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[quote=Anonymous]Do some basic research--you do NOT reprimand a dog for growling. The growling is his only way short of biting of letting you know there is a problem when he's scared or hurt. So by punishing or shaming for growling, you encourage escalation to snapping or biting. Do not let children pick up dogs. It's likely you've been unaware of signs that your dog is not comfortable with your child. There are good books and resources out there on the basics of training (and it involves the training of the humans, largely, especially the kids). ANY dog can growl/bite. I have worked with rescues where people bring in their "sweet" Golden Retrievers who "all of a sudden" snapped and bit a child. And they go on to explain how for years the dog was fine, the kids crawled on the dog, put costumes on the dog, and they have no idea why out of the blue the dog snapped. [/quote]
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