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Lucky my spaniel is going shes bitten my daughter three times, luckily no broken skin just teeth marks :( I cant have her here if i cant trust her!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The facts about mutts are these:
Spaniels are happy, friendly, yet can be excitable little dogs. Like many others, if two dogs for example are 'play fighting', there will be loads of barking, snarling and playful nipping at one another without full blown biting.
Compare that then to a dog and a child: the dog will still think that it's okay to nip, bark and be boisterous. It is never a good idea to let any child play with a dog for those reasons.
Dogs deserve respect if they are taken into a family - and all children need to be taught what is and isn't acceptable. The dog cannot actually speak or have an opinion, therefore adults need to make sure that the dog not only knows its place in your pack, but children have to realise what they can and can't do.
It is all too easy to blame a dog when it's only following its instincts. Either respect it or find it a home which will - it is in your interests, your children's, and the dog's to be totally responsible at all times and not to expect your dog to 'know'.
If you truly feel that you cannot trust the dog, then find a good home for it or hand it in to an animal shelter. But before you do, think very hard about the wisdom of having dogs whilst your children are small.
Spaniels are happy, friendly, yet can be excitable little dogs. Like many others, if two dogs for example are 'play fighting', there will be loads of barking, snarling and playful nipping at one another without full blown biting.
Compare that then to a dog and a child: the dog will still think that it's okay to nip, bark and be boisterous. It is never a good idea to let any child play with a dog for those reasons.
Dogs deserve respect if they are taken into a family - and all children need to be taught what is and isn't acceptable. The dog cannot actually speak or have an opinion, therefore adults need to make sure that the dog not only knows its place in your pack, but children have to realise what they can and can't do.
It is all too easy to blame a dog when it's only following its instincts. Either respect it or find it a home which will - it is in your interests, your children's, and the dog's to be totally responsible at all times and not to expect your dog to 'know'.
If you truly feel that you cannot trust the dog, then find a good home for it or hand it in to an animal shelter. But before you do, think very hard about the wisdom of having dogs whilst your children are small.
Oh no, I am so sorry to hear that, firewatch, but you will have to put your daughter first here. If this keeps up you will have to give the dog to a rescue centre and tell them she (the dog, not your daughter) is to go to a home with NO children in it. They can never put down a healthy dog and someone (childless) is bound to want here.
I did not think that domestic dogs bit people very often. Has anyone else had a bad experience of Man's best friend?
I did not think that domestic dogs bit people very often. Has anyone else had a bad experience of Man's best friend?
From everything you've said, your dog has done nothing wrong. If she's made excitable - by anyone or anything - she will instinctively react, and if that means 'play fighting', then that's what she will do, not out of malice, but because she doesn't know any better.
She doesn't understand human conversations - so she should never be taken for granted, nor left unsupervised with small children. A child can be taught by word of mouth about how far s/he can go where dogs are concerned - the dog does not have the same advantage.
She doesn't understand human conversations - so she should never be taken for granted, nor left unsupervised with small children. A child can be taught by word of mouth about how far s/he can go where dogs are concerned - the dog does not have the same advantage.
eyethenkyew, what a shame you couldn't have the dog as you claim to be such an expert!
firewatch - Sorry to hear you've got to get rid of your dog but there are only so many chances you can take. Heaven forbid if Lucky really hurt your daughter, you'd then be criticised for not getting rid of her sooner. What an awful situation to be in but children come 1st.
Does make you wonder why the previous owner didn't want her anymore!
firewatch - Sorry to hear you've got to get rid of your dog but there are only so many chances you can take. Heaven forbid if Lucky really hurt your daughter, you'd then be criticised for not getting rid of her sooner. What an awful situation to be in but children come 1st.
Does make you wonder why the previous owner didn't want her anymore!
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