Are Westies good with children?
Yvonne says: Given reasonable supervision, Westies are excellent dogs to have with children. They are active and cheerful and will want to be in the middle of whatever activity is going on. However, no child should ever be allowed to play with a dog unsupervised. Children can do things that frighten or annoy dogs – and a dog has only two possible ways to ask a child to back off – to growl or to bite. Also, a child stumbling over a sleeping dog can make them wake up very grumpily – and too many times will cause the dog to be rather suspicious of the child. If it is not possible to supervise when they play together, it may be necessary to confine the dog to its crate.
