starting about 11 (but we wont be there until about 12)there is a dog show in Cooksey Lane Playing Fields (very near Kingstanding Circle) and the local Retired Greyhound Trust will have their Gazebo there. We will be there with both Jay and Amber and would willingly bring them to your car or if your little girl is brave enough then may be she could come and see us. There will be other greyhounds there and of course dogs involved in the Dog Show.

This is the address:

Kingstanding Playing Fields

Cooksey lane

Kingstanding

Birmingham

B44 9QS

I will happily bring the dogs out if it would make things easier.

My email is simon.bursey at sky.com please feel free to email me and see what we can sort out. I could send pictures of Amber and Jay and make a game of it to see if she can pick them out....

Lynne, if you would like to meet Sunday morning somewhere before we go to the dog show I am happy to help.

I hate to see children frightened of dogs, because they can be so rewarding......

This might interest you, we will hopefully be there as well, work permitting, but if you have the holiday booked then sooner rather than later would be better.

I would suggest going to the kennels but I think the dogs in kennels would do more harm than good in this situation, but at a later date they are always greatful of help walking the dogs, so once her confidence has been built up then this may be an option......

Quote: Originally posted by K9Wendy on 10/7/2013

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This is a very useful for teaching children how to behave around dogs. It can be hard teaching children the right way to interact with dogs without frightening them. These are posters to print off.

How not to interact

How to interact

Wendy

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Quote: Originally posted by bexamy on 13/7/2013If she has phobia of dogs its going to take a long time if you push her it will make it worse in the long run. If she is just nervous of dogs it won't be as bad. I would find a camp site without dogs. If you don't like something do you put your self through hell or do you avoid things. I don't like snakes so I would go in to a room with them so why is a dog any different. We have the same problem with are girl. We hate it when dog owners look at you and say it won't hurt her. People don't understand stand she doesn't like dogs end of story. You mit not like everything I do but I would expect you to do it. Why can't dog owners understand some people don't like dogs.

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Quote: Originally posted by madz on 13/7/2013

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It depends upon the child's reaction as too why dog owners can't understand or look at you in askance. If a child is screaming and flapping about it is likely to cause a negative reaction from the dog particularly in a young dog.

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