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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did your son push her away? Maybe by the face, and his finger tip went in her eye? Or maybe the dog is just head-shy and his going to push her face away spooked her.

I tend to assume human error. I would not get rid of the dog based on this. I would retrain all family members in how to command the dog, how to touch/play/pet the dog, and would firm up the training of the dog.[/quote]

This is why you pet people are psycho. You'd rather your child be traumatized and eventually mauled than give up a pet you just got.[/quote]

I'm not at all psycho. Her dog didn't bite the kid, the dog snapped at him. It was the dog's way of giving a warning, which is why I asked HOW he pushed the dog away. You helicopter moms are psycho. See how that feels? Don't call names. Once, when my son was around 1, he wanted to pet the dog. They were both on my bed. He kept crawling after her and she kept moving away from him. Finally, she snapped at him. He cried. He was not traumatized. We changed the way we allowed them to interact, and she never snapped or bit anyone again in her more than dozen years past that. [/quote]
+1. Unless she witnessed what happened and/or the dog bit him, this isn't a huge offense. My kids have accidentally poked the dog in her eye or gotten her fur caught & pulled it and she's snapped, whereas otherwise she's a teddy bear. It's her way to warn, you can hardly put her down for that. [/quote]

This is the right response.  However, if you feel that you need a consensus on DCUM to help you deal with your dog, then the dog should go back to the rescue and be adopted out to someone who takes the time to talk to their vet and to read informative articles on dogs instead of posting hot button questions to the miserably uninformed.
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Um, no, this is not at all the right response. I have years of experience with dogs and very little patience for the starry-eyed idealists with little actual dog experience who prioritize their own desire to feel good over health and safety of other dogs and people, including their own kids. OP did the right thing here. Of course her vet agreed with her; it is the only sensible course of action. [/quote]

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