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[quote=Anonymous]OP, it seems like your backtracking now is some of your recent posts about how you’ve simply taught your kids to be respectful of the dog’s space. Go back and re-read your OP.

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For this reason, we require our kids (youngest is 11 and oldest is 15) to be very careful about how they approach him or pet him. They know to gently put their hand out to allow him to sniff first and not to put their hands on top of his head.

— I’m sorry but no one in my household has ever had to “very carefully” approach our dog and allow him to sniff us first before we pet him. He wags his tail as soon as anyone gets near and is happy for an ear scratch. What you describe is how you approach a dog one doesn’t know yet.

You wrote they can “never bring strangers” around him. That is a pretty big responsibility for kids to have to manage in their own home whenever they want to have a friend over. What happens if the dog somehow gets out or you need to take it on a walk while strangers are over? What an exhausting way to live.

You also said he has a bite warning flag on his record at doggie daycare.

I think your OP was your real gut concern and you’re getting defensive and talked out of it.[/quote]

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