Policy book blurb re:dogs

[sunnydays]

Amanda...I agree with you completely. My husband is an immigrant as well and would never have put one of our kids in a daycare with a dog...even a cat would have taken a lot of convincing for him. He is not afraid and he actually likes dogs...but he has a fear of dogs being around the kids and has kind of passed this on to our son who is a bit scared of dogs. We are not nervous people at all...but have taught our kids not to touch dogs we don't know etc. My husband's family would be pretty horrified I am sure if we got a cat or a dog...a huge part of this is the fact that in Canada it means the pet lives in the house with you. In many countries, animals live outside and are believed to be dirty etc (well they probably are because they live outside, are never washed, etc).