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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dog is 9 and my dd is 5. If my dog feels threatened or gets too anxious she can "snap". She never bites or breaks the skin. My 5 year old and her get along great, but occasionally my dd will taunt her. Today when I was out and they were with out babysitter my dd instigated her and she snapped at her face. It left a barely legible tiny mark. No skin broken. No blood. I'm still upset though. How can I prevent this from happening in the future. I don't want to give my dog away but I don't want this to happen anymore. [/quote]

Are you freaking kidding me?  How do you prevent it?  You teach your daughter to not taunt and tease the dog.  My DD is 6 and we taught it from the time she was old enough to sit up and interact with the dog.  Your dog is an older dog.  It's not fair to rehome the dog b/c you can't teach your DD manners with the dog.  So, watch them like a hawk when they are together and parent your child.[/quote]

Are you kidding me?  I agree that a 5 yo should be taught how to act around a dog, however my kid (not OP) would always come before an animal, no matter what my DD did wrong.  Dog should be taught how to tolerate children or find somewhere else to live. [/quote]
I hope you don't have a dog, because you certainly don't have a clue. Respect between children and animals should be taught and should be mutual. If you can;t grasp that then you should not have animals, period.[/quote]

I agree that respect between children and animals should be taught and should be mutual.  You are misconstruing my post.  My point is, if my dog ever shows aggression towards my child, I choose my child, not the dog.  Parents who don't agree with that shouldn't be parents.[/quote]

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