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[quote=Anonymous]My nephew is on the spectrum and has ADHD (untreated). Most of the time he's a great kid, but has a tendency to deliberately defy and provoke dogs. He has two of his own, and has gotten snapped at because he consistently will stick his face in the dog's over and over again, cornering the dog, often out of eyeshot of the parents. Then when the dog snaps, he will state that the dog snapped at him and he didn't know why.

We are at our vacation home and my nephews and my brother and SIL are coming tomorrow. We have our two dogs here. Though I rented them their own house, they will be at ours frequently. I am not as worried about our medium-sized dog, but my little 7 pounder can be protective and barky. He's not a biter, but if pushed, I would suppose he could easily become one. I can easily see my nephew deliberately trying to provoke him to see if he will bite.  My older two nephews spent a week with us last summer in VA, and he was fine with them, even enjoying them, so I'm not worried about them.

My game plan is to not leave the little dog around my nephew alone at any time. While I will put the dog in a back bedroom if necessary, I refuse to do that all day every day for the entire week they are around. Any other suggestions for me?  I want to try to have a game plan.[/quote]

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