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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I got bit by a dog as a child... A little terrier neighborhood dog

My in laws have a lab -- raised from a puppy and totally gentle.  We have a puppy 8  mos old that now that he's outta the puppy nipping stage, I totally trust with my preschooler.  I don't worry about him biting anyone. More afraid he will run up to a stranger and end up going home with them because he's such a love bug![/quote]

Another vote for a lob.  We got ours as a puppy and she is so gentle and relaxed around our DD and other kids (even lets DD rest on her like she's a pillow).  She's even tempered with children and other dogs.

The only dog I had that bit anyone was a shelter dog growing up - she bit my mom who unwittingly got too close to her food bowl.  Overall a sweet dog but we think the previous owner(s) and the time she spent in the shelter made her very skittish and protective of her food, house, dog bed, etc.  She was a mixed breed, probably with a bit of German Shepherd, but we never knew definitively what her lineage was.  We did get her as an older dog - she was three or four when we adopted her.

I think adopting as a puppy can be - though obviously not always - a good way to get training and socialization off on the right foot.  It is hard to undo the damage of abuse and neglect - no matter what the Dog Whisperer and similar "experts" will tell you.

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