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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I foster and train very young puppies for a rescue. Pitbulls, taken early, can be trained to be just as safe as other breeds.

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[b]This one growled at you.[/b] That is incredibly concerning, OP. You must contact the neighbor and tell them that on no account must this dog enter your property and go near you or your children. He's 5, so it's going to be very difficult to train him out of his habits.

Get a camera, just in case something happens that you need to document. I'm sorry this is happening to you.
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I would rather have a dog growl at me than just go and bite me for no reason!  Of course, tell the neighbor what you said but, honestly the op invited the dog over.  I can't imagine the dog owner would want to be near op since their dog didn't like op![/quote]

PP you replied to. No dog should ever growl at a person, period. I have a dog-aggressive northern breed that we keep a very close eye on and leash at all times, and he loves all humans - he would never even think of growling at a person. It sounds like these dog-owners are clueless so OP needs to tell them directly that this dog should be kept away from them at all costs.[/quote]

Sure, have the owner keep the dog away.  But, honestly some dogs do not like certain humans.  Is it ideal?  No, but, a growl is a warning which should not be punished.  It is the way the dog communicated.  Something op did that made the dog uncomfortable.  My dog doesn't like kids and I can't train it out of him.  That does not make me 'clueless' but, then again I don't put my dog in situations where there are lots of kids.    Remember, the op invited the dog into their space.  Perhaps the neighbor should have said no because the dog needs to adjust to being out of the shelter.

Point is the dog hasn't really done anything and op is perfectly within her rights to stay away.[/quote]

This is exactly the sort of new-age dog owner nonsense that gets people hurt. [/quote]

It isn't new age.  Dog was uncomfortable or didn't like op and growled.  dog owner moved away with dog and nothing happened ( more seriously) 
And now op knows to stay away. If dog wasn't under control dog would have bitten.[/quote]

If the dog was properly under control, it wouldn't have growled.

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