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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, not two different answers.  The dog scratched/bit a child.  A dog hurt a child and the parents have a right to avoid the dog.  [/quote]

Well my fat, stupid dog often jumps on top of us when we are laying on the couch and she is trying to snuggle down to nap on us.  She has nails, so often, she ends up scratching us.  That’s pretty different than a dog that’s being aggressive biting a kid’s face.[/quote]

If I'm on my computer and ignoring him, my very lovable doodle will tap his paw on my arm to beg for a pet and his rough claws will sometimes scratch.  Totally different from an aggressive dog bite.  Still, if OP can't depend on her kid to leave the dog alone, then it's probably best that they not go or board the dog.  However, I do think that, if it's a short visit, using crates or gates could work (my dogs would bark their heads off, which would be annoying).  If OP can't depend on her kid not to let the dog out if they've been explicitly told not to do so, then OP has bigger problems.   [/quote]

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