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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teach your daughter what your dog likes and dislikes. Teach her to notice the signs that the dog is not happy with what she's doing. She needs to learn to have better boundaries with the dog. My child is 4 and we've had to work with him to understand our dog's boundaries. Sometimes kids don't understand that pets have their own ideas of what they like and dislike, just like people do. [/quote]

Kids are sociopathic for a long time. DD is doing what SHE wants to do, not what the dog would like. Your DD is lacking empathy for the dog.
The dogs wondering wtf is wrong with your DD I'm sure.
You can try to teach your DD empathy.

I have two kids. One like your DD and one who is very empathetic and sweet. I've had a hard time teaching the one to be more empathetic but we try and model nonstop. Our pets love when she's out of the house frankly. She's not actively mean but holds them too much when they don't want to be held and that kind of thing. It's annoying.

You can let her have X number of minutes with the dog and that's it? I'd be super mad if my kid did stuff that caused the dog to bear her teeth - that's going pretty far. I would point out to  DD that she had upset the dog and that means to not do it again. I'd discipline the dog too though. I had a dog grow up with my kids from birth and she never once even growled at them and knew that that would never be acceptable (well, she did it once. We had words). If someone gets bitten you have a real mess on your hands all around - ER visit, social workers, animal control. That being said I protected the dog too and made sure that everyone was kind to her (strangely my one who hugs our pets too much now was never that way when we had the dog?).

Anyway good luck.[/quote]

OH please.  This is not sociopathic behavior.  This is not  child enjoying an animal in pain, this is a young child who isn't old enough to be trusted to play well with an animal.  Do you really not know the difference?[/quote]

Oh please - think before you speak.

http://gawker.com/science-proves-that-teenagers-dont-give-a-damn-about-an-1446305654[/quote]

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