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[quote=Anonymous]Is he play biting? My dog, a spaniel, play bit the first year. It was 100 percent non aggressive, but it did hurt! I cannot imagine that I would have been able to tolerate it had I had a child and the child was being bitten. So nobody would really blame you for returning the dog, except.....and I have to say it......getting a nine month old puppy when you have children is risky. It's not a little puppy, where the kids and the dog can get used to one another (although there are issues with this, as well) and it is not an older dog that has expended its puppy misbehavior elsewhere. It takes a lot of time and effort and patience to train a dog you're getting your hands on at 9 months. I think it was a mistake for you to get a dog at this age group.

Now, if the dog is truly BITING (as a dog owner previously, I'd think you should know the difference?) and not nipping, you need to make it clear to the shelter so that they can rehome or mitigate. But if the dog is playfully nipping (even inappropriately), then don't say it's "biting" your children. Be honest and describe the whole situation.

One last thought. At this point, if you return the dog, it will be rehomed and hopefully trained while still a puppy (provided it doesn't have an aggression problem). If you wait until the dog is 18 months old, no longer even slightly a puppy, and perhaps not trained at all, it will be much harder on that dog.

Return the dog and be honest about why. [/quote]

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