How do you deal with children who tease your dog?

What do I do? I blast the kids doing it...What should you do....well if they arent listening to you then I would go talk to the parents and if that doesnt work I'd consider calling the police OR animal control to give them fair warning that these kids do this and you've spoke with them and their parents but they continue to do it so though you will do your best keep your dog calm you can't be responsible for whatever may happen.. what you SHOULD NOT do however is sic your dog on them...that could not only get your dog put to sleep but also get you with criminal charges..

Are you serious? In my country (the US) it is not legal to tell your dog to take care of them. Besides, even if they are misbehaving, they are children. It is the parent's responsibility to raise children to know better than to tease an animal. I would certainly tell the father of these children. However, instead of complaining, I would express concern that if the children continue to do this, then they could get hurt as even a good animal can only take so much. If that doesn't nip it in the bud, then I can only say there is a reason why they say that tall fences make better neighbors.

I would go straight to the Parents. And then to the local police. If you let your dog get to them then they can call the police on you.

I would go speak to the parents and see if they are willing to assist you if they aren't I'd contact the authorities and let them handle it. The one thing I wouldn't do is let my dog take care of it. He goes after those kids provoked or not you can bet your butt that everyone will be up in arms about it and you could lose your dog. They could take him and have him put down.

I have this problem now. What I have done is scream at the kids - in front of the parents. It continued. Now I am writing an email to the parent explaining why I don't want the dogs to be teased. i.e. safety issue for the children, don't want the children bitten, here is websites for the kids to look at (they are 8 and 11). If that fails then all I can do is supervise the dogs when they are in MY FENCED IN YARD and the neighbor kids are outside without their parents. The neighbors are inexperienced in dog ownership - they have 2 so I am cutting them some slack. If all that fails, there is only one thing to do - get a restraining order! yuck! two websites that I found have good explanation on why NOT teasing the dogs. http://www.ddfl.org/behavior/dogbite_guide.pdf and http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/dogskids.htm....

I am having this problem now. I have explained to the kids to stop teasing the dogs, I have screamed at them - in front of their parents and it has not stopped. Now I am emailing the parent and requesting they get their kids to stop - for their own safety. Found a couple of websites that I am sending to him to help educate the kids on the reasons why not to tease dogs. These people are inexperenced dog owners - they didn't know their dog was pregnant or by whom! (their other dog). Hopefully this will help. if it doesn't the only two things left to do - supervise the dogs when they are in their own FENCED IN backyard and the neighbor kids are out OR get a restraining order against them. yuck!

Cover them in A1 Or barbecue sauce. Nobody would dare tease my hounds. Of course to do so they'd have to come well into my property. In that case the old saying " Forget the dog... Beware of Owner" fits appropriatly.

I bite them! all the best urban

I don't like any kids will be teasing my dog. When I was a kid, I always end up fighting with other kids for the same reason...LOL, If ever that will happen to me this time, I will try to talk to them not to do it and explain to them why, if nothing will happen, i will find time to talk to the parents and complain!

Personally I'd go tell the kids' parents to keep their stupid children away from my dog or they will be sorry for it. I hate kids so I don't tolerate anything they do for even a second, especially not if they tease my dog even though I know he would never hurt any kids in any way no matter what they do to him.

You are going to have to these childrens mom and warn them that after a certain breaking point the dog might lash out them. I am not saying that you dog will. But all dogs do have a certain breaking point. If that doesn't help and the teasing continues it is nothing but their fault that the dog bites or lashes out at them. You have warned them and the parents as well.

You should speak to the parents. Unfortunately, if your dog bites or harms the child, even if tied up, it will be considered your fault by the courts. You will end up paying the medical bills and the higher insurance rates as a result, and will most likely have to put your dog to sleep. As a rule, we only walk our dog outside, and do not tie him up for this reason.