Tollers as Babysitters

People regularly ask if Tollers are good with babies.  Well, pretty much any dog is good with babies if it has been raised properly, and the same goes for Tollers.  The main advantage of Tollers over other dogs is that they are especially cute with babies, and they like to bring things back to babies who like to throw things.

We have collected here some pictures demonstrating the superior interaction of Tollers with babies and children.  Click on any picture to see a larger version open in a separate window.

Starting with the smallest babies, the ideal Toller makes a good playmate or pillow:

 

Tollers are very gentle with sleeping babies:

 

Older children enjoy playing with them too:

 

They are patient with TV-watching couch potatoes:

 

It's often handy to keep Tollers and babies in the same cages and pens: It saves on babysitting expenses:

 

And you can take them to dog shows together!

 

When they get old enough (about 15 months) babies like to start helping train Tollers in fetching and listening to lectures:

Here are a couple of movies showing how Tollers can be trained by a 16-month old baby (click on the picture to see the movie):

 

Much older kids play with Tollers in the water:

 

Older kids who don't have a Toller often look longingly at any they can find, wondering why their parents won't get one for them too: