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By *urry Bloke OP   Man
31 weeks ago

Stalybridge

Is there an appropriate age for when a child should be able to walk a dog on their own?

By that, I mean, no adults around - just the kid and the dog

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By (user no longer on site)
31 weeks ago

Depends where you live and how big the dog is.

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By *ot to giggleWoman
31 weeks ago

Coventry

i suppose a lot has to do with the location and type of dog. My kid was 4 or thereabouts when she used to take the JR for a walk, or rather be led around by the JR, but it was in open fields on a farm and safe

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By *ot to giggleWoman
31 weeks ago

Coventry

and she was 14 during covid and i had to stop her walking the Frenchies due to the number of dog napping's going on

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By *urry Bloke OP   Man
31 weeks ago

Stalybridge

I live on a main road

The kid looked about 6

The dog was a chunky terrier type

It was walking him really

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By *ed MartinMan
31 weeks ago

Shefford

This is one of those apparently simple questions which turn out to be way more complicated than you think…

For practical reasons, I’d say it depends on the relative size of the dog and the child, as much as the developmental age of the child and the dog, so common sense should be applied on a case-by-case basis.

Then there’s probably legal implications if the dog bites somebody or causes an accident though, and these are likely to mean that ‘technically’ parents shouldn’t be allowing kids to walk dogs at all. I’m not sure what age the law would say is ok though- 13? 16? 18?!

Social inequality and policing then comes into play, so I willing to bet that even if the dog misbehaves in exactly the same way, certain breeds of dogs and demographics of child dog walker will be treated differently too, if something ever did go wrong.

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By *ansoffateMan
31 weeks ago

Sagittarius A

I used to walk the dog with my daughter, let her take over when we were in the park. Then the road. At a guess I'd say around 12-13 she could do it safely on her own.

A beagle on the larger end of the scale, not the easiest to walk he was very much led by his nose.

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By *ittlebirdWoman
31 weeks ago

The Big Smoke


"I live on a main road

The kid looked about 6

The dog was a chunky terrier type

It was walking him really "

The dog or the kid?

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By *icolasHidalgoDeCorazonMan
31 weeks ago

St Leonards


"I live on a main road

The kid looked about 6

The dog was a chunky terrier type

It was walking him really

The dog or the kid? "

Yes

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By *ittlebirdWoman
31 weeks ago

The Big Smoke


"I live on a main road

The kid looked about 6

The dog was a chunky terrier type

It was walking him really

The dog or the kid?

Yes

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By *urry Bloke OP   Man
31 weeks ago

Stalybridge


"I live on a main road

The kid looked about 6

The dog was a chunky terrier type

It was walking him really

The dog or the kid?

Yes

"

It was a bit of both tbh

He would drag the dog and the dog would get excited and then drag the lad

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By *urry Bloke OP   Man
31 weeks ago

Stalybridge

It's just one of them situations I guess

The angel on my shoulder tells me that lad was too young to be walking that dog

The devil on the other shoulder says 'stop worrying about shit that doesn't concern you'

Somewhere in the middle there is sensible reason

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
31 weeks ago

North West

I was taking two large dogs (Labrador and chunky Collie) out on my own from about the age of 11. They were then quite old dogs though, and no hassle at all. I took them off up the hills above our house, across the fields and it was lovely, actually. I used to really enjoy it.

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By (user no longer on site)
31 weeks ago

Depends on the kids age and the dog(s) in question.

Your dog may be fine with them but it's what they encounter along the walk that worries me with my kids.

I have a Bulldog that is bigger than average, very strong and powerful built. His pulled me over a couple of times so I won't allow my eldest daughter at 13 to walk him unless someone else goes with her.

My son at 15 is okay though.

My 6 year old no chance

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