the kids love them but they handle them kind of rough but they are excited and dont do it mean. The pups come back for more and will follow the kids around. I think this happy but rough handling teaches them a lot of trust. My wife wont let the pups on the carpet though, or at least not when she is around

. We play with them in the sand box, the grass, the gravel, tile, the deck, concrete so they get used to different textures.