You were lucky getting your 1st dog at age 3 Penny, i wouldn't have considered my kids capable of looking after one at such a young age :shock:
Speaking from experience of having an older dog before my kids came along, and actually having kids :wink: I trusted my dog 100%, but he was 7 when I had my daughter and had never been raised or used to crying babies or tantruming toddlers :wink: Luckily he seemed to take it all in his stride and accepted my kids very easily. Saying that though, I would have never left my young daughter in the same room alone with him for a long time as animals can be unpredictable as can children. AS my kids got older, friends would visit with their toddlers and I always used to put my dog upstairs out of the way. This was purely for his benefit and not the visiting childs, as some of my friends kids had not been raised with a dog and did not know how to approach him. Children have no fear and can lunge and act unpredictable, a stroke from a young child can sometimes be more of a squeeze :shock: especially from those not raised with a dog in the family.
I would imagine that Cocker Rescue would try and rehome to families that have grown children or couples whose families are complete (so to speak) that would then minimize the risk of further rehomes.
Gilly