Our school has the same policy. I remember taking Odi when he was 10 weeks, carried him from the car and in the end I had to sit down outside ds2's classroom because my arms were dropping off! After that I parked as close as possible (there's a little supermarket right opposite school) and sat with him with the boot open, while all the parents came past. Then left him alone for a couple of mins whilst I ran in and collected the kids

Now I stand outside the gate with the other lepers

My kids school doens't have a policy on this, they haven't had need for one as yet.

I'm the only one who regularly brings their dog to the school. I say good bye to the kids at the gate and pick them up again at the gate. It's great socialisation for Willow and the girls love showing her off to their friends.

But I do understand how distressing it can be to have to pass a dog to kids that have a fear of them, so would never enter the school grounds with Wills, as well as the reasons stated above. It makes good sense to me.

The school welcomes any guide dogs I'm caring for into the school, which was great when the kids were little and needed help with coats and wellies. :smt001 At that stage I had one dog for over 4 mths and found the school wonderful. The primary ones used to come over and give her pets and cuddles, which she just adored. Though a few hung back with the teacher.

Our don't have a policy as such, but I have been asked to stay outside the gates with Maddy, yet I can come right to the door with Dusty!

Charlie has been in too, and nothing has been said, but I usually only take Dusty as some of the children are a little apprehensive about larger dogs.

It's the same policy at all school's in my area x

The school in my village has this policy and I feel that it is a good one. Some children are scared of dogs or are allergic to them and you wouldn't know who. I think it is a straightforward policy that covers all.
When I collect my friends children from school I have to wait at the gate for them If I have the dog with me. I don't see what the problem is. I was invited last year however to take my dogs in to a class, to explain on dogs, how to approach them and general doggy care etc. My dogs loved the attention and even a couple of the children who were initially nervous were stroking and cuddling them.

i can see the reasons for it but its such a shame! I used to love greating my mum and the berns in the school yard after school. I guess i had some romantic notion of my kids doing the same. Oh well ill have to pop him in the yard to our shop which is right next door to the school!!

when storm was a puppy i carried him in to the school yard
i told all the kids he was a polor bear, it was great for him to be around the kids and the kids thought he was lovely.
but once he was walking and getting bigger i waited outside the gate, my daugthers school is an inner city one and we do get some very irisponsable dog owners that dont care that there dogs can be quite scary for some kids,
they are mostly the bull breeds and young men who seem to think it hard to have these kind of dogs. so the school has this no dogs rule but to be honist the lads with these dogs tend to ignore the rule anyway.

Our school doesn't have a policy on it, but everyone realises it is better not to bring dogs into the playgorund. Puppies are carried in which is fine, but imagine a few dogs in a small playground. There may be some that take a dislike to another dog, and there is the issue of them going to the toilet while there. There are also people who are frightened of dogs, it would make it difficult for them.

Our school also has a no dogs policy with signs up to support this. It was originally to stop people walking their dogs on the school field at weekends as so many of them didn't clear up after them.

We have a no dogs policy in school too, and as a school governor was partly resonsible for passing that rule. Not every owner is a responsible one and a child covered in doggy poo at playtime is no fun for the teacher(I experienced it once). Parents have to be phoned for so the child can be cleaned up properly etc..

Some parents just tie their dogs up and nip in, whilst us others just wait at the gate...