Hi I've been running a home daycare for 17 yrs. I'm on my second dog now (he's almost 12) I've never had a problem with the children in my care. a lot of my parents actually chose me so that their children could grow up around a dog. Mine goes everywhere with us. My dog is a lab mix, as was my previous dog (both great with kids, very passive and tolerant to children's abusiveness). That said, I did lose out on some potential clients due to a fear of dogs. If they met him, they were fine but some wanted nothing to do with dogs.