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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand your situation. Our dog bit my child. I know everyone on here would say get rid of her, but we didn't.

The context is she is a very laid back non-aggressive dog and our child was seriously bothering her. The dog had growled several times but our child had ignored this. I had told the child to move/stop doing it when the dog growls but he is very stubborn.

We all learned a lesson from this, and our child now does not harass the dog and knows to move away of the dog should she growl, which she will do if our child "cuddles" too aggressively.

If your dog snapped with no warning, that would be scary. Are you sure the dog did not growl first?

I grew up with dogs, but the lesson I learned as an adult is that young children need to be taught how to behave even around the most relaxed, mild-mannered dogs and how to treat the animal with respect.

They are NOT toys. I know you don't want to hear this, but lying down on the floor with a dog is not the wisest idea.

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op, you've had the dog since January, which means your kids have had 2 months to learn how to interact appropriately with her. They still need a lot of training.[/quote]

I think it's very likely that the OP's kid did something careless.  I also think it's irrelevant.  The reality is that a 7 year old is going to make mistakes as part of the learning process, and with an animal that's willing to snap at a child's face as a first warning, a mistake can quickly become a tragedy.  This dog needs to live in a home with adults who are generally more predictable.  [/quote]

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