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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. [/quote]

You are out of your mind.  I've been raising and training German Shepherd Dogs for nearly 20 years.   We have two right now- both rescues.  A dog that snaps at a kid does not get to stay in the home.  The only exception might be an ill or seriously injured dog.   My dogs will simply walk away if they get sick of a kid (or anyone).  I could reach into their mouths and remove a steak bone and they wouldn't so much as look at me wrong.

OP - Ask any reputable trainer.  The dog goes.[/quote]

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