Over the last 8 months now we have witnessed many episodes of my little 6 year old dog being hostile or aggressive toward my infant son. This is becoming a greater concern as her hostility increases and now happens without provocation. The stress is building in me and I now have been at odds with m husband is insists that she can be trained and he doesn't think she would bite him. OK. Here s my take on the matter, as I had to carefully explain to him:
We have both seen her aggression and can both agree that there is a risk that she might bite and/or hurt him. With that, I have made a promise to protect him no matter the cost as his mother; that's my job. This means that if I can see a potential risk of injury from a dog, which can be unpredictable in their behaviors, then that is a risk I cannot take in good conscience. Sure, dogs can be trained to do lots of things. But when it is seen on multiple occasions with more than one child, escalating to an almost-bite, then no amount of training is going to make me confident that my child is safe from harm in the dog's presence. She is so fast that if she did try to bite him, I could not move fast enough to stop her. So that's it, my decision is made. But I have had to work at convincing my husband, who seems to be more upset by the prospect of giving away my dog than the very real possibility of our son being hurt by her, which could leave permanent scars both physically and emotionally if hurt badly enough. What does the world think about this?
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