Dog biting child: What to do?

[Anonymous]

You need to give the boy up . The dog was fine. The dog gave a warning by growling and snapping. It only bit when not listened to. You need to give the boy to a nice home that has no other boys or animals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to give the boy up . The dog was fine. The dog gave a warning by growling and snapping. It only bit when not listened to. You need to give the boy to a nice home that has no other boys or animals.

Says the person with no kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to give the boy up . The dog was fine. The dog gave a warning by growling and snapping. It only bit when not listened to. You need to give the boy to a nice home that has no other boys or animals.

You sound like someone who knows very little about animals, particularly aggressive animals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to give the boy up . The dog was fine. The dog gave a warning by growling and snapping. It only bit when not listened to. You need to give the boy to a nice home that has no other boys or animals.

Says the person with no kids.

I took the post as sarcastic. The post blaming the child and not the dog was written by a childless person.

[Anonymous]

Okay, why is your child allowed to mess with the dog like this? I don't know that I could keep a dog that bit my child, but let me get this straight: you have a dog who has shown some signs of aggression, and you left your little child with him alone while the dog had a damn bone? Say what now? Having a hard time believing this thread is real, actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to give the boy up . The dog was fine. The dog gave a warning by growling and snapping. It only bit when not listened to. You need to give the boy to a nice home that has no other boys or animals.

You don't know anything at all about dogs. I am the PP with two German Shepherds. My kids have to be reminded to be gentle with our dogs occasionally. But my dogs have NEVER so much as growled at one of my kids. Not one time in the 7 years we've had them. They get annoyed and walk away. They come lie down beside me to get away from kids. They'll go into another room. They'll whine. But they have never growled or showed teeth or even tried to bite. My kids can reach into the dogs mouths to take food or a toy and the dogs will give up without hesitation.

My dogs aren't special. They are just the kind of dogs that can live in he house with children.

[Anonymous]

22:28, you should know by now that a sense of humor, sense of the absurd are rare commodities on DCUM. I would get rid of the kid, as well if taking him to a trainer doesn't work..People get a sense of humor!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Yeah but seriously, nobody is going to take OP to task for the fact that she's got a dog that is showing food aggression, particularly with the youngest child, and she somehow still allows the child to pull a farkin' bone out of the dog's mouth?

Get real, that's so incredibly irresponsible. I have a total beta dog, he's turned the cheek since day one, and yes, there HAVE been times when my son has pulled fur or whatever, when he was a baby, but these episodes were VERY rare. People who think dogs should just "deal" with whatever their kids chrun out or think that just reprimanding the kid AFTER the kid messes with the dog is enough, are kidding themselves. Dogs are dogs. Even the kindest and gentlest can be unpredictable. So the moment yours shows any sign of aggression, you watch the kid / dog interaction like a HAWK. LIke a mama bear. You do not, under any circumstance, allow the child to be bitten because he is pulling a bone out of the damn dog's mouth.

Now, the dog has bitten someone. When the dog gave you very clear signals about his boundaries and capabilities. It would have been appropriate for you, OP, to deal with this or rehome the dog before it got to this. If you think the dog is otherwise sweet, perhaps you could call in an expert in dog behavior but honestly, I think in your shoes I'd have to rehome the dog. Unfortunately, you have to be honest with the agency about the bite. However, you should make it VERY clear that the bite took place becuase you put the dog in a bad situation, with a child pulling at its bone. (Are you positive the dog didn't bite the kid accidentally while chewing the bone btw?). Anyway, don't try to pad the story to make it less uncomfortable surrendering the dog. Do it honestly.

And as for your other kids, just tell them that your family is not ready to supervise little kids and dogs. Honestly, you've got to be on it constantly when the kids are still in the "hey I'll pull this bone out of doggies mouth" phase. If you're not up for that, that's understandable, but I'm surprised that you didn't know this going in or that the adoption agency didn't tell you clearly. This is why some agencies won't adopt dogs out to families with children.

[Anonymous]

Dog has to go. Had this same situation in our home, I had a feeling our dog might bite but gave her the benefit of the doubt, and she bit our child in the face. Please, please, please remove the dog ASAP and rehome dog to family with no kids. Dog has to be out of home now.

[Anonymous]

Get rid of the dog. No brainer.

[Anonymous]

I grew up with such dog. Nobody ever got bitten again after he bit me once for playing with his food.

How do YOU like when you're eating and someone comes to pull on your plate, stuff their hand in your food, etc?

Teach the freaking kid how to deal with the animal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up with such dog. Nobody ever got bitten again after he bit me once for playing with his food.

How do YOU like when you're eating and someone comes to pull on your plate, stuff their hand in your food, etc?

Teach the freaking kid how to deal with the animal.

+1 the other children in the house don't seem to have this problem. This child needs to learn how to respect dogs' space or it will happen with every dog. The dog also needs to be trained NOW that it can't behave that way. It isn't a problem dog that can't deal with children. It is one child who doesn't know how to treat a dog and the dog has probably been physically hurt by DC more than once.

[Anonymous]

Seriously. If my kid kept pestering the dog after I told it not to, that kid wouldn't sit comfortably for a day or two....your child has no boundaries. The dog growls and snaps as a way of warning. You ignore the warning and child is bitten. The dog more than likely felt as if it had to enforce boundaries since you wouldn't.
Why should the dog obey when your kid can't?

[Anonymous]

I think you should talk to a dog trainer to see if these situation can be resolved. The advice here is based on a paragraph of information and is given by people that may or may not be experts. I have lots of questions like, how old is the dog? What was the dog's prior life before you adopted him? How old is the kid and will the kid mature as he get's older? There clearly is a risk, not just to your child, but to any child that comes up to the dog in a park or in your home visiting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously. If my kid kept pestering the dog after I told it not to, that kid wouldn't sit comfortably for a day or two....your child has no boundaries. The dog growls and snaps as a way of warning. You ignore the warning and child is bitten. The dog more than likely felt as if it had to enforce boundaries since you wouldn't.
Why should the dog obey when your kid can't?

This is another sarcastic post, right?
Sounds like some are pet people and some are kid people. Others should have neither because they're a full time job all by themselves.