Do You Think I Should Of Talked To Daycare Parents First?

[jen]

I almost forgot...CUTE, CUTE, CUTE! I love Malits!

[e.j.]

I don't think you need to ask permission from the day care parents but I do think telling them about the dog beforehand is the courteous thing to do. Telling them now gives them time to find alternative day care if they prefer a pet-free environment for their child. The dog is awfully cute, though!

[Mrs.Ky]

I wouldn't have asked...in my opinion, you should ONLY ask if their answer will sway your decision. If the daycare parent was uncomfortable are you willing do skip the dog? If not, I wouldn't bother to discuss it with them, it will give them a sense that they have some power to veto your decision and when you don't do that, they will be more irritated than they might have been to begin with. Instead, I would send out an annoucement like this:

We want to welcome a new member of our family! Roofus will be coming home on March xx, 2011! She'll be eight weeks old. We did a great deal of research before deciding on what breed of dog would be best suited to our family and to our daycare. Malti-poos are fabulous family dogs. They have a wonderful disposition, they don't shed, and are great with kids. For more information on malti-poos please check out this website.....

In order to keep puppy and children safe we intend on doing the following:

Puppies chew! Until puppy is past the chewing stage she will not be joing us in daycare unless I am directly supervising the childrens interactions with puppy.

Puppy will attend puppy kindergarten and we plan on having a theme week at daycare surrounding appropriate puppy care and handling.

And, of course, puppy will be fully vacinated.

Thank you for joinging us in welcoming our new family member!

This is GREAT thanks. I will be writing them an email this week even thou they all know from FB about the dog but I do wanna write some of the things you suggested and more this is a great idea.